That is why kaizen is so nice because those are small improvements that you notice in daily operations. The other one like bad efficiency I would just call "co

That is why kaizen is so nice because those are small improvements that you notice in daily operations. The other one like bad efficiency I would just call "cost cutting measures" not efficiency improvements. With kaizen you try to accommodate to what you have. So if Bob is slow cost cutting measure would be to fire him. Efficiency improvement way would be observing Bob to see what can be changed so you can get more value without messing him up.