Kaizen is a Japanese word meaning Continuous Improvement. Continuous Improvement can apply to small changes that we can implement ourselves, to larger team-based projects that can be accomplished in three to five days, and large projects that can span many months. As our business environment becomes more and more competitive, it is up to all employees to be involved in the effort to stabilize, improve and perfect our business processes. Kaizen is philosophy and tool to help us accomplish that.