{"id":4028,"date":"2011-05-02T18:01:27","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T22:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.local\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2011-05-02T18:01:27","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T22:01:27","slug":"continuous-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.local\/continuous-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuous Improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kaizen, an ongoing commitment to continuous improvement.<\/p>\n<p>[From Wikipedia] The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaizen#Implementation\">cycle of kaizen activity<\/a> can be defined as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Standardize an operation<\/li>\n<li>Measure the standardized operation (find cycle time and amount of in-process inventory)<\/li>\n<li>Gauge measurements against requirements<\/li>\n<li>Innovate to meet requirements and increase productivity<\/li>\n<li>Standardize the new, improved operations<\/li>\n<li>Continue cycle\u00a0<em>ad infinitum<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the standard business model.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth acknowledging that everything has a need for continuous improvement, constant maintenance, growth, nurturing.<\/p>\n<p>The idea that you can set &amp; forget doesn&#8217;t make any sense, especially in a technology driven world. \u00a0Embrace it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaizen, an ongoing commitment to continuous improvement. [From Wikipedia] The cycle of kaizen activity can be defined as: Standardize an operation Measure the standardized operation (find cycle time and amount of in-process inventory) Gauge measurements against requirements Innovate to meet requirements and increase productivity Standardize the new, improved operations Continue cycle\u00a0ad infinitum This is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[673],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}