A Japanese business practice of continuous improvement in performance and productivity(noun)
Continuous improvement in a general way(noun)
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Use "kaizen" in a sentence
"It is what we call kaizen or continuous improvement."
"The Lean Promotion Office should be small, except for periods when excess employees from line jobs are being redeployed and put to work on short-term kaizen projects."
"This is often referred to as kaizen … a Japanese word for improvement."