Improvement Quote by Masaaki Imai Download Open image “Kaizen means ongoing improvement involving everybody, without spending much money.” — Masaaki Imai ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Improvement Involving Kaizen Lean manufacturing Mean Ongoing Spending
“Kaizen" is a Japanese term that captures the concept of continuously making many small improvements.” — Andrew Hunt Copy Share Image
The message of the Kaizen strategy is that not a day should go by without some kind of improvement being made somewhere in the… — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
The Kaizen Philosophy assumes that our way of life - be it our working life, our social life, or our home life - deserves… — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
If you are going to do kaizen continuouslyyou've got to assume that things are a mess. Too many people just assume that things are… — Taiichi Ohno Copy Share Image
“People who struggle with kaizen do so not because the steps are hard but because they are easy. They can’t overcome the cultural training… — Robert Maurer Copy Share Image
Kaizen and innovation are the two major strategies people use to create change. Where innovation demands shocking and radical reform, all kaizen asks is… — Robert D. Maurer Copy Share Image
To make the quickest progress, you don't have to take huge leaps. You just have to take baby steps-and keep on taking them. In… — Marci Shimoff Copy Share Image
You can't do kaizen just once or twice and expect immediate results. You have to be in it for the long haul. — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
Kaizen is like a hotbed that nurtures small and ongoing changes, while innovation is like magma that appears in abrupt eruptions from time to… — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before. — Shigeo Shingo Copy Share Image
There are various non-statistical tools that have been typically developed by lean companies, notably by Toyota for minimizing variability in production, such as standardization,… — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
Where there is no standard, there can be no improvement. For these reasons, standards are the basis for both maintenance and improvement — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
I have a theory that among the large Western companies (mostly American) the higher an executive is promoted, the more wisdom is lost and… — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
I believe that management should focus on two particular areas. One is Gemba (shop floor) and the other is customer (not the shareholder). — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
Japanese management practices succeed simply because they are good management practices. This success has little to do with cultural factors. And the lack of… — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
The message of the Kaizen strategy is that not a day should go by without some kind of improvement being made somewhere in the… — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
To assure the prosperity of a firm should be a long-term strategy and the turnover of key managers should be taken into account from… — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
Under the lean system, any tools which are required for solving problems are used. — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
Control charts are one of the statistical tools for solving quality related problems. — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
The standard is not writ on the stone. The definition of the standard is that it is the best way to do the job… — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
I am beginning to see a large-scale introduction of various management tools, philosophies and practices in the service sectors and have a high hope… — Masaaki Imai Copy Share Image
Create an environment for people to fail, to learn, and to grow. Their creativity and productivity will increase. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The average condition of the people improving or deteriorating, depends upon whether population is advancing faster than improvement, or improvement than population. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
We're focused on providing innovations in software, driving the continuous improvement for a much better experience, and there's a lot going on here that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Research is an organized method of trying to find out what you are going to do after you cannot do what you are doing… — Charles Kettering Copy Share Image
Business is always a struggle. There are always obstacles and competitors. There is never an open road, except the wide road that leads to… — Chris Kirubi Copy Share Image
Every step by which an individual substitutes concerted action for isolated action results in an immediate and recognizable improvement in his conditions. The advantages… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The Qur'an does not ask for human perfection, but rather asks that we persevere in striving for self-improvement and that we never become complacent… — Jeffrey Lang Copy Share Image
“A responsible woman doesn’t see opportunities and needs and look the other way pretending not to see them rather she gets to work to… — Agu Jaachynma N.E Copy Share Image
A most important lesson taught by nature. Only after destruction there is construction. Only on letting go will new opportunities crop up. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
