Kaizen event

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Kaizen event is a time-boxed set of activities carried out by the cell team during the week of a cell implementation. These activities include training, planning, design solutions, deployment, documentation, demonstrating performance, etc. The Kaizen event is the implementation arm of a lean manufacturing program.

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According to the Lean Manufacturing by Feld,

Kaizen event. A time-boxed set of activities carried out by the cell team during the week of a cell implementation. These activities include training, planning, design solutions, deployment, documentation, demonstrating performance, etc. The Kaizen event is the implementation arm of a lean manufacturing program.