KAIZEN | meaning, definition in Cambridge English Dictionary

A kaizen blitz, or rapid improvement, is a focused activity on a particular process or activity. · Kaizen is based on all employees involvement and individual ... MeaningofkaizeninEnglish kaizennoun[U]uk Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /ˈkaɪ.zen/us Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /ˈkaɪ.zen/ aJapanesewayofrunningacompanybyalwaystryingtoimprovethewaypeopleworkandwhattheydo Officepractices administrative administratively badgein badged badging dictate dictation humanresources hygienefactor in-house interoffice manageup photocopy photostat powerbreakfast powerlunch pp remittance scrum workinglunch Seemoreresults» Youcanalsofindrelatedwords,phrases,andsynonymsinthetopics: Managingandorganizing   Wanttolearnmore? ImproveyourvocabularywithEnglishVocabularyinUsefromCambridge.Learnthewordsyouneedtocommunicatewithconfidence. (DefinitionofkaizenfromtheCambridgeAdvancedLearner'sDictionary&Thesaurus©CambridgeUniversityPress) kaizen|BusinessEnglish kaizennoun[U]  MANAGEMENTuk Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /ˈkaɪzen/us Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio amanagementsystemdevelopedinJapan,basedontheideathatemployeesshouldbeinvolvedincontinuallyimprovingproducts,services,etc.tomakethecompanyassuccessfulaspossible:Workersareexpectedtoadoptapolicyof`kaizen',whichisthepracticeofcontinuallyseekingimprovement. (DefinitionofkaizenfromtheCambridgeBusinessEnglishDictionary©CambridgeUniversityPress) Examplesofkaizen kaizen Akaizenblitz,orrapidimprovement,isafocusedactivityonaparticularprocessoractivity. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Kaizenisbasedonallemployeesinvolvementandindividualactivitiesgenerallyreachanimprovementoflessthan20%. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Priortokaizencosting,whentheproductsareunderdevelopmentphase,targetcostingisapplied. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Followingtheseprinciples,workprocessesareredesignedtoeliminatewaste(muda)throughtheprocessofcontinuousimprovementkaizen. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Itissimilartotheideaofkaizenwhichfocusesononeprocess. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Theformatforkaizencanbeindividual,suggestionsystem,smallgroup,orlargegroup. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Theprocessowneriscontinuallyinvolvedwiththeoperationalmanagersandprocessoperatorsastheyusekaizentocontinuallyimprovetheprocessastheyareperformingthework. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Kaizenteamsarebasedineverydepartment. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Kaizen,ontheotherhand,iscontinuousminorchangesofacertainareaofaproductionsystem,oftenwiththeprimarygoalofsolvingteamrelatedproblems. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Theseexamplesarefromcorporaandfromsourcesontheweb.AnyopinionsintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionoftheCambridgeDictionaryeditorsorofCambridgeUniversityPressoritslicensors. Translationsofkaizen inChinese(Traditional) （不斷提高工作者表現的）日本式經營公司方式,持續改善的經營思想… Seemore inChinese(Simplified) （不断提高工作者表现的）日本式经营公司方式,持续改善的经营思想… Seemore inPolish kaizen(=japońskafilozofiadoskonaleniafirmy)… Seemore Needatranslator? Getaquick,freetranslation! Translatortool Whatisthepronunciationofkaizen?   Browse kaftan kagoul kaiserroll kaitiaki kaizen kaizenevent kakapo BETA kakistocracy kalamata Testyourvocabularywithourfunimagequizzes {{randomImageQuizHook.copyright1}} {{randomImageQuizHook.copyright2}} Imagecredits Tryaquiznow Moremeaningsofkaizen kaizenevent Seeallmeanings WordoftheDay getawayfromitall togosomewhere,usuallyonholiday,whereyoucancompletelyrelaxandforgetyourresponsibilitiesorproblems Aboutthis Blog Boundlessenergyandoomph(Languagerelatingtoenergy,Part2) September28,2022 ReadMore NewWords thunderfever September26,2022 Morenewwords hasbeenaddedtolist Totop Contents