Continuous Improvement
Continuous improvement (kaizen) in battery manufacturing applies structured problem-solving cycles — PDCA, A3 reports, root-cause analysis — to incrementally raise yield, throughput, and consistency. As a hard skill it requires reading process data, running Gemba walks on cell-finishing lines, and writing standard work that captures incremental gains. Teams use it to reduce scrap on coating and calendering operations, shorten changeover times between chemistries, and stabilize tab-welding quality.