how does kaizen work 
kaizen involves five key principles know your customer let it flow go to gemba or the real place empower people and be transparent 2these five principles lead to three major outcomes elimination of waste also referred to as economic efficiency good housekeeping and standardization ideally kaizen becomes so ingrained in a company s culture that it eventually becomes natural to employees the kaizen meaning posits that there is no perfect end and that everything can be improved upon people must strive to evolve and innovate constantly the basic idea of kaizen is that people who perform certain tasks and activities know the most about them empowering those people to effect change is the best strategy for improvement teamwork is core to kaizen where regular team meetings are held involving discussions about improvements changes and projects 