In Japanese, Kaizen means ‘improvement’ or ‘change for the better’. It refers to philosophy or practices that focus upon continuous improvement of processes in manufacturing, engineering and business ...

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 ...

22 December 2006 Kaizen is A Japanese term that is used to refer to continuous incremental improvement. The originally Japanese term consists of two words "kai," which means change, and "zen," which ...

The term "kaizen," the Japanese word for improvement, is used by businesses to describe a technique of continuous improvement that eliminates waste, improves efficiency and involves all employees in ...

Question: How many kaizen events should we do each year? Answer: It depends. It depends on how many improvement events you need to meet your performance improvement commitments for the year. It ...

Kaizen, a Japanese term that means “change for the better,” has been adapted by organizations as a business strategy aimed at establishing an environment of continuous improvement. The goal of Kaizen ...

With hospitals feeling the pressure to improve efficiency and lower costs, some are implementing the Kaizen method to streamline processes. Kaizen is among a number of process improvement strategies ...

The Japanese concept of kaizen fits perfectly into DevOps by pushing people to take responsibility for their operations and fix mistakes as they crop up. Do you see the similarities in this approach ...