Commentary--A leading automotive company launched a three-week campaign where engineers across the organization came up with new ideas that saved the company more than $73 million that year. At an ...

If you are seeking a quick and successful lean implementation, forget it. Quite simply, lean implementations frequently are referred to as lean journeys for good reason: They take time, and they are ...

THE word Kaizen is translated from Japanese to mean "continuous improvement." Kaizen events are an organized team effort to improve reliability of a process, reduce setup/lead times, streamline a ...

For Plain Vanilla, the studio behind trivia game QuizUp–which famously signed up a million users in its first week on the App Store–it was stopping in the midst of all their success, sitting back, and ...

The ‘kaizen’ method feels like nothing. Until suddenly it feels like everything. I’ve tried them all. A fancy planner, “perfect” workout routines, ambitious ways to read more, and writing rituals to ...

Within the tight timeframe of a Kaizen Blitz, the team redesigned the workflow, clarified ownership, automated validations, ...

Considering Torrington’s difficult financial situation, Mayor Owen Quinn’s idea to apply the Japanese business philosophy of “kaizen” to municipal government is worth a try. In a kaizen work culture, ...