Kaizen is the Japanese term for “ change for the good” or continuous improvement. Gemba refers to “On the Manufacturing Floor” or "In The Office", where ever the action is! Together, they create a spirit that mandates that all improvements begin and are driven by employee actions on the floor, not in an Engineering Office or Quality Control Department often located rooms, floors or even buildings away from the action.

Kaizen Events focus a team of people for several days on a specific Product Line, Office, or Manufacturing process. The objective is to dramatically improve the performance of that process.  During an event, a baseline for current performance is established, training on Lean Manufacturing concepts is conducted, manufacturing wastes are identified by team members and creative solutions for the elimination of those wastes are implemented.  In addition to the immediate results commonly achieved through Kaizen Events, they are a powerful tool for Continuous Process Improvement and often identify a number of improvement activities that the team can focus on for several weeks.