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Nine principles for kaizen continuous improvement

1. Be dissatisfied with the status of current "standards".


Continuously strive toward . 2. Use customer-defined value as a guiding beacon for all . . . . decision-making to improve the entire value 3. Use the scientific method (PDCA) 4. Gain consensus about root causes before jumping to proposed solutions, but then have a bias for action (do quick experiments) 5. Go to the to observation, document, and experiment with the way the work . is really done 6. Use for every process, sub-process, and supporting . 7. Continuous Improvement is everyone's job. Engage the hearts and minds of your . . people - not just their backs 8. Use creativity before capital 9. Improve enterprise-wide performance by building a lean culture of accountability and . trust "Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

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