11 Facts About Kaizen

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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.

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Kaizen applies to processes, such as purchasing and logistics, that cross organizational boundaries into the supply chain.

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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.

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Point Kaizen is one of the most commonly implemented types of kaizen.

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Line Kaizen refers to communication of improvements between the upstream and downstream of a process.

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6.

Kaizen is a daily process, the purpose of which goes beyond simple productivity improvement.

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Kaizen is most commonly associated with manufacturing operations, as at Toyota, but has been used in non-manufacturing environments.

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Kaizen methodology includes making changes and monitoring results, then adjusting.

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9.

Kaizen identified 20 operations focus areas which should be improved to attain holistic and sustainable change.

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Kaizen went further and identified the five levels of implementation for each of these 20 focus areas.

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11.

Kaizen-85 is the name of the AI aboard the leisure space ship Nautilus in the game Event 0.

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