kaizen

ˈkaɪzɛn

Definition

Definition of kaizen - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

business

TECH.

Japanese business practice of continuous improvement

TECH.

Kaizen has transformed our company's efficiency.

work culture

TECH.

philosophy of continuous improvement in working practices

TECH.

The team embraced kaizen to enhance their workflow.

improvement

refinement

Verb

tr.

business process

TECH.

make ongoing small changes to improve a process or task

TECH.

The team kaizens their workflow every month.

optimize

refine

streamline

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Origin of kaizen

Japanese, kaizen (improvement)

Examples of kaizen in a sentence

The kaizen philosophy is integral to our workflow.
Management implemented kaizen for better efficiency.
Kaizen workshops were held monthly.
We kaizen the onboarding process each quarter.
Managers kaizen office layouts to boost efficiency.

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French:kaizen, améliorer en continu, ...
German:Kaizen, verbessern, ...
Italian:kaizen, migliorare continuamente, ...
Spanish:kaizen, mejorar continuamente, ...
Portuguese:kaizen, melhorar continuamente, ...
Chinese:持续改进, 不断优化, ...
Japanese:改善, 改善する, ...
Arabic:كَايزِن, حسّن تدريجيًا, ...
Hebrew:קָאִיזֶן, לְשַׁפֵּר בְּהֶתְמַדָּה, ...
Russian:кайдзен, постоянно совершенствовать, ...
Ukrainian:кайдзен, застосовувати кайзен, ...
Hindi:काइज़ेन, लगातार सुधार करना, ...
Bengali:কাইজেন, অবিরত উন্নতি, ...
Catalan:kaizen, millorar contínuament, ...
Czech:kaizen, zlepšovat, ...
Danish:kaizen, forbedre løbende, ...
Dutch:kaizen, continu verbeteren, ...
Greek:καϊζέν, βελτιστοποιώ σταδιακά, ...
Hungarian:kaizen, folyamatosan fejleszteni, ...
Khmer:កៃហ្សិន, កែលម្អជាបន្តបន្ទាប់, ...
Korean:카이젠, 지속적으로 개선하다, ...
Persian:کایزن, بهبود مستمر دادن, ...
Polish:kaizen, kaizenować, ...
Portuguese (BR):kaizen, kaizenar, ...
Romanian:kaizen, a îmbunătăți continuu, ...
Swedish:kaizen, förbättra kontinuerligt, ...
Thai:ไคเซ็น, ปรับปรุงอย่างต่อเนื่อง, ...
Turkish:kaizen, sürekli iyileştirmek, ...
Vietnamese:kaizen, thực hiện cải tiến liên tục, ...

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