Question

Explain about kaizen and features of kaizen philosophy

Answer 1

Five S of Kaizen. “Kaizen” refers to a Japanese word which means “improvement” or “change for the better”. Kaizen is defined as a continuous effort by each and every employee (from the CEO to field staff) to ensure improvement of all processes and systems of a particular organization.

Answer 2

Answer:

Key elements of Kaizen are: quality, effort, involvement of all employees, willingness to change, and communication. Japanese companies distinguish between: Innovation, a radical form of change, and Kaizen, a continuous form of change. Kaizen means literally: change (kai) to become good (zen).