Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Kaizen :

Kaizen is... Defined as to move towards excellence by continually improving the existing conditions in each field through innovation. In this activity all employees, supervisors, engineers, Managers, General Managers are involved. Everyone is encouraged to come up with small improvement suggestions on a regular basis.Kaizen is a system that involves every employee - from upper management to lower management. This is not a one or two month activity, It is continuous. Japanese companies, such as Toyota and Canon, a total of 60 to 70 suggestions per employee per year and they are written down, shared and implemented. Suggestions are not limited to a specific area such as production, quality, stores, dispatch, etc. Each & every department in the organization is responsible for Kaizen.

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