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Lean production has adopted the elimination of all business steps and activities that do not add value to the product as its basic philosophy in the formation of the product or service. Lean production, which considers every work step that does not add value to the product or service in the process as waste, focuses on simplifying and purifying all processes where the customer does not pay money when purchasing the product or service. Kaizen, which forms the basis of lean manufacturing philosophy to be able to catch the most cost-efficient production or service with the minimum source, zero failure, highest quality and the standard work steps as soon as possible. Culture of Kaizen has become one of the basic cornerstone of the enterprises in this sense. The prevention methods from losses and standardization of the processes stay at the core of the Kaizen philosophy. It has been considered that there is a remarkable lack of application regarding the application principles of Kaizen and the issues to be considered while applying. An application study has been carried out to overcome this deficiency. In this study, a Kaizen application carried out in an automotive company producing mass production at a certain cycle time is examined in detail. The implementation of this Kaizen event is detailed along with the data and techniques used for process improvement. The study is aimed to show the researchers how to build Kaizen study systematic, culture and discipline in a practical sense. In addition to all these benefits, it is also thought to offer clues about the principles of application in different production or service areas, give direction and fill the deficiency in the field of application in the literature.

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