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Kaizen Planning, Implementing and Controlling /

This book reports a literature review on kaizen, its industrial applications, critical success factors, benefits gained, journals that publish about it, main authors (research groups) and universities. Kaizen is treated in this book in three stages: planning, implementation and control. The authors...

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Main Authors: Garc a-Alcaraz, Jorge Luis
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Oropesa-Vento, Midiala; Maldonado-Mac as, Aid Aracely
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Management and Industrial Engineering,
Subjects:
Engineering
Production management
Statistics
Engineering economics
Engineering economy
Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing
Production
Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47747-3
Summary: This book reports a literature review on kaizen, its industrial applications, critical success factors, benefits gained, journals that publish about it, main authors (research groups) and universities. Kaizen is treated in this book in three stages: planning, implementation and control. The authors provide a questionnaire designed with activities in every stage, highlighting the benefits gained in each stage. The study has been applied to more than 400 managers and leaders in continuous improvement in Mexican maquiladoras. A univariate analysis is provided to the activities in every stage. M
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XXVII, 314 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319477473
Index Number: TA177
CLC: F273
Contents: Kaizen and lean manufacturing -- Literature review -- Adopting Kaizen -- Methodology -- Descriptive analysis of the simple -- Descriptive analysis of items: Kaizen planning stage -- Descriptive analysis of items: Kaizen execution phase -- Descriptive analysis of items: Kaizen control phase -- Descriptive analysis of Kaizen benefits -- Validation of variables -- Kaizen planning phase models: Activities and Benefits -- Kaizen execution phase models: Activities and Benefits -- Kaizen control phase models: Activities and Benefits.

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