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The Operating System for Continuous Improvement. Proven in 60+ countries since 1985. Kaizen Institute helps organizations build cultures of Operational Excellence—where Lean Management, process improvement, and daily problem-solving become how people work, not just what they do. Founded by Masaaki Imai, author of three foundational books: "Kaizen: The Key to Japan's Competitive Success" (1986), "Gemba Kaizen" (1997), and "Strategic KAIZEN™" (2021). His philosophy, rooted in the Toyota Production System: improvement is everyone's job, every day. What we actually do: We don't deliver PowerPoint slides and leave. We work at Gemba—the shop floor, the warehouse, the office where real work happens—until Continuous Improvement becomes how your people think. The KAIZEN™ Culture Model builds on four structured programs: • Leader's KAIZEN™ – Executives leading strategic breakthroughs that align improvement with business goals • KAIZEN™ Cycles – Systematic process improvements in key value streams using PDCA methodology • Daily KAIZEN™ – Frontline teams solving problems every day, driving flow efficiency • KAIZEN™ Office – The structure that sustains Lean transformation long-term The KAIZEN™ methodology in practice: Value Stream Mapping to see the flow. PDCA cycles to solve problems systematically. 5S to organize workspaces. Kanban to manage work-in-progress. Gemba Walks to understand reality. Visual Management to make problems visible. Muda elimination to cut waste that hides in plain sight. The results: 30–50% lead time reductions. 20–40% productivity gains. Cost savings that fund themselves. Teams that own their processes and improve them without being asked. Transforming operations across industries: Manufacturing, Healthcare, Logistics, Financial Services, Construction, Retail, Public Sector, and more. Engaging Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day.

As the leading provider of self-serve automation solutions, Apex Supply Chain Technologies helps some of the biggest brands in the world increase productivity while reducing costs. Since 2006, our technology has helped companies disrupt their operations, finding significant productivity increases and cost savings in basic, well-established processes. The impact of automated dispensing solutions has been so well-received, retail and food companies are now using this technology in the front of house to meet the consumers’ ever-changing needs. In addition to retail and food applications, Apex devices are deployed in a variety of applications, including corporate office environments, handheld asset management, automated replenishment and industrial vending. Our devices track billions of transactions and, thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), communicate this data in real-time to our cloud-based data platform, the Apex Trajectory Cloud. This makes it easier for Apex to quickly integrate with a company’s legacy systems and make its solutions a seamless part of its operations. With world headquarters in Mason, Ohio, Apex has offices in Australia, Germany, Poland, the UK and Latin America. Our founder and CEO, Kent Savage, is widely viewed as the founder of the industrial vending industry. In fact, April 27, 1993, the day United States patent 5,205,436 was granted to Savage for his “Machine Tool Dispensing Device and System,” is considered the industry’s inception. Savage applied for this, the first related patent, in 1991.