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What (who) is kaizen - definition

SINO-JAPANESE WORD FOR "IMPROVEMENT", REFERRING TO BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THAT CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE

Kiazen; The Five S's; Kai Zen; Kaizen principle; Kaizen process; KAIZEN; Kaizen event; Kaizen blitz; System Kaizen

kaizen

[k??'z?n]

¦ noun a Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement.

Origin

Japanese, lit. 'improvement'.

Kaizen

is a concept referring to business activities that continuously improve all functions and involve all employees from the CEO to the assembly line workers. Kaizen also applies to processes, such as purchasing and logistics, that cross organizational boundaries into the supply chain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen

Continual improvement process

ONGOING EFFORT TO IMPROVE PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR PROCESSES, BY CONSTANTLY EVALUATING AND IMPROVING IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND FLEXIBILITY

Continuous improvement; Continual improvement; Continuous Improvement Process; Continuous improvement process; Continuous Improvement

A continual improvement process, also often called a continuous improvement process (abbreviated as CIP or CI), is an ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes.Continuous Service Improvement — http://customerpromise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continual_improvement_process

Wikipedia

Kaizen

Kaizen (Japanese: 改善, "improvement") is a concept referring to business activities that continuously improve all functions and involve all employees from the CEO to the assembly line workers. Kaizen also applies to processes, such as purchasing and logistics, that cross organizational boundaries into the supply chain. It has been applied in healthcare, psychotherapy, life coaching, government, and banking.

By improving standardized programs and processes, kaizen aims to eliminate waste and redundancies (lean manufacturing). Kaizen was first practiced in Japanese businesses after World War II, influenced in part by American business and quality-management teachers, and most notably as part of The Toyota Way. It has since spread throughout the world and has been applied to environments outside of business and productivity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen

Examples of use of kaizen

1. By this year, 2' states environmental agencies had conducted a kaizen session or were planning one.

2. It is made clear at the outset of each kaizen exercise that no one will lose their job as a result of the efficiencies that result, although some state agencies have shrunk their staffs through attrition following kaizen improvements.

3. And many argue that kaizen treats the symptom and not the cause of bureaucratic build–up.

4. To get at the root of a problem, kaizen encourages people to ask "why" five times.

5. Kaizen has its roots in the flow production of the auto assembly line pioneered by Henry Ford in 1'13.