.... The relationship between trip‐time (t) and current (C) for the modified circuit breaker became (see equation 4) This model accounted for 99.8 per cent of the total variation. © MCB UP Limited 2000 TQM Kaizen Circuits Small‐to‐medium‐sized enterprises Regression analysis Reliability...

... organizations. In maintaining and developing this competitiveness it is not enough for SMEs to solely rely on change methods such as Continuous Improvement (CI) or Kaizen (Kinni, 1995), they must revisit assumptions relating to process, people, culture, systems and technology (Gunasekaran et al., 1996...

...Leigh Pomlett Examines Japanese kaizen thinking on continuous improvement techniques in the manufacturing and logistics industry. Summarizes findings from a study group visit to Japan. Highlights reasons why UK industry should examine these techniques. © Company 1994 Japan...