Within the tight timeframe of a Kaizen Blitz, the team redesigned the workflow, clarified ownership, automated validations, ...

ADMITTEDLY, that's a redundant question because kaizen problem-solving requires giving only low-cost, common-sense solutions. If you'll spend money for the solution, then that's not kaizen. Here's one ...

Kaizen, a Japanese management philosophy, helps employees focus on continuous improvement. To form a Kaizen team, designate a leader, choose participants and delegate the responsibility of ...

“More important than the actual improvements that individuals contribute, the true value of continuous improvement is in creating an atmosphere of continuous learning and an environment that not only ...

THIS is an interesting case of a five-year old factory with 200-plus workers, including 90 contractual workers. The newcomer factory has encountered many operational issues but its management focused ...

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 ...

Tiny, common-sense improvements made to everyday processes can have a powerful compounding effect. Small is mighty. That’s the essence of kaizen, the Japanese workplace philosophy where individuals at ...

One day, a blue bird flies through an open window of your room. Out of confusion, the bird is trapped. There must be something special about this lost bird. So, you kept the bird in a sturdy shoe box ...

When New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. was a trail of chalk dust on a blackboard in Toyota City, Japan, expatriate American John Shook expanded his vocabulary by two words: kaizen and jishuken. In ...