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KAIZEN

Japanese word for "change for the better" or "improvement." Kaizen is a method of continuous cost reduction. It decreases quality problems and delivery time reduction through rapid, team-based improvement. Kaizen is both a philosophy and a systematic approach to improving processes that can be learned by everyone and applied everywhere.

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