Kaizen

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Kaizen

Kaizen is the Japanese process of continuous improvement using problem-solving and analysis techniques. This means that if there is a problem that they can solve, or something the company can improve they will improve it, and with that they will then improve on other things and so on, and so forth.

Kaizen means continuous improvement or continual improvement.

The goals of kaizen include the elimination of waste, just-in-time delivery, production load leveling of amount and types, standardized work, paced moving lines, right-sized equipment, etc. A closer definition of the Japanese word kaizen is �to take it apart and put it back together in a better way� what is taken apart is a process, system, product or service most of the time.

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