Kaizen vs Innovation | Key Differences between Kaizen and Innovation
Kaizen vs Innovation | Key Differences between Kaizen and Innovation
Kaizen vs Innovation: Both kaizen and Innovation can be applied at every stage in Manufacturing. But in normal circumstances, these two are applied in two different stages.
In the aforesaid figure, its clearly indicates that the Innovation phase can be started from scientific development i.e. R&D, and leads to new technology and later to design in this order. But the Kaizen phase is giving more emphasis on Gemba Kaizen (Work Place Kaizen).
Diagrammatic Comparison Between Kaizen vs Innovation:
In the above Fig. 2, it clearly indicates that, if an organization starts both the innovation plus kaizen culture, then it will take very little time to achieve a high level of improvement in all aspects.
The organization has only innovation-oriented products that would cost more. Because the transformation of technology will cost high.
Only innovation-oriented organizations may often face the above situation (Decline) due to non-maintenance. So we have to sustain the new standard of innovation to prevent the declining situation.
Innovation without maintenance:
Key Differences Between Kaizen and Innovation:
KAIZEN:
| Elements of Comparison | Kaizen |
| Approach | More often collective, team Effort, and System oriented. |
| Method | More often collective, Team Effort, and System oriented. |
| Idea Generation | Flow from experience and Knowledge. |
| Involvement | Through People |
| Maintenance Effort | Whether effort put into process improvement gives better results. |
| Impact | Long Term and Long Lasting. |
| Participation & Involvements | Everybody. |
| Evaluation | Whether effort put in process improvement gives better results. |
| Advantage | Very well suitable for a slow-growth economy. |
| Effect | Long term and continuous but undramatic |
| Speed | Small Steps |
| Timeframe | Continuous and Rising |
| Changes of success | Always on a high level. |
| Motto | Preservation & Improvement |
INNOVATION:
| Elements of Comparison | Innovation |
| Approach | An Aggressive individual likes efforts from an individual. |
| Method | Drastic Change of existing methods by discarding i.e. Creating a new process. |
| Idea Generation | New Investment, Technology Transformation, R&D. |
| Involvement | Investment in Equipment, Technology |
| Maintenance Effort | Through technology |
| Impact | Short -but dramatic change, yielding short-term gains. |
| Participation & Involvements | Select a few. |
| Evaluation | Whether Efforts put in results in profit. |
| Advantage | Fast-growing economic. |
| Effect | Short term but dramatic. |
| Speed | Big Steps |
| Timeframe | Interrupted and limited. |
| Changes of success | Unsettled |
| Motto | Reconstruction |
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