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On 22 October 2026, industry professionals will come together in Chișinău for a day focused on one concrete objective: identifying losses and turning them into practical solutions.
Register in advance following the registration link.
Places are limited.
Not all losses in manufacturing are obvious.
Some are easy to spot: waiting time, unnecessary material consumption, additional movements or process downtime. Others are harder to identify - small inefficiencies repeated every day, processes that could be simplified, or risks that only become visible after a problem occurs.
Continuous improvement begins when these losses are identified, analysed and turned into concrete actions.
This is the approach behind KaToAn – Kaizen + Tork + Ansella practical workshop organised by Ansell, Tork | Essity și Torecoin partnership with the Kaizen Institute România.
Not just about Kaizen. Kaizen in practice.
KaToAn is designed as a hands-on workshop, rather than a series of theoretical presentations.
Participants will work through the 8 stages of the Kaizen cycle,, from understanding the current situation and identifying problems to testing and standardising solutions.
Throughout the exercises, teams will work on practical cases closely related to real manufacturing environments, analysing processes and developing solutions that can deliver tangible improvements.
The work will focus on essential questions:
The goal is simple: participants should leave with a practical working method they can apply to their own processes.
When efficiency, safety and continuous improvement come together
A high-performing process is about more than productivity.
It also means safety, quality, efficient use of resources and the ability to continuously identify what can be done better.
That is why the workshop brings together complementary perspectives in Kaizen, operational efficiency and industrial safety..
Kaizen Institute România contributes its methodology and experience in implementing Kaizen and Lean principles.
Tork | Essity brings expertise in efficiency and identifying losses related, among other areas, to indirect materials and working processes.
Ansell contributes expertise in industrial safety, risk assessment and consultative services.
Iar Toreco supports this approach through its experience working with companies and B2B professionals in the Republic of Moldova.
Who is KaToAn for?
The workshop is designed for professionals who directly influence the performance of industrial processes and are involved not only in identifying problems, but also in finding and implementing solutions.
Production | HSE | Quality | Lean / Continuous Improvement | Procurement | Maintenance
It is an opportunity to look at the same processes from different perspectives, exchange experience with other professionals and work together on practical solutions.
Why step outside the operational routine for a day?
Because sometimes the best improvement ideas do not emerge when we are trying to solve a problem as quickly as possible, but when we stop and take a closer look at the process as a whole.
KaToAn is built around these questions.
Through practical exercises, teamwork and feedback, participants will have the opportunity to turn analysis into a concrete improvement process.
Practical experience, not just theory
One of the workshop's key strengths is the combination of the Kaizen methodology with the practical experience of specialists working with industrial organisations and processes.
Andrei Răduțu | Kaizen Institute România
Executive Director of Kaizen Institute România and PhD in Economics,, Andrei Răduțu has more than 11 years of experience in Kaizen consulting and the implementation of Lean principles in industrial organisations.
During the workshop, he will contribute Kaizen methodology, practical experience from industrial projects and relevant case studies focused on continuous improvement.
Ana-Adina Drăgoi | Tork | Essity
Environmental Engineer & Industrial Account Manager, Ana-Adina Drăgoi has more than 15 years of experience in industry.
She specialises in applying Kaizen principles to indirect materials and identifying losses that can remain unnoticed in day-to-day operations.
Diana Drăgoi | Ansell
Marketing and Business Development Manager CEE, Diana Drăgoi has more than 12 years of experience at Ansell.
Her work focuses on industrial safety, risk assessment and auditing, with an emphasis on promoting continuous improvement and a consultative approach.
One working day - from analysis to solution
The workshop programme is designed to take participants progressively from understanding the problem to developing, testing and presenting a solution.
08:30 - Welcome and registration
09:00 - Opening of the event
09:10 - Kaizen Institute România: presentation and case studies
10:10 - Understanding requirements
10:20 - Teamwork
11:05 - Analysis of losses and improvement opportunities
11:40 - Toreco: Partners in Performance
11:55 - Tork: Equipped for Improvement — Ana-Adina Drăgoi
11:55 - Ansell: Consultative Services — Diana Drăgoi
13:30 - Teamwork to improve the process
14:20 - Presentation of team improvements and feedback
15:30 - Feedback from observers
15:40 - Awards and closing
KaToAn | Practical Workshop on Continuous Improvement
Date: 22 October 2026
Venue: Art Hotel, 3 Alexei Mateevici Street, Chișinău
Time: 08:30–15:40
Places are limited.
If you work in Production, HSE, Quality, Lean, Procurement or Maintenance,we invite you to join a practical working day focused on process improvement and identifying opportunities that can make a real difference in day-to-day operations.
Register in advance following the registration link.
Continuous improvement begins with what we choose to notice.
