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Kaizen

Concept

A lean practice of small, practical improvements made close to the work, often run as short kaizen events or workshops by the people who run the process.

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Episodes about Kaizen

Why Continuous Improvement Needs Better Data

2026-10-04

Kaizen workshops often feel like progress, yet the same losses return a few weeks later. This episode is for lean leaders, plant engineers and manufacturing IT teams who want continuous improvement that lasts. Learn how to connect ERP, MES, machine data and…

Articles about Kaizen (1)

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Why do Kaizen improvements often disappear?

The workshop drifts away from daily production facts, so teams cannot tell whether the fix holds under different conditions. · From the episode: Why Continuous Improvement Needs Better Data

Why does continuous improvement need better data?

It needs better data to prove whether a countermeasure worked, where it worked and when it stopped working. Without that, a Kaizen event can feel like real progress while the same loss shows up again a few weeks later under slightly different conditions. · From the episode: Why Continuous Improvement Needs Better Data

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