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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337812003321

Autore

Singh Jagdeep

Titolo

Strategic Implementation of Continuous Improvement Approach : Improving the Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises / / by Jagdeep Singh, Harwinder Singh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-93121-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Operations Management, , 2365-8320

Disciplina

338.642

Soggetti

Production management

Industrial engineering

Production engineering

Operations research

Decision making

Operations Management

Industrial and Production Engineering

Operations Research/Decision Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Literature Review -- Chapter 3: Design Of Study -- Chapter 4: Analysis Of Preliminary Data -- Chapter 5: Case Studies -- Chapter 6: Synthesizing Of Data -- Chapter 7: Conclusions, Limitations And Scope For Future Work.

Sommario/riassunto

This book covers the strategic use of continuous improvement (CI) techniques for manufacturing performance improvement. It focuses primarily on strategies that can be adopted by small and middle-sized enterprises in manufacturing in order to meet the global challenges and competition. The book begins with an introduction to CI (or Kaizen), explaining different CI approaches and strategies. Chapter 2 offers a literature review of CI, examining conceptual frameworks, case studies, and surveys. Next, the book deals with the design of the study, detailing the work done in each phase along with the tools, techniques and models. Chapter 4 presents a detailed survey to determine the



present status of continuous improvement strategies in the Indian manufacturing industry, and to also assess the role of key enablers leading to improve the performance of manufacturing operations. Chapter 5 is comprised of detailed case studies to further analyze the application of the discussed CI strategies. The purpose of Chapter 6 is to develop the implementation plan based on multicriteria decision making for improving the performance of SMEs and synthesis of data using Decision making techniques and Structural Equation Modeling. Finally Chapter 7 provides conclusions, addresses potential limitations, and also looks to the future.