22 December 2006 Kaizen is A Japanese term that is used to refer to continuous incremental improvement. The originally Japanese term consists of two words "kai," which means change, and "zen," which ...

The Japanese concept of kaizen fits perfectly into DevOps by pushing people to take responsibility for their operations and fix mistakes as they crop up. Do you see the similarities in this approach ...

In 2015, I set a New Year’s resolution to achieve the goal of waking up at 5 a.m. daily from January through to December. During the first week of January, I nailed it. I woke up at 5 a.m. — even 4 ...

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 ...

Continuous improvement has become a must-have business mindset to innovate and stay ahead of competition. Working in manufacturing, you probably know kaizen— the Japanese word often translated as ...

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

IN A GOOD YEAR, THE U.S. manufacturing sector might chalkup a 4% overallincrease in productivity. At the plant level, some top-flight produc-tion operations have achieved gains of 20% or more in a 12- ...