that happened at the very bottom of the manufacturing chain, eventually had a massive effect. This revolutionised the Japanese car manufacturing industry and the global economy. Other global companies like Sony and Fuji saw similar success. Now the highest honour a Japanese company can receive is the National Deming Prize.

Although it was evident that Kaizen ethics were entrenched within Deming’s work, it wasn’t Deming that coined the philosophy of Kaizen, this was Masaaki Imai. During the rise of the car manufacturing industry at Toyota, the Japanese had developed what is now known as Lean manufacturing. Kaizen is a tool that sits within Lean to enable continuous improvement.

From theory to world-wide phenomenon

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