Kaizen

KAI means CHANGE; ZEN means GOOD. Thus KAIZEN means Change for Good or a Good Change.

Salient Features of Kaizen

• It is a continuous improvement tool but not a single-time job.
• It targets excellence.
• It co-ordinates between various functions on/off the shop floor.
• Its outlook is global production system.
• It is a step-by-step improvement or change for betterment involving employees at grass-root level.
• It is done by a team (team-approach). The team members belong to the same organisation and even to the same section or department where the problem exists.
• It is Bottom-up-Approach.
• It does not need substantial investment.
• The improvement is experienced in a very short span of time.