Publisher's Synopsis
In Japanese administration, kaizen signifies "persistent improvement" including the entire workforce from the top administration to middle managers and laborers. The source of Japan's kaizen movement was the quality control system imported from the United States (US) in the post-WW2 period. Japan took in and developed this as its own management practice strategy which later even surpassed execution in the US. This system that they adapted, got to be known as kaizen, spread quickly among Japanese organizations including countless small and medium-sized enterprises. In this manner, it spread abroad as Japanese business exercises extended overseas and Japanese organizations started to construct production systems with local organizations. Japan offers help for kaizen in numerous developing nations through private channels such as intra-organization technology transfer and bolster the local suppliers, and additionally through open (public) channels, for example, official development assistance (ODA) and direction given by different public associations. At this point, kaizen help is one of the standard menu items of Japanese support for industries in developing nations. While such help, at first, was centered on East Asia where Japan had active business organizations, it has now been executed generally in other areas including South Asia, Latin America and also, Eastern Europe. Nevertheless, to the extent to which Sub-Saharan Africa is concerned, knowledge sharing and execution of Kaizen has been rather restricted aside from a couple of prominent cases. There are a ton of unexploited advantages of specific and very well calibrated the use of kaizen from which various nations can draw upon to enhance their service and production units. There is additionally a requirement for Japan to all the more effectively propagates the thought of kaizen in other countries as an extra menu item in their industrial development procedures. The philosophy of Kaizen is considered to be the main reason for the incredible rise in the industry of Japan after it was ruined in World War II. It became one of the most vibrant, productive, profitable and cutting edge economies. In the 1980s, westerners started taking Kaizen seriously after the establishment of Japanese tech and automotive sectors as resolute market players. The basis of Kaizen is a business culture that emphasizes on continuous and tenacious forward momentum. You can apply the Kaizen philosophy to your business to see amazing improvements in profitability, employee morale, and efficiency. The aim of this book is to: 1. Explain the basic concept of Kaizen 2. The three pillars 3. Give details as to how Japan has implemented Kaizen assistance in developing countries 4. The methodology adopted by the Japanese experts to transfer important practices and techniques 5. The five S framework If you seriously want to take advantage of the Kaizen philosophy then you should read on as this course will perfectly guide you. This book will walk you through what it is, and explain its principles frameworks.
