A case study on the validation of Point CIP as a continuous improvement system

2014 ◽  
pp. 125-132
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement

scholarly journals Levels in the evolution of continuous improvement: A multiple case study

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan A. Marin-Garcia ◽  
Yolanda Bautista-Poveda ◽  
Julio J. Garcia-Sabater
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Multiple Case

Business survival and market performance through Lean Six Sigma in the chemical manufacturing industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 566-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Muganyi ◽  
Ignatio Madanhire ◽  
Charles Mbohwa
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Lean Six Sigma ◽  
Chemical Product ◽  
Business Survival ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Chemical Manufacturing ◽  
Product Manufacturing

Purpose The research paper aims to unveil the practical use of Lean Six Sigma and its effectiveness as a business survival strategic tool by a chemical product realization concern, as well as to establish the market and business performance impacts on the manufacturing entity. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach was pursued with a multi-national chemical manufacturing entity in South Africa. A comprehensive literature research was undertaken to establish the contemporary tools used for implementing Lean Six Sigma, and the classification and flow of tools and steps undertaken to ensure the successful and effective application of Lean Six Sigma in a manufacturing organization and the benefits derived. The critical success factors and reasons of ineffective use of tools are reviewed. To ensure that a comprehensive research was conducted which is relevant to the body of knowledge in engineering, recent articles on the application of Lean Six Sigma were selected and reviewed during the progress of the study to add impetus to the relevance of the findings. Findings The research findings were mainly based on the inferences obtained from a chemical product manufacturing concern in South Africa, to distinguish the efficacy and relevance of Lean Six Sigma as strategic business survival tool and imputing strategic resonance to corporate strategy. Research limitations/implications This research was limited to distinguishing Lean Six Sigma as a business survival strategic tool and an ultimate enhancer of market performance for a chemical product manufacturing entity. The implementation and evaluation of the Lean Six Sigma methodology as a business survival strategic and market performance enhancement option for the case study organization was entailed as the corollary of deductive resemblance to similar entities. Practical implications This study enables continuous improvement practitioners to evaluate the Lean and Six Sigma practices. The advantages posed by the simultaneous and optimized application of the two approaches versus individual application were assessed and verified to produce enhanced continuous improvement. This poses further challenges to scholars and academics to pursue further researches on the practicality of applying Lean Six Sigma as a strategic option. Originality/value The paper prompts the efficacy of well publicized methodologies and evaluates their implementation for strategic performance for manufacturing organizations. The practical application, constraints and resultant effects of deploying Lean Six Sigma were reviewed to give impetus to the methodology.

scholarly journals Implementation of a standard work routine using Lean Manufacturing tools: A case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Michael Cornelius dos Santos ◽  
Bruna Karine dos Santos ◽  
César Gabriel dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Assembly Line ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
Standard Work ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Work Routine ◽  
Constant Improvement

Abstract: Due to technological advances, trade politicies and society's consumption patterns, competitiveness among companies has increased considerably, requiring practices that provide a constant improvement in production indicators and product quality. In this context, the use of Toyota Production System tools, also known as Lean Manufacturing, have a fundamental role in the elimination of waste and continuous improvement of industrial production levels. Thus, this work aims to implement a standardized work routine among employees working in a market of parts in an Agricultural Machinery industry, which lacks production methods. To represent this situation, real data were used, which correspond to the needs of the assembly line, and which served as the basis for the analysis and implementation of a new work routine. The results obtained enabled the creation of a standardized work routine, which was obtained by balancing activities between operators and eliminating activities that did not add value to the product.

scholarly journals Sustaining Continuous Improvement: A Longitudinal and Regional Study

10.5772/56860 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry J. Quesada-Pineda ◽  
Johanna Madrigal
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Employee Perceptions ◽  
Regional Study ◽  
Reduction Techniques ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis

This paper presents the results of a longitudinal study of four continuous improvement (CI) leader companies in two different global regions. The goal of the research was to understand how employee perception of different factors that impact the long-term sustainability of the CI process might change over time. Quantitative data analysis was used to capture and statistically analyse employee perceptions by CI factor, time, and geographical location. After validation and reduction techniques were applied to the research model, five factors were singled out: change management, strategic planning, knowledge management, performance management, and sustainability of the CI process. For two of the four companies, no changes in perception were found during the period of study for any of the factors. For the other two, however, changes were perceived in at least one of the five constructs in the study. Changes were also found across the regions included. By leveraging the quantitative analysis with qualitative data collected through interviews and visits to the case study companies, we were able to explain the changes in perception and single out the best CI management process to sustain CI in the long term.

On the relationship between continuous improvement programmes and their effect on quality defects: An automotive case study

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 277-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Tanco ◽  
Ricardo Mateo ◽  
Javier Santos ◽  
Carmen Jaca ◽  
Elisabeth Viles
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
The Relationship

Fit for Purpose

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-42
Author(s):  
Erika Prager ◽  
Barbara M. Hall ◽  
Laurie Wellner ◽  
B. Andrew Riggle
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Doctor Of Education ◽  
Professional Goals ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
Illustrative Case Study

Using an illustrative case study, this chapter explores the two-year design process of a practice-based Doctor of Education degree program in an online university. Emerging from the continuous improvement lens, the redesign process centered around the examination of the purpose of the degree in the context of meeting the educational needs of practitioners in the field. Principally, this program redesign led to greater differentiation between the practitioner-based EdD degree and the PhD to provide students with distinct options for meeting their personal and professional goals.

scholarly journals Key lessons to maintain continuous improvement: A case study of four companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Paipa-Galeano ◽  
César A. Bernal-Torres ◽  
Luís Mauricio Agudelo Otálora ◽  
Yavar Jarrah Nezhad ◽  
Heither A. González-Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Sustainable Improvement ◽  
Systematic Improvement ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Business Competitiveness ◽  
And Control

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the conditions under which continuous improvement practices are developed and to determine what success factors and barriers affect the sustainability of these practices in order to establish strategies that reduce the risk of failure of improvement proposals in companies.Design/methodology/approach: The paper presents a rigorous review of the success factors and barriers in the implementation of continuous improvement models in companies and a multiple case study in which four successful companies located in Bogota, Colombia, were compared using Bessant's maturity model.Findings: The results suggest the existence of systematic improvement processes in the four companies analysed in favour of the improvement of business competitiveness. After a convergence exercise between the success factors identified in the literature and the routines of the evaluation model used to identify the maturity of the companies in terms of improvement, five strategic fronts were identified to achieve sustainable improvement proposals:(1)have management commit to the improvement and guarantee resources, (2) define a methodology to implement, (3) facilitate and systematize the information on the interventions, (4) design training programs and incentives to encourage employee involvement, and (5) generate a verification and control system to provide real-time feedback on the progress of the improvement actions.Research limitations/implications: This research paper was limited by the analysis of four large Colombian companies, which did not allow the generalizability of findings. Therefore, the study offers interesting insights on the empirical evidence on the lessons learned from continuous improvement practices in order to support managers on better decision making and for the academics on better understanding continuous improvement drivers.Originality/value: The present investigation provides a conceptual framework for future studies related to the sustainability of continuous improvement in industry, approaching this topic from a theoretical and practical perspective.

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