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Unlocking the secrets of Gemba Kaizen
Transform Your Software Team’s Efficiency Today!
Introduction
After the 2nd World War, Japan had lost its advantage in the industrialization game. They had a lot of catching up to do. One such industry which took a big hit was the automobile industry where the American market was way ahead of the Japanese market. So Japan started employing the idea of “Kaizen”. The meaning of the word kaizen in Japanese is continuous improvement where the idea is to continuously make smaller improvements to the process and standardizing those improvements such that the company progresses exponentially over time.
In 1943, Taiichi Ohno came to Toyota, and wanted to make sure that the company would become the best manufacturing company in the world. He devised several methodologies to achieve his goal. Even though his domain was mainly about how to optimize the inner working of a factory belt, some of these methodologies actually have found their way into software engineering.
In this article, we will talk about how some of these ideas can be beneficial for you to help improve the performance of your team whilst also improving the overall satisfaction of your team members.
