And at the same time it is a Lean concept, derived from Dr. W. Edward Deming’s PDCA cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act) . Every modern process we know today that contains a PDCA-like cycle (such as Scrum’s sprints, for instance) derives from the same concept of continuous improvement....
s called Kaizen.]]>Discusses Kaizen, the concept of using teams of employees to make continuous, small-step improvements in an organization and its usage in the Japanese manufacturing world. Application by R. Banerjee in England.TorchiaMark...
The commodity chain concept is a useful analytical tool because it directs attention to which 'links" in the chain are internationalized and to where the specific links are relocated. As did dependency theory, commodity chain analysis focus- es on the locations of the nodes of control (Gereffi...
“What pivotal Japanese concept would especially appeal to each of the 16 personality types?” This led to a lot of jotting down notes, research, and musing. Today I’m ready to explore with you the Japanese philosophy that (I think) you’ll really get something out of, based on...
Kaizen ‐ or continuous improvement ‐ has long been recognized as a key factor in the success of Japanese companies. Consequently, many Western companies have striven to imitate and implement the concept with varying degrees of success. Despite a vast body of research there has been little ...
The essential concept of this work is to create something new by abandoning present ideas. Indeed, as soon as I’d finished developing one product, I set about trying to improve it, even suggesting how versions far in the future might be developed. Inevitably, this ingrained way of thinking...
The resulting product was a wild success for Toyota. While other well-established car companies with years of fuel-cell research initially laughed at the weird concept, they didn’t laugh for long.The Prius became a bestseller, within two years even a profitable bestseller, and it gave a huge...
on the basis of casual measurements at the outpatient clinic (clinic BP). However, the reliability of clinic BP was called into question 40 years after the advent of indirect sphygmomanometry. In 1940, Ayman and Goldshine4widely adopted the concept of self-BP measurements in the field of clin...
On the one hand, the concept of indirect decompression, in which the dural sac and spinal nerve root are decompressed by increase the intervertebral height that was reduced due to degeneration or degenerative spondylolisthesis, is commonly recognized. Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) via lateral...
Kaizen is a Japanese business philosophy that encourages continuous improvement involving employees at all levels of a company. The word kaizen is often translated as "change for the better." The concept of kaizen encompasses a wide range of ideas. Those include making the work environment more ef...