IMPLEMENTATION OF KAIZEN BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY – PROGRAM OF BUSINESS PROCESS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

The purpose of this paper is design of effective and controlable approach for continuous improvement programme of business processes. In this paper the mixed analytical-synthetical techniques have been used. The starting point of the research is the brief overview of the  basic principles of Kaizen management, the pillars and the tools of its structure. The central part of the paper contains the analysis of the basic implementation principles of Kaizen and the adapted model of planning and monitoring of Kaizen event, as the main achieved result. The guidelines for organizing Kaizen event  areobserved as the research issues, too. The final conclusion is that the proposed model might be effective in the view of reducing Kaizen start up losses. Also, because of its limited finance requirements, the Kaizen business philosophy should be especialy suitable to current industrial environment in Serbia.

Key words: procesess continuous improvement, lean production, inovation, work cells, 5S, Kaizen event.

JEL Classification: M10, M11