Lin weiqiao

1. How might a cell phone manufacturer, an elementary school, and the local post office each benefit from using Toyota's concept of kaizen?
Kaizen means continuous improvement. Toyota uses it to maximum efficiency by making its employees under pressure and thinking all the time. Workers at Toyota plants must be exceptionally knowledgeable about all facets of a vehicle's production and able to change responsibilities as needed. It means all workers see the production lines as a whole so they can improve it because they are exceptionally knowledgeable. When a cell phone manufacturer uses Kaizen, all their workers should be exceptionally knowledgeable. So the workers can find the way to improve the production lines and to be more productivity. Moreover, if they find something wrong in the line, they can stop it which can decrease the rates of low quality products. When an elementary school uses Kaizen, it can improve their management of the school. All faculties can think about a better way to manage the school. How to improve the quality of education in the school, how to protect students from accidents can be the responsibilities of all staffs in the school. In this case, the school can be operated in a more productive way. When a local post office uses Kaizen, they can improve their speed to deliver mails and the rate of wrong delivered can be much lower. People in the post office might think about a better operation way of the post office under Kaizen

2. Do you believe that a U.S. automaker would keep auto assembly employees on the payroll when the line is stopped? Use Hofsede's five dimensions of value differences to explain your answer.
I don't believe U.S. automaker would keep auto assembly employees on the payroll when the line is stopped.
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