To explain Kaizen, the nature of Kaizen helps to understand itself. The word, Kaizen, has gained recognition in the English vocabulary now. In Japanese, Kaizen means continuous improvement. The word implies improvement that involves all workers and entails relatively little expense. Toyota has been known as the first company that has started Kaizen. The application that Toyota used was called "Toyota Production System", where all line personnel are expected to stop their moving production line in the case of any abnormality, and suggestions for improvement are rewarded. They succeeded eliminating all the wastes. Kaizen is used for placing the terms as productivity, total quality control (TQC), zero defects (ZD), and just-in-time (JIT). Therefore, Kaizen is a main concept for all these practices.
A lot of people have misunderstood about Kaizen. People have the stereotype that Kaizen can make dramatically changed immediately, and bring the profits right away. However, this is not......
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