Kaizen

Concept

Definition

A Japanese philosophy of continuous, incremental improvement involving everyone in the organization.

Kaizen (Japanese for "change for the better") is a philosophy of continuous, incremental improvement that involves every employee from the CEO to the frontline worker. PIPS shares Kaizen's core belief that improvement is everyone's job and should be a permanent practice, not a one-time event. PIPS operationalizes this philosophy with a structured 6-step framework.

Related Terms

Continuous Improvement

A permanent organizational discipline of systematically identifying and resolving problems.

Lean

A methodology focused on eliminating waste and maximizing value in processes.

PIPS Cycle

A complete pass through all 6 PIPS steps from problem identification to evaluation.

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