3 Continuous Measurement and Interpretation

DOI: 10.4324/9781003317852-5

This chapter presents the first stage of the Strategic Kaizen methodology. More exactly, it is presented studying the potential for strategic systematic improvement points (first process) and calculating ideal Takt Profit and setting stratified KAIZENshiro (second process).

3.1 Overview

In the case of many companies, after years and years of continuous preoccupations for increasing productivity, with an impact on lowering cost, ideas are dried up. Even if internal analyses are done to identify strengths and weaknesses in companies and external analyses are done to find market opportunities, many companies cannot change their thinking. Often, the essence is hidden in ...

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