How to Overcome a Possible Economic Recession with Continuous Improvement
February 2, 2023At the outset of 2023, concerns about economic conditions and a possible worsening recession are top of mind for most business leaders....
Kaizen: The Japanese Approach to Continuous Improvement
December 29, 2022In the business management context, continuous improvement means a never-ending effort to identify and eliminate the root causes of...
What is Kanban? A Quick Guide to Visualized Improvement
October 20, 2022There are dozens of tools and techniques used by organizations to support their continuous improvement efforts. The most successful...
The Manager's Guide to Productive Kaizen Training
September 20, 2022Kaizen is a way of thinking that embraces the ideas of seeking perfection and engaging in continuous improvement. Organizations prosper...
The 5 M’s of Kaizen for Managers
September 8, 2022We often describe Kaizen as a way of looking at the world rather than a prescription for how to achieve positive change. Kaizen thinkers...
What is a Kaizen Event? Your Roadmap Rapid Improvement
March 23, 2022Known in Lean and Six Sigma circles as Kaizen events, rapid improvement sprints or blitzes are an impactful way to implement improvement...
What is Kaizen? A Mindful System of Quality Improvement
March 21, 2022We’ve written quite a bit about the definition of Kaizen, but today, I thought it would be an interesting challenge to reflect on how I...
Top Reasons to Consider a Digital 5S Tool
November 18, 2021The 5S technique is part of a broader set of management practices known as visual management or visual control. Although these tools are...
The Vital Role of Electronic Kaizen at Toyota Memorial Hospital
September 16, 2021Lean or the Toyota Production System often gets an unfair rap for being "anti-technology." Some of this mindset results from the old debate...
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