Introduction of Kaizen

What is KAIZEN?

The word Kaizen can be separate into 2 parts: KAI and ZEN.  KAI (改) is defined as Improvement. Everything can be improved, any product, technology, work activity and production system, all can be improved as it mean. ZEN (善) is defined as Constantly improving, responds to each new opportunity, changing conditions, new information and can participate in it every worker (Kovacova,2012). Another definition of the Japanese meaning of Kaizen is "to take apart and put back together in a better way" (Mintion, 1998, p.19). It is a practice or philosophy that focuses on the continuous improvement of engineering, business management and manufacturing processes whilst reducing costs. For example, Kaizen is like Lean Manufacturing, during the improving standard tasks and activities in the production processes, it focuses on eliminating waste. 

by Tan Houng Chien