Publish Date
June 14, 2024
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While your Google search will return more than 1.1 billion results for the query “how to increase efficiency”, it’s unlikely that you’ll find game-changing information for increasing your shop’s efficiency amongst them (unless, of course, you scour through them all).
But why is that?
Well, many of those high-ranking sites are touting tips, tricks and strategies for increasing personal, professional or employee efficiency. They include suggestions like planning, delegating tasks and setting goals, all of which are great. But they’re not exactly ways you’re going to level up your shop’s efficiency. (At least, they shouldn’t be. And if they are, you’re going to need to start with those.)
So, what’s next?
If you search “how to increase shop efficiency”, you’ll be presented with roughly 156 million results, many of which differ from the original search. These results focus mainly on increasing efficiency through communication, automation and general organization. And if you’ve already optimized or fully utilized them (at least to the extent of your budget), it may feel like you’re running out of options. But that’s not the case!
It may be time to consider adopting, and encouraging your employees to adopt, a kaizen mindset.
What is Kaizen?
The term kaizen is a combination of two Japanese words: kai, which is often translated to the word change, and zen, which is translated to good. And although the literal translation of kaizen is change good, it is often translated to the term continuous improvement, or making changes for the better.
Kaizen is more than just a word representing continuous improvement, though. It’s also a business philosophy, one that’s been develop