15 Benefits of Standard Work
April 5, 2023Taiichi Ohno, the father of the Toyota Production System, once said, “Without Standard Work, there is no Kaizen.” That’s a pretty bold...
Kaizen Event Planning in 7 Simple Steps
March 21, 2023Here at KaiNexus, we get the opportunity to chat with organizations across all industries and write about many different continuous...
A Guide to Sustained Improvement with the Kaizen Methodology
February 21, 2023"Good Change" Begins with a New Paradigm
Working with organizations of all sizes and in all industries, we've learned that transforming a...
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...