Kaizen principle
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The document outlines 10 Kaizen principles for continuous improvement, including throwing out old ideas and blaming processes rather than individuals for problems. It also advises thinking positively, making incremental 1% improvements, quickly correcting mistakes, prioritizing creativity over capital, finding root causes of problems, valuing group wisdom over single experts, basing decisions on data not opinions, and continuously seeking new improvement opportunities.
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Kaizen principle
- 1. KAIZEN PRINCIPLE NO 1 Throw out all your old fixed ideas and traditional ways on how to do things.
- 2. KAIZEN PRINCIPLE NO 2 Treat others as you want to be treated. Do not blame anyone - blame processes and not the individual.
- 3. KAIZEN PRINCIPLE NO 3 TO TURN YOUR OBSTACLE INTO OPPORTUNITY HOW Think positive—don’t say can’t.
- 4. KAIZEN PRINCIPLE NO 4 Don’t wait for perfection. 1% improvement now is fine.
- 5. KAIZEN PRINCIPLE NO 5 Correct mistakes as soon as they are found.
- 6. KAIZEN PRINCIPLE NO 6 Don’t substitute money for thinking. Creativity before capital.
- 7. KAIZEN PRINCIPLE NO 7 For any problem, keep asking why until you get to the root cause.
- 8. KAIZEN PRINCIPLE NO 8 Better the wisdom of 5 people than the expertise of 1.
- 9. KAIZEN PRINCIPLE NO 9 Base decisions on data not opinions.
- 10. KAIZEN PRINCIPLE NO 10 Improvement opportunities are endless, keep improving.