a philosophy of continuous improvement of working practices that underlies total quality management and just-in-time business techniques
Word origin
literally: improvement
Examples of 'kaizen' in a sentence
kaizen
This involves kaizen, the philosophy of continuous improvement, and constant innovation.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Kaizen - the never-ending quest for small, incremental improvements in quality, technology, processes, culture and productivity - is impressed on all staff.