Hoshin Kanri

It 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.