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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 ...

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In a world that's perpetually evolving, staying stagnant is not an option—especially for business owners and individuals ...

When translated into English, the Japanese word kaizen is typically rendered as “continuous improvement.” Kaizen is the steps you take to improve your processes, frequently by implementing small and ...

IN A GOOD YEAR, THE U.S. manufacturing sector might chalkup a 4% overallincrease in productivity. At the plant level, some top-flight produc-tion operations have achieved gains of 20% or more in a 12- ...

At this year’s all-company kickoff, I had a chance to reflect on our company’s mission and ultimate goals moving forward. By all accounts, we had a great year: We achieved significant revenue growth, ...

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 ...

Kaizen is a strategy that involves workers from different parts of an organization coming together to address problems or improve the working process. Kaizen is also known as a rapid improvement ...