Types of Kaizen

KAIZEN can be applied with different focus at different situations. However, it is the tool that is more relevant to plant engineering and maintenance, particularly to those who are on the way implementing the TPM culture. Whatsoever the form and outlook of application of kaizen may be, it becomes inherently or apparently the part and parcel of job of the maintenance department.

Various types of KAIZEN are:

1. Standard work Kaizen
2. Set-up Reduction Kaizen
3. TPM Focus Kaizen
4. Quality Focus Kaizen
5. Kanban Kaizen
6. 5-S-Kaizen.