Today almost any
this tendency to describe
incremental improvements in such
lofty terms is clearly more hype
than reality,” he says. “Applying
technology that is far from stateof
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L O G I S T I C S
improvement could
be claimed as an
‘innovation’. However,
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the-art may be better than what
was done before, but that does
not necessarily earn the label of
innovation.”
The three ‘K’s from the world
famous Toyota Production System
are used to make the point.
While Kaizen (literally change +
good) is evolutionary, Kaikaku
(literally change + transform)
is revolutionary. The third K in
Japanese is Kakushin, which
means ‘transform + new’. “It is the
Japanese word for Innovation,”
says Paul Stringleman, senior
intralogistics automation consultant
at Swisslog Australia Pty Ltd.
“In Japanese business theory
Kakushin is not just taking
something, polishing it up and
making it slightly better. Nor is it
taking an existing solution and
applying it to your own business.
Every now and then an opportunity
occurs to take the Kakushin step;
a genuinely innovative approach
that solves a problem in an entirely
new way.
“The simple way of thinking about
the distinction is that Kaikaku is
something new to you. Kakushin is
new to everyone.”
Swisslog has developed a detailed
white paper; Kaizen Paradox II –
How The Application Of Kaizen
Principles To Transformative
Technology Delivers Real
Innovation.
It provides a new understanding
of what innovation actually is, with
concrete examples from history and
the modern day. The white paper
provides guidance on how genuine
innovation can be achieved,
including how organisations can
approach business transformation
and investments that can deliver
genuine innovation.
This second white paper follows
on from; The Kaizen Paradox: How
Incremental Improvements Can
Impede Innovation, which explored
issues where small changes can
delay or even block transformative
investment.
“Innovation is a vital business tool.
It helps organisations take the big
leap forward. One that takes them
beyond their competitors rather
than just keeping up with them,”
adds Paul Stringleman. “You could
spell real innovation with a capital
K.”
Kaizen Paradox II – How The
Application Of Kaizen Principles
To Transformative Technology
Delivers Real Innovation, can
be downloaded at https://www.
swisslog.com/en-us/warehouselogistics
distribution-centerautomation/
case-studies-andresources/
white-papers.
WHEN REAL
INNOVATION
IS SPELT
WITH A ‘K’
Genuine innovation is rarer than you might
believe, according to Paul Stringleman of
logistics automation specialists Swisslog.
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