Lean process improvement methodologies are finding their place not just in manufacturing but in the clinical setting, where removing inefficiencies benefits not only the hospital but the patients ...

Question: How many kaizen events should we do each year? Answer: It depends. It depends on how many improvement events you need to meet your performance improvement commitments for the year. It ...

The term "kaizen," the Japanese word for improvement, is used by businesses to describe a technique of continuous improvement that eliminates waste, improves efficiency and involves all employees in ...

Unfortunately there seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of kaizen, viewing it only as small incremental improvements. Therefore a new term was introduced into the lean vocabulary: kaikaku.

I told reader Johnny, if you ask Japanese Kaizen expert Chihiro Nakao, he would tell you that “Kaizen is for the workplace only. You must never do Kaizen at home. You should relax.” Maybe Mr. Nakao, ...