New breakthrough tip: There are two types of #improvements: - Continuous improvement is the relentless pursuit of improvements through a process of small, ongoing changes. The #Japanese word kaizen (continuous improvement) is associated with bottom-up, people-driven continuous improvement. Kaizen is based on the belief that one should never be satisfied and should always seek to do better. Some of the techniques associated with kaizen include #quality circles and #employee suggestion schemes. The continuous improvement #approach is underpinned by a conviction that all employees have natural creativity that must be tapped into. - Radical improvement is designed to provide a one-off, major advance in performance. Often they are associated with significant changes in design, operating #processes and #practices, and with big investments of money and other resources. They also rely on the introduction of new technology. Radical improvement is often much more risky than continuous improvement, since it disrupts established ways of #managing #operations. Feel free to contact us anytime if you want to discuss about an improvement initiative adopted in your company.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:30:00 +0000
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