Continuous improvement
Also known as: kaizen, CI, continual improvement.
Continuous improvement is the ongoing, structured practice of making small, measurable changes to processes, products, and services so performance improves over time — often implemented with tools like kaizen events, PDCA, and an improvement-ticket backlog.
In depth
Continuous improvement turns one-off project energy into a habit. The essentials: operators and engineers log improvement ideas where the work happens, each idea is evaluated and dispositioned, approved changes are implemented in a controlled way, and the outcome is measured. Azumuta's continuous improvement module lets any operator raise a ticket from inside a work instruction, routes it to the right owner, updates the instruction after approval, and tracks the cycle time and savings per ticket.
See also
Azumuta resources
This entry is part of the Azumuta manufacturing glossary. Last reviewed: 2026-04-19.