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Gemba Kaizen

Explains workplace-centered improvement using standards, visual controls, housekeeping and management involvement.

Key takeaways

  1. Go to the actual place
  2. Make abnormality visible against standards
  3. Small daily improvements compound

How to apply it in your business

  1. Schedule a focused daily gemba observation
  2. Use 5S to expose recurring friction
  3. Track implemented frontline improvement ideas

About the author

Masaaki Imai founded the Kaizen Institute and helped popularize continuous improvement outside Japan.

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