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Hoshin Kanri
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| | H | Hoshin KanriIt is the annual planning process and deployment also known as Hoshin Planning or “Policy Deployment”.
What does Hoshin mean ? * There are two Chinese characters: ‘Ho’ meaning method or form and ‘Shin’ meaning shiny needle or compass. * Hoshin means ‘way of setting direction’. * Kanri means ‘control or management’. * It was first used in 1965 by Komatsu. * Instead of Hoshin some companies use the term ‘policy deployment’.
Nichijo Kanri * Nichijo means ‘Daily’. Hence ‘Nichijo Kanri’ means ‘Daily Management’. * It is the complement to Hoshin Kanri, covering all the other things. * It is usually covered by Business Fundamentals and Implementation Plans. Many Organizations have used it. We have used it extensively in Hewlett-Packard.
Posted By: Rajanga Sivakumar Modified By: Last Modified: Sep. 24, 2003
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