Tag Archive for continuous improvement

Planning and running Kaizen Events

Kaizen Event

Kaizen events are short duration improvement projects with a specific aim for improvement; typically they are week long events led by a facilitator with the implementation team being predominantly members of the area in which the kaizen event is being…

What is Kaizen?

Kaizen

Kaizen Definition   We can define kaizen very simply from its original Japanese as meaning “change for the better”, but what does this actually mean as a kaizen philosophy?   Japanese Kaizen   Kaizen began its life shortly after world…