Masaaki Imai

In order to maintain competitive priorities and remain above the competition in the global market, industries have to continuously improve manufacturing system processes. Competition and ever increasing customer satisfaction standards has been shown to be the force behind performance improvement by companies (Singh and Singh 51). Kaizen is an originally Japanese management concept for incremental improvement. It means continuous improvement in personal life, home life, social life and working life

TLMT 313 Mid-Term Question 1 of 50 2.0 Points Which action is not necessary in implementing WCSM? A. Senior management must recognize supply management's critical nature to the firm B. Senior management must support the required transformation of supply management to world class C. Firms must know where they are in relation to where they want to be    D. Firms must benchmark best-in-class practices and develop metrics Correct  E. Firms must force their suppliers into world-class compliance