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Kaizen News

January 2004

• AZURE Dynamics Chooses IFS Applications(TM) to Support ...   Yahoo News (press release)   .... human resources. IFS supports lean manufacturing through components for Kanban, Kaizen costing, and production schedules. IFS' automotive ...

• MOBILE Economy Summit 2004, Sept 16-17, 2004, Berliner Congress   The Scotsman, UK   .... Driven by our management philosophy Mobile Kaizen (continuous improvement) we provide services in the areas of intelligence, seminars, conferences, strategy ...

• TOYOTA'S neighborhood   International Herald Tribune, France   .... thrift helped to create Toyota Motor, which is not only one of the world's largest automakers but is also a pioneer at efficiency innovations, such as kaizen ...

• TOYOTA sweep Indianapolis 500   Times of Oman, Oman   .... reiterate, the winning performance is a reflection of Toyota new millennium maxim, ‘Passion to Lead.’ An idea brought to life via innovation and ‘Kaizen ...

• LEAN Enterprise Institute Adds New Workshop to Regional Training ...   PRNewswire (press release)  .... 24): a fundamental initial step that creates the blueprint for applying other lean tools and running kaizen events. -- Mixed-Model Value Streams  (Feb. ... Lean Enterprise Institute Adds New Workshop to Regional Training ...

• BUSINESS Calendar: 1/4/04   Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA   .... Topic: "KAIZEN -- Your Roadmap to Operational Effectiveness." Presenters  Sandy Dillner and Beck Fadik, business process specialists, SAE International.

• KAIZEN Software Solutions releases Home Manager 2004   Press World (press release), Russia  ---  Kaizen Software Solutions has just announced the release of Home Manager 2004, a Windows software program for managing all the details of your
  residence and ...

• Kaizen LISTENING rewards businesses   Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, WI
  .... From Triangle of Prevention to Kaizen Blitzes to The Employee Link, three local companies have learned an important lesson — aggressively listening to ...

• EDITOR'S Desktop  Hawaii Business, HI   .... We're not perfect, but our Hawaii Business team continuously strives for perfection. Kaizen. Continuous improvement.  Here goes: ...

• A-10 Paint Shop redefines goals   Hilltop Times, UT   Shop team members used a Kaizen approach.  Kaizen is a Japanese term that means continuous improvement -- taken from “Kai” meaning ...

• WHY should   Alameda Times-Star, CA   .... There's a Japanese philosophy that I love. It's called kaizen.  It means "continuous self-improvement."  I teach it to my students. ...

• COROLLA Impacts Qualis Output Target For 2003   Financial Express, India   .... plant. Instead, the company wants to maximise efficiency of the first one through its ‘Kaizen’ or continuous improvement process. ...

• PORSCHE'S CEO Talks Shop   BusinessWeek   .... Q: How do you continue to reap lower costs after having streamlined production so radically in the 1990s, using Japanese kaizen methods? ...
  
  

Our Kaizen Catalog

• Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management by Masaaki Imai
• Office Kaizen: Transforming Office Operations into a Strategic Competitive Advantage by William Lareau
• Kaizen: The Key To Japan's Competitive Success by Masaaki Imai

• The Idea Generator: Quick and Easy Kaizen (Workbook) by Bunji Tozawa
• Kaizen Event Implementation Manual by Geoffrey L. Mika
• Kaizen Strategies for Improving Team Performance: How to Accelerate Team Development and Enhance Team Productivity by Michael Colenso
• The Kaizen Blitz: Accelerating Breakthroughs in Productivity and Performance by Anthony C. Laraia
• Kaizen for the Shopfloor (Shopfloor Series) by The Productivity Press Development Team

• Cost Reduction Systems: Target Costing and Kaizen Costing by Yasuhiro Monden
• The Improvement Engine: Creativity & Innovation Through Employee Involvement: The Kaizen Teian System by Japan Human Relations Assn
• Kaizen Teian 1: Developing Systems for Continuous Improvement Through Employee Suggestions by Japan Human Relations Association

• Kaizen Strategies for Customer Care : How to Create a Powerful Customer Care Program-And Make It Work by Patricia Wellington
• Kaizen Teian 2: Guiding Continuous Improvement Through Employee Suggestions by Japan Human Relations Association
• Kaizen Strategies for Successful Organizational Change: Evolution and Revolution in the Organization by Michael Colenso

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