摘要：Manufacturing companies in today's highly competitive environment are under great pressure. They are constantly forced to seek reserves in their processes. Within logistics we can use dozens of quantifiable parameters which offer us a range of indicators. Manufacturing companies, however, have recently also been trying to use soft tools for the development of the employees' human potential, which can secondarily influence these parameters. One possibility is the application of the Kaizen philosophy. The article deals with the analysis of the research implementing this philosophy in the mechanical engineering production within a company in the Czech Republic
