The paper utilises a form of Action Research, known as the ‘Constructive Research Approach’ (CRA), to explore how project teams could engender development process improvement (PI) routines in higher education context. methodology Mediated Discourse Analysis (MDA), an ethnographic approach researching practice, is used trace PI over time. findings showed that owners and actors who were engaged b...

In today's highly competitive manufacturing industry, achieving sustainable success requires constant innovation and cost optimization. Two proven methodologies for these goals are Kaizen Target Costing. Kaizen, a Japanese concept that translates to "continuous improvement," focuses on optimizing processes eliminating waste achieve maximum efficiency. Costing, the other hand, is management appr...

This paper presents a process model describing how a Kaizen team collectively creates innovation and improvement ideas for a production system and a protocol analysis approach based on the model. The process model captures the team-based creative problem solving practice as a process of updating a shared mental space comprising production system mental models (PSMMs) through exchanging utteranc...

Lebanese industries are growing so fast and expanding their businesses while managing their time, inventory, labor, quality and other production factors in order to increase productivity and output while reducing waste. For that, lean manufacturing aims to reduce the inventory and gain more profits while getting a better quality of the goods delivered to the customers. The aim of this Article i...

The article describes the general characteristics of concept "kaizen", main task this method lean production is constant improvement both technological aspects and non-production processes enterprise in general. This pays considerable attention to personnel as asset company. terminal product kaizen implementation independent development new technologies or advanced scientific achievements adapt...

THE PURPOSE. Consider the introduction and implementation of lean production technology in branches OOO Tatneft - AZS Center. Describe essence technology, consider problems, complexity propose an algorithm for introducing involving each employee process optimizing business maximizing customer focus. METHODS. At initial stage, it was decided to start implementing Lean philosophy with two its too...

The industrial model is shifting dramatically globally. way we design and create products use technological advances has shifted. As per recent patterns in output, are subject to less product life, often changed configuration, limited batch sizes, minimal inventory constraints on the operation. weakening of economy accompanied a protracted phase unparalleled development immediately before this ...