Kaizen also becomes an important and widely used in various industries and field
especially in manufacturing area. Refer to study of Brunet and New (2003); Nippon
Steel Corporation (NSC) is used as a base model to compare with the data from other
companies. The researchers noted that each phase of kaizen was named in a way that set
They also found that kaizen activities extend beyond working hours. A
study also found that Kaizen was used by Boeing Commercial Airplane Company as a
strategy to reduce operational cost and improve efficiency (Modarress et al., 2005).
Another approach is shown in Bhuiyan and Baghel (2006) researches, the methodology
was called Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) that used in aerospace company
becomes beneficial to the company.