The Japanese philosophy focuses on continuous improvement.

Productivity development, according to Kaizen, is a slow and meticulous procedure. Kaizen’s modest adjustments might include quality assurance, just-in-time deliveries, standardized work, the use of efficient technologies, as well as waste minimization.

Kaizen is a method of producing constant enhancement that is founded on the premise that tiny, continual beneficial adjustments may yield substantial results. It is often founded on collaboration as well as dedication, as opposed to techniques that utilize drastic or top-down reforms to achieve the transition. Kaizen is the foundation of lean production as well as the Toyota Way.

It was created in the production industry to reduce defects, minimize waste, increase production, foster worker motivation or responsibility, as well as stimulate innovation. This display depicts a completely revamped process in which separate manufacturing processes have been integrated into a work cell controlled by three personnel.

Furthermore, instead of "pressing" stuff through the system to respond to weekly plans established by production planning and control, the complete situation is changed to a pull system that runs immediately in reaction to customer needs.