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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Kaizen"”.
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How Kaizen Group Leader Selection Affects Group Participation
… Lean principles and practices indicate Kaizen Event members will contribute regardless of legitimate power levels, due to member training, education, and the Lean team-oriented culture. Further study is needed to determine if Lean culture and training maximize group member contribution, …
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Critical Success Factors for Sustaining Kaizen Event Outcomes
A Kaizen event is a focused and structured improvement project, using a dedicated cross-functional team to improve a targeted work area, with specific goals, in an accelerated timeframe. Kaizen events have been widely reported to produce positive change in business results and human resource …
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Kaizen events implementation for cycle time reduction in gauge production line
This thesis describes the implementation of three Kaizen events designed to improve efficiency on a gauge production line which consists of both semiconductor and mechanical equipment for manufacturing complex products with low volume and high configuration mix. A kitting process design reduced …
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An Empirical Investigation of Kaizen Event Effectiveness: Outcomes and Critical Success Factors
… results from a multi-site field study of 51 Kaizen event teams in six manufacturing organizations. Although Kaizen events have been growing in popularity since the mid 1990s, to date, there has been no systematic empirical research on the determinants of Kaizen event effectiveness. To address …
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An Empirical Investigation on the Critical Success Factors for Kaizen Events in Hospitals
A Kaizen event (KE) may be defined as a structured improvement project that uses a cross-functional team and specific improvement goals to improve a targeted work area or process in an accelerated time frame. KEs, also known as Rapid Improvement Events (RIEs), have been utilized within hospitals to …
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Strategic realignment of the post-contract cost control process in the Nigerian construction industry using kaizen
… manufacturing. Continuous cost reduction or kaizen costing during the construction phase stems from kaizen, which is a sub-set of lean production. Kaizen is the Japanese word for continuous improvement, which has the proven benefits to reduce construction cost, provide quality products, …
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Lean-Kaizen operations model for improving intralogistics in a construction materials SME: a study from Peru
… times, and high defect rates. It proposed a Lean-Kaizen operations model built on 5S, visual management, and standardized work practices. The implementation over four months resulted in measurable improvements, including a 26% increase in OTIF and a 63% reduction in defective materials. Search and …
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Development of a Tool to Measure the Effectiveness of Kaizen Events within the Wood Products Industry
Kaizen implementation and other continuous improvement practices can be used by companies to lower manufacturing costs and increase product value. Kaizen activities are one way that wood products companies can increase their competitiveness. Being able to measure the effectiveness of Kaizen events …
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An application of lean six sigma techniques to accelerate the implementation of Kaizen in the film packaging industry
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of Master of Engineering, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2021.
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Service Management Model Based on Lean and Kaizen Tools to Improve the Level of Satisfaction in Health Sector Companies
El sector salud tiene un impacto económico relevante en el Perú, cuyo principal problema es la satisfacción del cliente, siendo las principales causas los altos tiempos de espera y la falta de orden y limpieza. Por lo tanto, este estudio propone un modelo de mejora enfocado en este indicador que …
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Effect of lean management in manufacturing companies: a case study of verino agro industries.
… Accordingly, the study findings indicated that Kaizen implementation at Verino Agro Industries was not satisfactory due to lack of need assessment to provide Kaizen training, inconsistency of Kaizen training and poor follow up systems. However some benefits of better space utilization, safety, …
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Effect of lean management in manufacturing companies: a case study of verino agro industries.
… Accordingly, the study findings indicated that Kaizen implementation at Verino Agro Industries was not satisfactory due to lack of need assessment to provide Kaizen training, inconsistency of Kaizen training and poor follow up systems. However some benefits of better space utilization, safety, …
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A mixed-methods investigation of evidence-based Lean Thinking practice to Kaizen academic processes for Private Higher Education Institutes in Singapore
… steps with fifteen components of Lean Thinking Kaizen Academic Process Canvas form a complete “big picture” of “T” shape or foundation and “U” shape or methodology components from problem to solution. The self-explanation canvas helps SPHEIs restructure, adopts highly effective strategic …
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"How do value chain (VC) decisions in bread production contribute to quality characteristics related to human health?"
… index levels) in the end product (bread). Using kaizen quality management tools, the thesis examines the influence of each VC-entity (baker, miller, wheat grower), as well as consumer behaviour, on beneficial and detrimental health characteristics of the end product. The wheat grower was found to …
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Information tracking and sharing in organic photovoltaic panel manufacturing
… production tracking (Kanban card) board, and Kaizen continuous improvement board. A barcode tracking system for solar panel and associated user interfaces portion was developed to increase process and inventory accountability. However, because of the intricate SQL database, it may still be …
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Design and implementation of a continuous improvement framework, focusing on material and information flow, for the manufacturing of organic photovoltaics
… flow, through Shop floor reorganization Kaizen event, while briefly describing other improvements that were implemented as a Team. These included an online barcode part tracking system and Kanban cards Information boards, a Production scheduling tool to help achieve an efficient …
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Lean transformation of a supply chain organization
… One critical tenant of Lean is the concept of kaizen, or making change for the better. Kaizen and continuous improvement applies to everyone, everywhere, everyday. This paper proposes that if one's approach to Lean is "culture first," then the leaders who own driving cultural change should …
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Bytes of Evolution : essays on applying social physics lessons for management effectiveness
… question of this thesis. We propose a "senseable Kaizen" philosophy. This involves the central tenets of the Kaizen strategy while incorporating passive and active sensing data collection to analyze the easily missed social cues critical to understand and improve a socio-technical system. We test …
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Mejora de la productividad del proceso de cosecha en una MYPE exportadora de higo a traves de herramientas Lean Manufacturing
… Lean Manufacturing (Estandarización de Trabajo, Kaizen y PMAIC) orientadas a eliminar actividades sin valor agregado, reducir recorridos innecesarios, reordenar la secuencia operacional en campo y estandarizar las tareas críticas involucradas en la cosecha. Como resultado de la implementación, la …
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