With hospitals feeling the pressure to improve efficiency and lower costs, some are implementing the Kaizen method to streamline processes. Kaizen is among a number of process improvement strategies ...

Kampala — Maasaki Imai is the founder and chairman of the International Kaizen Institute, an organisation which helps Western companies introduce Kaizen concepts. During his recent visit to Uganda, ...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the industrial and services sectors in Jordan can apply as of next week to benefit from a Japan-funded project to implement the Japanese concept of Kaizen, a ...

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 ...

Toyota became world-class after World War II when it adopted ‘kaizen’ throughout the company—from maintenance personnel to top management. Kaizen (which in Chinese is pronounced “gai shan”) means ...

IMPLEMENTATION of the 5s Kaizen concept by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) has increased efficiency through elimination of all kinds of waste and bringing satisfaction to employees and ...

An enquiry revealed that all of them were born premature and in the hands of unskilled traditional birth attendants, a practice which is common in Bangladesh. Local administrators met in Tangail to ...

One of the first things visitors notice at the Kaizen Institute office in Auckland is the absence of office chairs. True, the open plan office has a facility for training, where chairs and long tables ...