...Mohammad A.K. Alsmairat; Jamal El Baz; Noor Al-Ma'aitah Purpose This study investigates the effects of top management commitment (TMC) and Kaizen on quality management practices (QMP) and how the latter influence the performance of Jordanian public hospitals in the aftermath of COVID-19. Design...

...Haftu Hailu Berhe; Hailekiros Sibhato Gebremichael; Kinfe Tsegay Beyene Purpose Existing conceptual, empirical and case studies evidence suggests that manufacturing industries find the joint implementation of Kaizen philosophy initiatives. However, the existing practices rarely demonstrated...

... that it is possible to apply the tool (SCVSM) to investigate the wastes in DDS to deliver the medicines at right time, right quantity and right quality. The application of SCVSM concluded that the various Kaizens (areas needed to improve) in lead time; transportation and routing should be adopted. The study further...

...Haftu Hailu Berhe Purpose Kaizen is an umbrella concept for a management philosophy based on a set of principles and values with different tools and techniques that form part of Company-Wide Quality Control. The purpose of this study to explore the empirical evidence of Kaizen philosophy practice...

...Jie Ma; Feng Jiao; Chi Keung Lau; Zhibin Lin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and redefine the “classic” roles of shop floor management and quality control circles (QCCs) in Kaizen. In specific, it aims to examine the linkage between shop floor management and QCCs, and test...

...Jagdeep Singh; Harwinder Singh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to uncover the significance of KAIZEN technique in manufacturing environments. Design/methodology/approach KAIZEN is a management approach focused on incremental improvements in operations. Different elements of KAIZEN...

...Jie Ma; Zhibin Lin; Chi Keung Lau Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a better understanding of how Sino-Japanese joint ventures implemented the three Japanese improvement methods, i.e. Kaizen, Kaikaku and Kaizen Blitz. The specific objectives of this study are to identify the key...

.... Jugraj Singh Randhawa can be contacted at: jrandhawa304@gmail.com 25 03 2015 25 07 2015 01 09 2015 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Total quality management Kaizen Lean manufacturing 5S Production improvement...

...Mahmoud Awad; Yassir A. Shanshal Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a new framework for early design stage utilizing the benefits of Kaizen events, and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodology. To gain a better understanding of the proposed method, a case study of a diesel engine...

.... cost reductions of general and the effects on hidden cost items. In the earlier stage, the investment of an alternative and benefits from it are often approximate or ambiguous. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Kaizen Cost of quality Fuzzy logics Since the concept of quality costs...

... and critical success factors, these are still not sufficient to drive and sustain continuous improvement. Improvement Kaizen Leadership Management Quality Self‐assessment This study has found that, even where organisations are using self‐assessment techniques and employing other positive...

... 1998 Activity‐based costing Cost of quality Kaizen Work sampling Economics of quality‐related activities. One of the goals of total quality management (TQM) is to meet the customer’s requirements with lower cost. For this goal, we have to know the interactions between quality...

... individual question responses relating to continuous improvement and strategic planning to selected performance indicators in an attempt to identify quality‐improvement activities which may have a particularly influential impact on performance. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Australia Kaizen Productivity...

... towards certification to ISO 9001 within the target period of 18 months, commencing July 1992. The quality project was divided into six phases. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Hong Kong ISO 9000 Kaizen QCC TQM In 1988, the rolling stock department (RSD) of 530 staff in the heavy rail...

... circuits Kaizen Product quality Semiconductor manufacture is an excellent example of a growing and innovative industry. Almost non‐existent in the 1950s, industry sales reached US$63.7 billion in 1991. Semiconductor manufacture is the core of the electronics industry, which dominates advances...

... Limited 1996 Design for manufacture Fault tolerance Kaizen Risk management Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a method used in the automotive industry to quantify and rank critical failures at the design stage. Juran[ 1 ] refers to FMEA as “failure modes and criticality...

... findings that indicate the applicability of the matrix, the main problems’ potential for improvement and their frequency of occurrence, and the consequences of implementing the matrix on site management. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Cost of quality Error cause identification Kaizen Subcontracting...

... ISO 9000, and the final section discusses how a large US manufacturing organization achieved its ISO 9000 certification. ISO 9000 Kaizen Operational audit Quality assurance UK USA Lofgren[ 4 ] reports similar benefits and states that the benefits clearly outweigh the costs...

...Shrinivas Gondhalekar; A. Subash Babu; N.B. Godrej A kaizen system was designed and installed in a large manufacturing organization as a part of a TQM exercise. Detailed studies were carried out by collecting extensive data over a period of 23 months, and by using statistical methods...

... Limited 1994 Automotive components industry Customer satisfaction Employee attitudes Kaizen Management attitudes Organizational change TQM The firm’s product range includes headlamps, front turn indicators, rear cluster lamps and other lighting equipment. In previous years the main...