Lean manufacturing uses many different words and terms. Click here to learn the difference between "kaizen" and "jidoka."
Kaizen teian: a Japanese term that means “continuous improvement proposals” or improvement through suggestion. It focuses on participation rate, rather than the value of specific ideas. The emphasis is on encouraging individual operators to continuously make improvements. Kaizen teian suggestions are usually small-scale ideas confined to the operator’s workcell that are easy, cheap and quick to implement.