Overview
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. Moreover, structural equation models associating those activities with the benefits gained are presented for a statistical validation. Such a relationship between activities and benefits helps managers to identify the most important factor affecting their benefits and financial income.
Full Product Details
Author: Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz ,
Midiala Oropesa-Vento ,
Aidé Aracely Maldonado-Macías
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.528kg
ISBN: 9783319838120
ISBN 10: 3319838121
Pages: 314
Publication Date: 16 June 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
This book not only shows you how to practically implement and control kaizen success but can be used as a helpful manual for teaching others the core values and results of kaizen methodology. (Samantha Braithwaite, Inside Business Magazine, Vol. 37 (21), April, 2019)
Author Information
Jorge Luis Garcia Alcaraz is a full time researcher of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez. His main research areas are related to Multi criteria decision making applied to manufacturing, production process modeling and statistical inference. He is founding member of the Mexican Society of Operation Research and active member in the Mexican Academy of Industrial Engineering. Midiala Oropesa Vento is a researcher recognized by the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT), member of the Mexican Society of Operations Research. Her main research areas are related to total quality management, continuous improvement, decision making and modeling applied to production processes. Aide Aracely Maldonado Macias has a Ph.D. in Sciences in Industrial Engineering from the Technological Institute of Ciudad Juárez and is a full-time Professor-Investigator at the Autonomous University ofCiudad Juárez (UACJ).
