Kaizen Institute · Malta
Kaizen AI: practical AI built on Lean.
We never automate waste. We remove it first, then digitise, then automate. The biggest savings sit in the admin and document work that quietly fills your team's day.
The principle
Simplify. Digitise. Automate.
In that order, every time. Automating a messy process only makes the mess faster.
1
Simplify
Remove the steps, handoffs and waiting that add no value, and agree one standard way of working.
2
Digitise
Move what is left out of paper, inboxes and spreadsheets into a clean digital format.
3
Automate
Only now let AI read, check and prepare the routine work, with a person approving what matters.
The method
The value stream method.
Four steps, starting where the work hurts most.
1
Select a pilot department
Start where the admin volume and the pain are highest, with a manager who wants the change.
2
Choose the value streams
List every process and score each one on improvement potential and business impact.
3
Map the current state
Follow the work end to end: every step, handoff, waiting point and touchpoint.
4
Design the future state
Redesign the process: simplify it, digitise it, then automate what remains.
What you get
One smart layer, not new software.
No ERP replacement and no big IT project. We add intelligence on top of the systems you already use, and your data stays where it is.
It reads and checks
Documents, emails and forms are read, checked against your rules and prepared for your team.
It connects and runs
Your existing systems are linked, so routine work moves on its own instead of being retyped.
You see it live
Simple dashboards show the numbers that matter, from your own data, in real time.
Funding
Up to 60% co-financed.
AI and automation projects can qualify under the Digitalise Your SME scheme run by MDIA: up to 50% of eligible costs plus a 10% bonus for AI, so up to 60% in Malta and more in Gozo, to a maximum of EUR 128,400 per project. It is open to Maltese SMEs.
Apply before the project starts. We prepare the application with you.
Scheme terms are set by MDIA and can change. The current conditions are checked with you before any project is signed.
Questions
Straight answers.
Do we need new software?
No. There is no ERP replacement and no big IT project. We add a smart layer on top of the systems you already use, and your data stays where it is.
Where do we start?
With one department where the admin and document work is heaviest and a manager wants the change. We map how the work really flows, remove the waste, and only then automate what is left.
Can a grant pay for it?
Maltese SMEs can apply under the Digitalise Your SME scheme run by MDIA: up to 50% of eligible costs plus a 10% bonus for AI, so up to 60% in Malta, to a maximum of EUR 128,400 per project. Apply before the project starts. Scheme terms are set by MDIA and can change, so the current conditions are checked with you before anything is signed.
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