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Masaaki Imai, has been a pioneer and leader, in spreading the Kaizen
philosophy, all over the world.
Masaaki Imai, is the Founder of Kaizen Institute.
Over the last 30 years, Mr. Imai has held lectures on Kaizen, Lean,
and other related management subjects, and helped companies introduce change, and
continual improvement programs.
The concept of kaizen, is to make simple, common-sense improvements.
Gemba is a Japanese term, meaning "the real place."
The best improvement ideas, will come from going to the gemba, or the
work place.
The gemba walk, is an activity, that takes management to the front lines, to look
for wastes, and identify opportunities to improvement.