Kaizen and Total Quality Control for Market Leadership - Part 1
Many experts believe that what propelled Japanese Companies - from Car Manufacturing to Home Electronics to the top positions in the global markets is - "Kaizen".
Kaizen is a Japanese word that can be translated as Constant and Perpetual Improvement in all aspects - in Quality of our Products, Services , Solutions. Also in our relationships - in how we deal with all Stakeholders - our customers,business partners and associates.
In 1950s, Gen. McCarthur commissioned Dr. Deming to help Japanese industries improve the quality of their products. Dr. Deming eventually was hailed as the "Father of the Japanese Economic Miracle" for introducing Total Quality Control to Japanese companies.
Japanese employees - in multinational companies - both engineers and business-function staff constantly and relentlessly strive to improve the quality of our products, services and processes and relationships, little by little , everyday.
This can be evident in every episode of the TV series - the Professional of NHK :
http://www.nhk.or.jp/professional/
(Sorry this is only in Japanese)
As I watch some episodes of that show I can't help myself but be awed in amazement on how Japanese engineers, craftsmen and professionals, almost to a manic obsession - devote their lives to the pursuit of Excellence and Quality in their chosen endeavor.
I will blog more on this later...
Kaizen is a Japanese word that can be translated as Constant and Perpetual Improvement in all aspects - in Quality of our Products, Services , Solutions. Also in our relationships - in how we deal with all Stakeholders - our customers,business partners and associates.
In 1950s, Gen. McCarthur commissioned Dr. Deming to help Japanese industries improve the quality of their products. Dr. Deming eventually was hailed as the "Father of the Japanese Economic Miracle" for introducing Total Quality Control to Japanese companies.
Japanese employees - in multinational companies - both engineers and business-function staff constantly and relentlessly strive to improve the quality of our products, services and processes and relationships, little by little , everyday.
This can be evident in every episode of the TV series - the Professional of NHK :
http://www.nhk.or.jp/professional/
(Sorry this is only in Japanese)
As I watch some episodes of that show I can't help myself but be awed in amazement on how Japanese engineers, craftsmen and professionals, almost to a manic obsession - devote their lives to the pursuit of Excellence and Quality in their chosen endeavor.
I will blog more on this later...
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