EnglishBusinessExamplesTranslations {{#displayLoginPopup}} Cambridge Dictionary+Plus Learnmorewith +Plus Signup forfreeandgetaccesstoexclusivecontent: Free wordlistsandquizzesfromCambridge Tools tocreateyourownwordlistsandquizzes Wordlists sharedbyourcommunityofdictionaryfans SignupnoworLogin Cambridge Dictionary+Plus Learnmorewith +Plus Createwordlistsandquizzesforfree SignupnoworLogin {{/displayLoginPopup}} {{#displayClassicSurvey}} {{/displayClassicSurvey}} CambridgeDictionary+Plus Myprofile +Plushelp Logout Dictionary Definitions ClearexplanationsofnaturalwrittenandspokenEnglish English Learner’sDictionary EssentialBritishEnglish EssentialAmericanEnglish Translations Clickonthearrowstochangethetranslationdirection. BilingualDictionaries English–French French–English English–German German–English English–Indonesian Indonesian–English English–Italian Italian–English English–Japanese Japanese–English English–Polish Polish–English English–Portuguese Portuguese–English English–Spanish Spanish–English Semi-bilingualDictionaries Dutch–English English–Arabic English–Catalan English–Chinese(Simplified) English–Chinese(Traditional) English–Czech English–Danish English–Korean English–Malay English–Norwegian English–Russian English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Vietnamese Translate Grammar Thesaurus CambridgeDictionary+Plus {{userName}} CambridgeDictionary+Plus Myprofile +Plushelp Logout Login/ Signup English(UK)  Change English(UK) English(US) Español Español(Latinoamérica) Русский Português Deutsch Français Italiano 中文(简体) 正體中文(繁體) Polski 한국어 Türkçe 日本語 TiếngViệt Followus Chooseadictionary RecentandRecommended {{#preferredDictionaries}} {{name}} {{/preferredDictionaries}} Definitions ClearexplanationsofnaturalwrittenandspokenEnglish English Learner’sDictionary EssentialBritishEnglish EssentialAmericanEnglish Grammarandthesaurus UsageexplanationsofnaturalwrittenandspokenEnglish Grammar Thesaurus Translation Clickonthearrowstochangethetranslationdirection. BilingualDictionaries English–French French–English English–German German–English English–Indonesian Indonesian–English English–Italian Italian–English English–Japanese Japanese–English English–Polish Polish–English English–Portuguese Portuguese–English English–Spanish Spanish–English Semi-bilingualDictionaries Dutch–English English–Arabic English–Catalan English–Chinese(Simplified) English–Chinese(Traditional) English–Czech English–Danish English–Korean English–Malay English–Norwegian English–Russian English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Vietnamese Dictionary+Plus WordLists Chooseyourlanguage English(UK)  English(US) Español Español(Latinoamérica) Русский Português Deutsch Français Italiano 中文(简体) 正體中文(繁體) Polski 한국어 Türkçe 日本語 TiếngViệt Contents English   Noun Business   Noun Examples Translations Grammar Alltranslations Mywordlists Addkaizentooneofyourlistsbelow,orcreateanewone. {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{#message}} {{message}} {{/message}} {{^message}} Somethingwentwrong. {{/message}} {{/verifyErrors}} 5?195:(stateSidebarWordListItems.length*39)" [src]="stateSidebarWordListItems"> More {{name}} Gotoyourwordlists {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{#message}} {{message}} {{/message}} {{^message}} Somethingwentwrong. {{/message}} {{/verifyErrors}} Tellusaboutthisexamplesentence: Thewordintheexamplesentencedoesnotmatchtheentryword. Thesentencecontainsoffensivecontent. Cancel Submit Thanks!Yourfeedbackwillbereviewed. {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{#message}} {{message}} {{/message}} {{^message}} Therewasaproblemsendingyourreport. {{/message}} {{/verifyErrors}} Thewordintheexamplesentencedoesnotmatchtheentryword. Thesentencecontainsoffensivecontent. Cancel Submit Thanks!Yourfeedbackwillbereviewed. {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{#message}} {{message}} {{/message}} {{^message}} Therewasaproblemsendingyourreport. {{/message}} {{/verifyErrors}}