Kaizen: Your Key to Continuous Business and Personal Improvement

In the mid-­1980s, a manufacturing concept called `kaizen' began to spread beyond its roots in Japan and into the West. `Kaizen' is a Japanese term, which roughly translated means`improvement'. `Kai' means`change' and `zen,' `good' or `for the better'. It means `continuing improvement in personal life, home life, social life, and working life'. Essentially it means continuous improvement, seeking small improvements through the elimination of waste.