TOKYO -- For five years as Toyota's global manufacturing boss, the quest for kaizen-- or continuous improvement -- was the mantra for Takeshi Uchiyamada. But when he became chief of r&d last year, he ...

Toyota doesn’t expect to begin producing batteries at its new factory in Randolph County until 2025, but the company has already begun hiring the people who will make them. The first group of new ...

Toyota decided to donate its engineers to the Food Bank for New York City, finding ways to improve its efficiency with “kaizen,” a Japanese word for continuous improvement. The Japanese automaker’s ...

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor scored a major profit jump for the January-March quarter even as the global semiconductor shortage squeezes its rivals by applying its flagship philosophy of kaizen-- the pursuit ...

The Kaizen philosophy, defined as a style of continuous business improvement made in small increments, originated in Japan. The idea focuses on improving processes and products while using employee ...

CHICAGO - The cascading crisis at Toyota Motor Corp stemming from the massive recall of some of its vehicles is prompting other manufacturers that adopted its production system to ask whether the ...

Unfortunately there seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of kaizen, viewing it only as small incremental improvements. Therefore a new term was introduced into the lean vocabulary: kaikaku.

Most productivity methods give you tools to tackle specific projects or to-dos in an organized way. Kaizen, which translates roughly to "good change," is a Japanese productivity philosophy that helps ...

Are you tired of stagnant growth and inefficiencies in your business? Looking for a way to boost productivity and stay ahead of the competition? Say hello to Kaizen, the Japanese philosophy that has ...