How it works
These process improvement team names come five at a press, from Takt and Diplomacy to Step Zero. All 98 are built on the words of improvement work, and none is named after a company or a training program.
Read the full guide
Lean team names
Waste and flow puns is the first set in the menu: Muda Movers, Lean and Keen, Leaner by Friday, Rework Wreckers and Value Stream Team. For lean implementation team names it has Lean Implementation Station and Standardize and Sustain, and for team names about efficiency, Efficiency Engine.
Team names for kaizen
Improvement week and workshops has 19 names: Kaizen Event Hosts, Kaizen Kickoff, Gemba Walkers, Change for the Better and Butcher Paper Brigade. Belt and project teams is the set for a belt project team, with Define and Measure, Tollgate Keepers and Sustain the Gains.
Questions and answers
What are funny process improvement team names?
Map Everything Team, Stay in Your Swimlane, Seven Signatures Too Many, Laminate It Team and Floor Tape Artists are in the Funny names for the mappers set.
What are names for a company wide process improvement team?
Operational Excellence Office, Process Excellence Posse and Internal Improvement Bureau suit an internal team that serves a whole corporation.
Are there names for a quality circle?
Yes. Quality circle names has 18, among them Circle of Quality, Frontline Fixers, Mistake Proofers, Andon Cord Pullers and Poka-Yoke Folk.
What do kaizen and gemba mean?
Kaizen is a Japanese word for improvement. Gemba is a Japanese term that business uses for the place where value is created, such as a factory floor.