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Key factors for a continuous improvement process
Independent Journal of Management & Production
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Key factors for a continuous improvement process
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| Creator |
Formento, Hector Ricardo
Chiodi, Franco Javier Cusolito, Fernando Juan Altube, Lucas Ariel Gatti, Sebastian Pablo |
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Quality; Total Quality Management; Continuous Improvement
Management; Continuous Improvement; Key Factors; Teamwork |
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| Description |
The goal of this work was to examine the content of continuous improvement strategies, taking into account the important role they play in building competitiveness. This paper argues that several specific issues must be taken into account in order to reach successful outcomes.This work starts with a literature review on the matter. On this basis, we designed a survey administered to a group of 30 large companies, each of which is renowned leader in Argentina. Finally, we compared the development of continuous improvement process in companies with very effective results and with scarce results. Differences that emerged from this comparison enabled us to identify critical factors for achieving a successful improvement process.As there are no recent researches on continuous improvement programs in Argentina, this paper contributes to recognizing and systematizing what has been done, comparing it with theoretical framework and uncovering research gaps for future studies. However, further research must confirm these findings and move forward on the analysis of intangible factors, like: internal communications, climate, culture, self reflexion, consensus, etc.
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Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo (IFSP)
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| Contributor |
National University of General Sarmiento, Institute of Industry
SAMECO (Argentina Society for Continuous Improvement) |
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| Date |
2013-09-01
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — |
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application/pdf
application/x-zip text/html |
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| Identifier |
http://www.ijmp.jor.br/index.php/ijmp/article/view/76
10.14807/ijmp.v4i2.76 |
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| Source |
Independent Journal of Management & Production; Vol 4, No 2 (2013): Independent Journal of Management & Production; 391-415
2236-269X 2236-269X |
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| Language |
eng
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| Relation |
http://www.ijmp.jor.br/index.php/ijmp/article/view/76/71
http://www.ijmp.jor.br/index.php/ijmp/article/view/76/183 http://www.ijmp.jor.br/index.php/ijmp/article/view/76/345 |
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