Truspire Co., Ltd has been engaged in the project since January 2016. Our executive officer Mr. Mitsuo Tamada, having a lot of experiences in various development projects in African countries, has been appointed for the task.

The project aims to provide KAIZEN training to Business Advisory Centre (BAC) Heads in Accra and four regions in collaboration with the project’s counterpart, National Board for Small Scale Industry

Sheabutter products with brand”TAMA’da!”

 (NBSSI). It is a department of Ministry of Trade and Industy and is responsible for SME development in Ghana.

The first phase of the project (2012-2015) was implemented in Ashanti region and the current second phase (2016-2018) is being undertaken in two parts: Advanced KAIZEN in Ashanti region and Basic KAIZEN in other three regions.  The BAC Heads in Ashanti Region are expected to supervise the Basic KAIZEN OJT sessions presented by the BAC Heads in these threee regions.

Mr. Tamada has been training the BAC Heads in Ashianti and Northern Regions in KAIZEN methodologies, Basic and Advanced, through lectures and OJT sessions for the employees at the selected enterprises. He has supervised the OJT at Sheabutter processing, furniture and brick manufacturing and roofing industry.

Basic KAIZEN focuces mainly on 5S (Sorting, Setting-in-order, Shining, Standardizing, Sustaining), 7 Wastes, QC (Quality Control) circle and basic IE(Industrial Engineering). Advanced KAIZEN includes Process analysis and control, Time Study, Factory layout improvement, Cost benefit anaysis and KAIZEN Master Plan, etc. The trainings of both Basic and Advanced KAIZEN are comprised of classroom lecturs and OJT sessions.