Kaizen, which translates to "improvement" in Japanese, is one of the basic concepts of lean production. It focuses on eliminating waste and increasing productivity through incremental changes in a ...

Continuous incremental improvements are the cornerstone of the Toyota Production System. The goal is to create the best product possible with the least effort and waste. If you wish to eliminate the ...

Kaizen events, which are short-term continuous improvement events designed to improve an area or a process, are key to many manufacturing plants' lean efforts. At the recent IndustryWeek Best Plants ...

Long, long ago, Kaizen events meant walking-around observation and value stream mapping in face-to-face and elbow-to-elbow meetings. We believed that sharing respiratory space was essential to ...

Marshall Hargrave is a stock analyst and writer with 10+ years of experience covering stocks and markets, as well as analyzing and valuing companies. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading ...

More than likely you’ve heard the term kaizen or kaizen blitz, but what is kaizen? Kaizen is a Japanese term meaning change for the better or incremental improvement. Continuous improvement can take ...

THE word Kaizen is translated from Japanese to mean "continuous improvement." Kaizen events are an organized team effort to improve reliability of a process, reduce setup/lead times, streamline a ...

The tech industry is often defined as a collection of people who "move fast and break things". It's not always the best business model. The Kaizen process seeks incremental but continuous improvement ...

Do you have a process that frustrates you? Do you wish you had more time in your day? Do you wish your desk, office supplies or other area was better organized? Do you want to reduce errors or waste?