kaizen

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I heard an interesting story on our local NPR affiliate (wamu. org) on New Year's Day about using the Japanese concept of kaizen, the constant improvement philosophy, to make small but lasting steps in one's behavior.

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  • I heard an interesting story on our local NPR affiliate (wamu. org) on New Year's Day about using the Japanese concept of kaizen, the constant improvement philosophy, to make small but lasting steps in one's behavior. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • True to Toyota's philosophy of kaizen - continuous improvement - Aygo's NVH levels have been reduced. —  AutoblogGreen
  • One of my resolutions is to bring the Japanese notion of kaizen, or continuous improvement, into school meetings. —  TLN Teacher Voices
  • After years of research a privately held corporation in Norcross GA is releasing information to help B2B companies increase revenue through kaizen - a management approach responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in increased revenue, profit, and cost reductions in companies around the world. —  PRWeb
  • Team members are highly trained to use tools such as Pareto analysis, kaizen, root cause analysis, failure modes and effects analysis, and five-why problem-solving in order to get the real answers to these and other questions. —  Reliable Plant Magazine
 

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