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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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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Kaizen on Waste Elimination ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Firstly we would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to Mr. Bhattacharya for suggesting us such meaningful project and providing the valuable guidance for the same .The classroom sessions were very informative and helped us gain a deep insight for the understanding different aspects of Operations Management. Through this project we could experience our classroom learning & concepts into real working environment
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Choosing a Successor Choosing a Successor is the case about a 62-year-old administrator of the multispecialty Ambulatory Care Center named Paul. He has worked there for many years and is planning his retirement in a year. He is beginning the process of training a successor and has three possible internal candidates for the position. The Ambulatory Care Center is a medium-sized facility serving an average of 80 patients on a daily basis. There has been little growth over the past couple of
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