KAIZEN™ Award Thailand

Top organizations are awarded for the outstanding implementation of KAIZEN™ principles and practices.

Kaizen Institute Thailand is pleased to announce the KAIZEN™ Award Thailand 4th Edition to recognize superior KAIZEN™ and Lean organizations. Top organizations will be awarded for their outstanding, innovative and effective implementation of KAIZEN™ principles and practices.

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Excellence in Applying KAIZEN™ Principles

Participation in the KAIZEN™ Award Thailand is open to any organization, public or private, large, medium and small companies with a presence in Thailand, from any sector. The evaluation is based on observations made by senior consultants and/or external specialists, at the customer’s premises, evaluating the application of the five KAIZEN™ principles:

#	KAIZEN™ Principle	Application Example
1	Create customer value	a) The organization knows the customer needs by market segment. b) The organization is dedicated to quality and to fulfil customer expectations.
2	Let it flow	a) Leaders know how to design, create, manage and improve processes. b) Staff members understand the concepts of muda (waste), mura (variability) and muri (difficulty).
3	Be gemba oriented	a) The workplace is organized for efficiency, visual management is used to make waste, standards and behaviors visible. b) Leaders go to the place of work to understand problems first hand.
4	Empower people	a) Business objectives are deployed (cascaded) throughout the organization. b) All leaders share KAIZEN™ skills and role-model a KAIZEN™ mindset as they develop their teams.
5	Be scientific and transparent	a) Management decisions are based on the long-term vision. b) Decision-making and problem-solving is based on real data from gemba (gemba gembutsu).

Besides scrutinizing the robustness of the five KAIZEN™ principles, the ‘Benefits tracking’ section evaluates what the organization has put in place to ensure employees know where the organization is heading, how they have progressed, and how customers and the organization is benefitting from the KAIZEN™ efforts.

Application

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Please complete and send the application to awards-th@kaizen.com not later than 15 June 2025 Nomination Guideline:

Submitted projects shall not be older than two years.
Candidates’ projects may already have been recognized by other awards (not awarded by Kaizen Institute).
Additional information about the project may be submitted (e.g. indicators, photos, movies, etc.).

Evaluations of Nominations

The evaluation committee is composed of Kaizen Institute and partners.

The initial analysis of the application will be based on the submitted application form. For applications that pass the second phase, a visit to the company will be made. The criteria for the evaluation process integrate various items such as the implemented actions, continuous improvement methodology and results.
The evaluation committee will choose the winners. The committee reserves the right to abstain from awarding any prizes if none of the applications meet the minimum quality requirements. The decisions of the evaluation committee are final and cannot be appealed.

KAIZEN™ Award Thailand 4th Edition

Applications deadline, by 15 June 2025
First evaluation of the applications, by 1 July 2025
Site visits, by 31 July 2025
Presentation of the award winner, August 2025

KAIZEN™ Award Thailand 4th Edition

The KAIZEN™ Award Thailand 4th Edition will take place in August 2025. More information about the event will be published well in advance. For more information please contact us at: awards-th@kaizen.com