Kaizen
Time at
Canon
Canon
employees offer around 50
improvement
ideas per year per
employee.
In
some Canon plants, the foremen
are told to set aside the
half-hour as
Kaizen time – time to do
nothing but
thinking improvement in the
workshop.
The foremen use this period to
identify problems and work on
Kaizen programs. Factories
are advised not to hold meetings
during this 30-minute period,
and foremen should not even
answer the telephone then.
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