Kaizen – Smart Factory Glossary

Kaizen is a concept that originated in Japan. It aims to achieve continuous improvements through small, step-by-step changes. Kaizen is one of the elements of lean management and is often applied in business processes and quality management. It promotes a corporate culture that supports continuous learning and teamwork and involves all employees in the improvement process.

The term Kaizen is derived from the Japanese words "kai" and "zen", which can be translated as "change for the better".

Objective and benefits of Kaizen

Kaizen strives to boost efficiency, enhance quality, and optimize the use of resources through a series of incremental improvements. The concept encourages employees at all levels to actively contribute to finding better processes and workflows.
An important benefit of Kaizen is that it helps increase productivity and improve product and service quality. It also fosters employee motivation and satisfaction. Kaizen enables companies to flexibly adapt to market changes and strengthens their innovative potential.

MPDV's Executive Manufacturing Center (EMC) helps companies optimize their production processes in a sustainable way through lean management and the principle of continuous improvment.

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