1. Hoshin Kanri

2. Quality function deployment - Relationship to other techniques
The QFD-associated Hoshin Kanri process somewhat resembles Management by objectives (MBO), but adds a significant element in the goal setting process, called "catchball". Use of these Hoshin techniques by U.S. companies such as Hewlett Packard have been successful in focusing and aligning company resources to follow stated strategic goals throughout an organizational hierarchy.

3. Hoshin Kanri
'Hoshin kanri' () is a method devised to capture and cement strategic goals as well as flashes of insight about the future and develop the means to bring these into reality.

4. Hoshin Kanri - Key features
This is the fundamental principle of hoshin kanri

5. Hoshin Kanri - Key features
It assumes daily controls and performance measures are in place: With hoshin kanri... the daily crush of events and quarterly bottom-line pressures do not take precedence over strategic plans; rather, these short-term activities are determined and managed by the plans themselves.

6. Hoshin Kanri - Reviewing progress periodically
Key proponents/practitioners of hoshin kanri include the following:

7. Lean accounting - Decision-Making using Box Scores and Value Stream Cost Information
The Box Score is also used for strategic decisions such as the introduction of new products, and the templates feed into the company's Strategy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri) and Target Costing processes.

8. Norman Bodek - Later work and visits to Japan
He was one of the first to publish books and training materials on Single-Minute Exchange of Die|SMED, CEDAC, Quality circle|Quality Control Circles, 5S (methodology)|5S, and the visual control|Visual Factoryhttp://efficiency100.com/VisualFactory.htm Total productive maintenance|Total Productive Maintenance, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen and Kaizen Blitz, Cellular manufacturing|Cell Design, Poka-Yoke, Andon (manufacturing)|Andon, Hoshin Kanri, and Kanban

9. Norman Bodek - Harada Method: the human side to Lean
Harada sees his method as the next step in the Lean journey. He believes it integrates easily with Six Sigma, Hoshin Kanri|Hoshin Planning, and other continuous improvement efforts, to give real substance to what Toyota calls “respect for people.” Bodek claims employers can use Harada to embed continuous improvement in workplace culture.

10. Yoji Akao
is a Japanese planning specialist recognized as the developer of Hoshin Kanri (a strategic planning methodology). With the late Shigeru Mizuno, he developed Quality Function Deployment (a group decision making technique). Akao and Mizuno also co-founded the Quality Function Deployment Institute:[ QFD Institute. Home page of Quality Function Deployment Institute. The Official Source for QFD] a non-profit organization dedicated to dissemination and advancement of QFD.

11. Yoji Akao - Books
* Hoshin Kanri: Policy Deployment for Successful TQM (Corporate Leadership) (1990)

12. Hoshin
* Hoshin Kanri, a strategic planning methodology (Plan-Do-Check-Act) used to create goals, assign them measurable milestones, and assess progress against those milestones

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