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Successes With Kaizen

The goal of kaizen - continual improvement - is obviously desirable. Businesses dotting the globe have implemented this lean methodology to augment profits, improve safety, increase customer retention, and boost employee satisfaction.

Check out the following two examples of kaizen success stories; one is from an international mega biz, the other a homegrown company from the Midwest.

Sony's Kaizen Success: Learn how Sony used kaizen to increase its production efficiency by 7,000% here.

Fleetwood's Kaizen Success: See how Chicago-born Fleetwood has used kaizen to reduce cycle time and waste and increase profit and customer base.

The concept of Kaizen is universally applicable; even everyday-life (link leaves our web site) tasks and chores can use continual improvement. In nearly any situation, from a coming corporation to a single person trying to use time more effectively, kaizen will lead to improvements when properly implemented.

 

 

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