Incremental improvement is a step by step process integrated into day to day work, using small, day-to-day actions and ongoing examination of operations and work flow. This approach to continuous ...

Kaizen Procedures. The term "kaizen," the Japanese word for improvement, is used by businesses to describe a technique of continuous improvement that eliminates waste, improves efficiency and ...

Process improvement is a methodology within project management, specifically in manufacturing, that helps you take in and evaluate feedback about your processes to ensure continual improvement ...

And likely, very likely, the root cause of these issues lies in this same basic failing -- not achieving stable flow at takt. Outward signs of weak quality systems with unstable process flow include: ...

The company began developing continuous technology with MIT in 2007 and plans the first semipilot scale-up of part of the manufacturing process later in 2010. The next milestone will be in 2013, when ...

The facility repaired and performed scheduled maintenance on large aircraft. One aircraft was located in each of the 10 cells shown. Each aircraft was disassembled, inspected for damage, repaired, ...