10.Gemba:

This is undoubtedly one of Lean's most iconic strategies. Gemba, is a Japanese term that means "crime scene" literally. Toyota, which originally used this term, replaced it with the term "Genchi genbutsu" which has a more positive connotation and means "going where the problem is encountered" In fact, the word most widely used today in the industry is the "Gemba walk" usually explained using the Genchi genbutsu translation.

There is a more substantial distinction in theory behind the discrepancies in terms. Whatever the word is, it is a manager's visit to the office. Gemba, however, stresses the inspection and checking of evidence in its original version to make the right decisions. While the "Genchi genbutsu" version, which is like the "management by wandering around" American version, insists more on the casual side and listening to the visited employees [47].
