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  2. Kaizen - Wikipedia

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    Kaizen (Japanese: 改善, "improvement") is a concept referring to business activities that continuously improve all functions and involve all employees from the CEO to the assembly line workers. Kaizen also applies to processes, such as purchasing and logistics, that cross organizational boundaries into the supply chain. [1]

  3. Masaaki Imai - Wikipedia

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    The concept of kaizen is to make simple, common-sense improvements and refinements to critical end-to-end business processes- supporting the overall CI strategy of the organization. Today, companies around the world have used kaizen for greater productivity, speed, quality, and profits with minimal cost, time, and effort to get results and to ...

  4. Kaikaku - Wikipedia

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    Kaizen is based on the involvement of all employees, wherein singular changes typically do not improve major production metrics above a 20% threshold. A cross between Kaikaku and Kaizen is Kaizen Blitz (or Kaizen Events), which targets a radical improvement in a limited area, such as a production cell, typically during an intense week.

  5. How GE’s CEO Larry Culp ditched mediocre manufacturing and ...

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    The location was a GE defense jet engine plant where the spry Japanese-born consultant was headlining a kaizen (or “continuous improvement”) event. Walking the factory floor alongside Katahira ...

  6. Gemba - Wikipedia

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    The word genba is a Japanese term meaning "the actual place" and is used non-business contexts to refer to crime scenes or topical locations where TV may report. In a movie set, gemba refers to the practice of shooting a scene at the actual location rather than a studio.

  7. Japanese management culture - Wikipedia

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    Tony Kippenberger (2002) elaborates on the leadership values that are deeply rooted in the Japanese business culture. These values were created by the late Konosuke Matsushita, the prominent entrepreneur of Matsushita's Electric Company, who cared deeply for the employees of his company as if they were family.

  8. Genchi Genbutsu - Wikipedia

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    Genchi genbutsu (現地現物) literally translates "real location, real thing” (meaning "the situation onsite") and it is a key principle of the Toyota Production System.

  9. Monozukuri - Wikipedia

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    Monozukuri, or alternatively spelled monodzukuri, literally means 'production' or 'making of things' in Japanese and is the Japanese term for 'manufacturing'. The broader meaning encompasses a synthesis of technological prowess, know-how, and spirit of Japan's manufacturing practices.