Total Quality Consulting is proud to announce POLICY DEPLOYMENT - a workshop to prepare organizations for implementation of this powerful strategic planning and organizational improvement technique.

It is a customer oriented, organization wide, strategic approach to identify and execute breakthrough improvements in performance. POLICY DEPLOYMENT has also been called:

• Hoshin Kanri
• Hoshin Planning
• Management by Planning
• Policy Management.

Its development is credited to Dr. W. Edwards Demming. POLICY DEPLOYMENT was initially implemented in Japan about 30 years ago. It is the most consistently applied planning technique found in top performing Japanese companies. POLICY DEPLOYMENT has been successfully implemented at leading organizations such as: 3M Corporation, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Komatsu, Matsushita, Proctor and Gamble, Toyota and Zytec.

• A planning and implementation process that is continuously improved
• Strategic focus
• Participation and coordination by all levels and departments
• Planning and implementation based on facts
• Goals and action plans cascade through the organization

• Creates a process for repeated breakthrough solutions
• Increases interdepartmental cooperation
• Uses and reinforces Plan-Do-Check-Act
• Creates a disciplined planning system that is responsive and flexible
• Gives leadership a method to understand problem areas
• Creates a common focus throughout the organization

1. Establishing the Vision
2. Developing the Plan
3. Setting Objectives
4. Deploying to the Units
5. Implementing the Plan
6. Reviewing the Progress
7. Annualizing the Review

Management teams within organizations who are concerned with improving their organization's approach to planning, teamwork and customer satisfaction.

Develop a working understanding of POLICY DEPLOYMENT and create an organization implementation plan.