Author | Benjamin Buetfering |
Abstract | Makigami is a systemic process improvement method originating at Fujico Japan in 1996. The term literally translates to “Role of Paper” in Japanese. |
Keywords | Makigami |
Challenge | Essentially a form of process map, it contains “the Golden Rules” which consist of the following 5 factors:
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Current condition | As a process map, Makigami focuses on visualising aspects of the organisation which are not physical or directly visible. The Makigami Process Map also can be used to improve the investigated process by designing a future state map after taking away the identified losses. This process maps shows:
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Target condition | At the end makigami should give an overview about the non visable processes of the organisation. |
Moving toward the target condition | Makigami contains 3 phases:
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