Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
kaizen
English translation:
continuous improvement
Added to glossary by
Troy Fowler
Aug 23, 2002 00:18
22 yrs ago
Japanese term
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kaizen
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Japanese to English
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A japanese business term for constantly improving.
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You have it right. 改善 or simply "Kaizen" in romaji.
This is a TOYOTA term/philosophy. It means there is no such thing as perfection, only constant improvements. In my experience, it is always written in English, and used as both a noun and verb.
Examples:
"This process is too slow, it should be Kaizen'ed."
"Lets make one second Kaizens to this process."
Examples:
"This process is too slow, it should be Kaizen'ed."
"Lets make one second Kaizens to this process."
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Kaori Myatt
France
France
Native in Japanese
France
Japalization is more than translation
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, French to Japanese, Japanese to French, and 3 more.
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改善??
If you need kanji, here you go.
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Craig Hills
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Continual Improvement
I work for a first-tier supplier in the Automotive industry, and this is one of the many catch words we have adopted into English from Japanese, (others include Gemba, Poka-Yoke, Muda, etc).
It is as Rasputin says a method of working developed by Toyota. Due to our supply to them, we have had to adopt it, (it's actually a very good system). It means continuous improvement in English, (but encompasses alot more than just that.
Over 83000 hits on Google. The best would be the official Kaizen institutes website, (or of course that for Toyota.)
KAIZEN is a Japanese word meaning gradual and orderly, continuous improvement. The KAIZEN business strategy involves everyone in an organization working together to make improvements 'without large capital investments'.
KAIZEN is a culture of sustained continuous improvement focusing on eliminating waste in all systems and processes of an organization. The KAIZEN strategy begins and ends with people. With KAIZEN, an involved leadership guides people to continuously improve their ability to meet expectations of high quality, low cost, and on-time delivery. KAIZEN transforms companies into 'Superior Global Competitors'.
It is as Rasputin says a method of working developed by Toyota. Due to our supply to them, we have had to adopt it, (it's actually a very good system). It means continuous improvement in English, (but encompasses alot more than just that.
Over 83000 hits on Google. The best would be the official Kaizen institutes website, (or of course that for Toyota.)
KAIZEN is a Japanese word meaning gradual and orderly, continuous improvement. The KAIZEN business strategy involves everyone in an organization working together to make improvements 'without large capital investments'.
KAIZEN is a culture of sustained continuous improvement focusing on eliminating waste in all systems and processes of an organization. The KAIZEN strategy begins and ends with people. With KAIZEN, an involved leadership guides people to continuously improve their ability to meet expectations of high quality, low cost, and on-time delivery. KAIZEN transforms companies into 'Superior Global Competitors'.
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Shinya Ono
: All answers are good, but this is most comprehensive, with not much extras. I am glad I am not working in such an environment. I worked at a rubber plant in mid-70's, and wouldn't want to work in an even more efficient one.
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Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Thailand
Thailand
EN-TH-JP: large volume tech/buzz/legal
Native in: Thai
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continual improvement, continuous improvement
Continous improvement for QS 9000, continual improvement for ISO 9001, ISO 14000, TS16246
Now we are in quality system world. Continual improvement means stepwise improvement; continuous improvement means perfectly continuing and gradual improvement.
Iw ork for quality system accreditation.
Now we are in quality system world. Continual improvement means stepwise improvement; continuous improvement means perfectly continuing and gradual improvement.
Iw ork for quality system accreditation.
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Permanent improvement
We used it at Isuzu Jidousha.
Gustavo Fonseca
Gustavo Fonseca
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