KAIZEN IN FASHION INDUSTRY [pic] -Different isn’t always better…but better is always different Kaizen plays an important role in any business industry. Be it any business the customer pays only for the value adding process. Therefore any other processing step which does not add value to the final product is an additional cost and must be eliminated. You may be following the latest
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KAIZEN COSTING FOR A RESTAURANT ABSTRACT Kaizen is a Japanese term for “continuous improvement” or “continual improvement”. A philosophy that involves making the work environment more efficient and effective. Kaizen aims to eliminate waste such as “activities that adds cost but does not add value”. It also means “to take it apart and put it back together in a better way”. This is then followed by standardization of this ‘better way’ with others‚ through standardized work. The key objectives
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IMPLEMENTING 5S CONCEPT IN WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT 5S concept is reference to a list of five Japanese words which transliterated and translate into English‚ start with the letter S and are the name of a methodology. The 5S methodology that including the Seiri (organization)‚ Seiton (neatness)‚ Seiso (cleaning)‚ seiketsu (standardization) and shitsuke (discipline)‚ is used as a platform for developing an integrated management system by the parallel use of total productive maintenance (TPM) (Bamber et
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Effectiveness of 5S – Our Experience 1.0 Introduction If you want to get a first-hand or clear idea of an organization and its culture‚ walk around its premises and observe the housekeeping practices – the way the floors are swept‚ the work tables organized‚ the tools and stationery stored‚ the way the toilets are kept and the way the equipments are maintained. These often tell more than any financial statement. They are closely linked to the flow of activities‚ employees’ morale‚ product quality
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WHAT IS PRODUCTIVITY? Productivity is about the effective and efficient use of all resources. Resources include time‚ people‚ knowledge‚ information‚ finance‚ equipment‚ space‚ energy‚ materials. IMPORTANCE For the country: Productivity enables the government to do more for the people and the economy: Ugrading the infrastructure Cleaning up the environment Providing more and better social services Providing better care for the poor‚ disabled and others. For organisations: Creating
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5S Overview: Formally defined‚ 5S is a method of creating a clean and orderly workplace that exposes waste and makes abnormalities immediately visible. As such it’s important to realize that 5S is far more than a housekeeping initiative like so many confuse it to be. When someone refers to 5S they’re generally referring to 5 Japanese words that start with S. But‚ it would seem‚ contrary to what many people assume… the origins of 5S may not be Japanese after all. History of 5S: In fact‚ Henry
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What is 5S? 5-S can be defined as 1. Seiri (Proper Arrangement and Clearing Up) a) Look around your work area and ask yourself “is it really necessary for all items to be there?” b) Separate O.K.‚ reworkable and rejected items c) Rework the reworkable items and dispose of the rejected items. 2. Seiton (Orderliness) Items must be placed inprefixed locations so that they are easily accessible and can be easily used. Make sure that iten=ms can be clearly identified by labelling them properly
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CONTENT 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 5S 5S is a Japanese term to describe the systematic practice good housekeeping. Originally from Japan and proven to be effective in several countries. 5S Housekeeping called early and the most effective approach in building a building in a number of efforts to improve productivity. Can be implemented in combination with other tools. History of 5s 5S practice has been around about 60 years ago . Founded by M.Nakatshugawa ‚ this concept was founded in conjunction
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ADVANTAGES OF KAIZEN COSTING There are certain basic principles which are followed in various Japanese companies which are listed below: - 1) Focus on customers: The Kaizen philosophy has only one prime objective of customers’ satisfaction. Kaizen permits no middle ground its either you provide best products and customer satisfaction or not. All the activities should aim at providing customer with whatever he wants and should help the firm long term objective of customers’ satisfaction at
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http://www.emerald-library.com IJOPM 19‚11 Continuous improvement and the mini-company concept Jan de Leede and Jan Kees Looise University of Twente‚ The Netherlands Keywords Continuous improvement‚ Teamwork‚ Organizational design‚ Case studies‚ Kaizen Abstract The key issue of continuous improvement (CI) seems to be the problem of combining extensive employee involvement with market orientation and continuation of CI. In this article we review some existing organisational designs for CI on these
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