A friend of mine took me a conveyor sushi restaurant in Yokohama, Japan. And I was so surprised by the new conveyor system in the restaurant because I had never seen such technology in my rural town where I live. Probably it was pretty common in Yokohama and to my friend. So he was surprised by me because I was so surprised by the sushi restaurant.
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The Kaizen is very popular in manufacturing, it is, however, still not so much in office. Unlike the manufacturing environment, seeing waste is pretty hard in the office environment because many wastes in the office are intangible. Although an education for Kaizen is necessary to see the wastes, the Kaizen training is uncommon in the office environment and many office employees cannot see their wastes effectively.
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