10 Basic Principles for Improvement

1. Throw out your fixed ideas on how to do things.
2. Think of how the new method will work - not how it won't.
3. Don't accept excuses. Totally deny the status quo.
4. Don't seek perfection. 50% improvement is acceptable it done immediately.
5. Correct mistake the moment they are found.
6. Don't spend a lot of money on improvements.
7. Problem give you a chance to use your brains.
8. Ask "why?" at least five times until you find the root cause.
9. Ten people's ideas are better than one person's, hence use utilize a kaizen event!
10. Improvement knows no limits.