Tim McMahon has over 25 years of leadership experience implementing lean manufacturing. Here, he explains why kaizen is a valuable tool that many companies may not take full advantage of. If you want to analyze your process and uncover pain points, kaizen allows you to do just that.

The concept of Kaizen revolves around continuous improvement by making small changes on a regular basis. It involves every employee contributing improvement suggestions regularly, creating a culture focused on small, continuous improvements across the organization.

Mass customization (MC) aims to meet individual customer needs while controlling costs and maintaining quality. The paper explores the connection between kaizen, a continuous improvement tool, and mass customization practices.

Every organization can benefit from continuous improvement. In this blog, we’ll highlight 3 simple Lean tools for process improvement, why they’re important and how Minitab Engage can help you successfully leverage these tools across your organization. Let’s get started!

We quality professionals can inadvertently turn off our management team and, thereby, hurt our chances of successfully promoting good ideas.

Organizations are successful if they incorporate structured steps for implementing Lean Six Sigma so that the enterprise as a whole benefits.