Kaizen process improves car part makers’ productivity

MALAYSIAN car parts manufacturers who have introduced “kaizen” into their manufacturing processes are achieving higher levels of productivity but more improvement is required before they can be globally competitive, according to automotive experts from Japan. 

The experts from the Japan Overseas Development Corpo- ration (JODC), who have been studying the production processes of Malaysian car parts manufacturers for the past one and half years as part of the Roving Experts Programme, said the “kaizen” or continuous improvement process, was helping these companies make improvement in efficiencies and cut costs.