Commentary--A leading automotive company launched a three-week campaign where engineers across the organization came up with new ideas that saved the company more than $73 million that year. At an ...

If you are seeking a quick and successful lean implementation, forget it. Quite simply, lean implementations frequently are referred to as lean journeys for good reason: They take time, and they are ...

THE word Kaizen is translated from Japanese to mean "continuous improvement." Kaizen events are an organized team effort to improve reliability of a process, reduce setup/lead times, streamline a ...

Most companies do a decent job of documenting safety and ergonomic issues, but there is much room for improvement when it comes to following through with implementing the corrective actions in a ...

For Plain Vanilla, the studio behind trivia game QuizUp–which famously signed up a million users in its first week on the App Store–it was stopping in the midst of all their success, sitting back, and ...

Within the tight timeframe of a Kaizen Blitz, the team redesigned the workflow, clarified ownership, automated validations, ...

Hanged on a wall at the reception of BOC Kenya headquarters in Industrial Area is a striking whiteboard titled in red ‘Kaizen quote.’ Written on it, is the day’s offering: “Remember, it isn’t the ...