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Obesity and
Eating Disorder
Obesity 2018
Journal of Obesity & Eating Disorders
ISSN 2471-8203
A p r i l 1 2 - 1 3 , 2 0 1 8
Am s t e r d a m , N e t h e r l a n d s
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Kaizen has many components and is a Japanese term for continuous
improvement. The Kaizen aims to make the business model better. The
challenge was applying the Kaizen model to improve the health profile of the
overweight and obese workforce. It had not been done before so find out
how we created an Australian first. Kaizen is a philosophy and practice that
sees improvement in productivity as a gradual and methodical process. It
represents change for the better on a regular basis. A Kaizen ensures employee
satisfaction, making the job more fulfilling, less tiring and safer. Safety is a
keystone of this company yet they have a workforce at great risk. How? The
format of the traditional Kaizen model is PDCA.
Plan - what to expect
Do – best solution implemented
Check- evaluate the solution to the problem
Act - make it a standard or change further
We will demonstrate how we applied these four
key components of the PDCA model to create a unique approach to satisfy
the Kaizen and reduce the risk profile of the company. Find out how we
identified the one health factor that would drive the improvement and fit one
of the key objectives of a Kaizen – “eliminating waste”. When subjected to
change, over a period, this factor had to show absolute improvement within
the company. Find out how we created a unique set of approaches to track
this impact. Building a relationship with a company and its workforce, using a
Kaizen Model, challenges our current management practices and approaches
in Australia as to how we manage the health, wellbeing and performance of
the any workforce. We will demonstrate how this alternative delivery model is
particularly relevant for those of us in the business of creating elite workforces
and improving their health and performance profiles.
Biography
Thomas Graeme Wright completed his PhD in Weight Manage-
ment, Hormones and Metabolic Changes from the University
of Western Australia. He published five papers on his research
during his PhD. He is the Managing Director of Optimum – a
consulting company that works with industries to help create
elite workforces and improve the performance of all those at
work. He has been at the leading edge of health management
and particularly obesity and overweight management in Austra-
lia for many decades.
gwright@optimumhms.com.auHow the Kaizen Model helped to determine the health and wellbeing
profiles of a predominately overweight and obese male workforce,
and to reduce the risk within a large mining services company in
Perth, WA?
Thomas Graeme Wright, D Cottam and T Maroni
University of Western Australia, Australia
Thomas Graeme Wright et al., J Obes Eat Disord 2018, Volume: 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8203-C1-008