Creating a Culture of Data Use for Continuous Improvement: A Case Study of an Edison Project School

Purpose The research paper aims to unveil the practical use of Lean Six Sigma and its effectiveness as a business survival strategic tool by a chemical product realization concern, as well as to establish the market and business performance impacts on the manufacturing entity. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach was pursued with a multi-national chemical manufacturing entity in South Africa. A comprehensive literature research was undertaken to establish the contemporary tools used for implementing Lean Six Sigma, and the classification and flow of tools and steps undertaken to ensure the successful and effective application of Lean Six Sigma in a manufacturing organization and the benefits derived. The critical success factors and reasons of ineffective use of tools are reviewed. To ensure that a comprehensive research was conducted which is relevant to the body of knowledge in engineering, recent articles on the application of Lean Six Sigma were selected and reviewed during the progress of the study to add impetus to the relevance of the findings. Findings The research findings were mainly based on the inferences obtained from a chemical product manufacturing concern in South Africa, to distinguish the efficacy and relevance of Lean Six Sigma as strategic business survival tool and imputing strategic resonance to corporate strategy. Research limitations/implications This research was limited to distinguishing Lean Six Sigma as a business survival strategic tool and an ultimate enhancer of market performance for a chemical product manufacturing entity. The implementation and evaluation of the Lean Six Sigma methodology as a business survival strategic and market performance enhancement option for the case study organization was entailed as the corollary of deductive resemblance to similar entities. Practical implications This study enables continuous improvement practitioners to evaluate the Lean and Six Sigma practices. The advantages posed by the simultaneous and optimized application of the two approaches versus individual application were assessed and verified to produce enhanced continuous improvement. This poses further challenges to scholars and academics to pursue further researches on the practicality of applying Lean Six Sigma as a strategic option. Originality/value The paper prompts the efficacy of well publicized methodologies and evaluates their implementation for strategic performance for manufacturing organizations. The practical application, constraints and resultant effects of deploying Lean Six Sigma were reviewed to give impetus to the methodology.

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A Contemporary Case Study Illustrating the Integration of Health Information Technologies into the Organisation and Clinical Practice of Radiation Oncology

Health Information Management ◽

10.1177/183335830503400407 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 34 (4) ◽

pp. 136-145 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Andrew A Miller ◽

Aaron K Phillips

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Quality Assurance ◽

Radiation Oncology ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Data Use ◽

Design Management ◽

Implementation Cost ◽

Health Information Technologies ◽

Local Solutions

The development of software in radiation oncology departments has seen the increase in capability from the Record and Verify software focused on patient safety to a fully-fledged Oncology Information System (OIS). This paper reports on the medical aspects of the implementation of a modern Oncology Information System (IMPAC MultiAccess®, also known as the Siemens LANTIS®) in a New Zealand hospital oncology department. The department was successful in translating paper procedures into electronic procedures, and the report focuses on the changes in approach to organisation and data use that occurred. The difficulties that were faced, which included procedural re-design, management of change, removal of paper, implementation cost, integration with the HIS, quality assurance and datasets, are highlighted along with the local solutions developed to overcome these problems.

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A case study on the validation of Point CIP as a continuous improvement system

IAENG Transactions on Engineering Sciences ◽

10.1201/b16763-14 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 125-132

Keyword(s):

Continuous Improvement

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Perkembangan Regulasi Diri Anak Usia Dini: Peranan Kemampuan Berbahasa dan Regulasi Diri pada Pembelajaran

Jurnal PG-PAUD Trunojoyo : Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Anak Usia Dini ◽

10.21107/jpgpaud.v5i2.4884 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 110

Author(s):

Naili Sa'ida

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Case Study ◽

Language Skills ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Data Use ◽

Social Structures ◽

Data Display ◽

Analysis Techniques ◽

The Social ◽

And Behavior

<em>This study aims to describe the development of self-regulation of children aged 4-5 years at Kindergarten Dhamawanita Persatuan Pucang Jajar. This study is a qualitative case study in children aged 4-5 years. Data analysis techniques use the model proposed by Miles and Huberman which consists of 3 stages: data reduction, data display, and verification. The research were use multi technique to collect the data use the observation, interviews, and documentation. The results showed that the development of self-regulation developed simultaneously with language skills. Language can really play an important role in determining how children regulate their thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Language facilitates the internalization of children's social structures and rules through their interaction in the social world around them. When children interact with others, their understanding of other people's perspectives and expectations is expanded. This perspective shows that language helps children understand their experiences, as well as the experiences of others, and so it is through language that children connect this information with their own behavior.</em>

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Implementation of a standard work routine using Lean Manufacturing tools: A case Study

Gestão & Produção ◽

10.1590/0104-530x4823-20 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Diego Michael Cornelius dos Santos ◽

Bruna Karine dos Santos ◽

César Gabriel dos Santos

Keyword(s):

Continuous Improvement ◽

Lean Manufacturing ◽

Assembly Line ◽

Real Data ◽

Production Methods ◽

Standard Work ◽

Technological Advances ◽

Work Routine ◽

Constant Improvement

Abstract: Due to technological advances, trade politicies and society's consumption patterns, competitiveness among companies has increased considerably, requiring practices that provide a constant improvement in production indicators and product quality. In this context, the use of Toyota Production System tools, also known as Lean Manufacturing, have a fundamental role in the elimination of waste and continuous improvement of industrial production levels. Thus, this work aims to implement a standardized work routine among employees working in a market of parts in an Agricultural Machinery industry, which lacks production methods. To represent this situation, real data were used, which correspond to the needs of the assembly line, and which served as the basis for the analysis and implementation of a new work routine. The results obtained enabled the creation of a standardized work routine, which was obtained by balancing activities between operators and eliminating activities that did not add value to the product.

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Sustaining Continuous Improvement: A Longitudinal and Regional Study

International Journal of Engineering Business Management ◽

10.5772/56860 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 43 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Henry J. Quesada-Pineda ◽

Johanna Madrigal

Keyword(s):

Performance Management ◽

Continuous Improvement ◽

Geographical Location ◽

Employee Perceptions ◽

Regional Study ◽

Reduction Techniques ◽

Five Factors ◽

Quantitative Data Analysis

This paper presents the results of a longitudinal study of four continuous improvement (CI) leader companies in two different global regions. The goal of the research was to understand how employee perception of different factors that impact the long-term sustainability of the CI process might change over time. Quantitative data analysis was used to capture and statistically analyse employee perceptions by CI factor, time, and geographical location. After validation and reduction techniques were applied to the research model, five factors were singled out: change management, strategic planning, knowledge management, performance management, and sustainability of the CI process. For two of the four companies, no changes in perception were found during the period of study for any of the factors. For the other two, however, changes were perceived in at least one of the five constructs in the study. Changes were also found across the regions included. By leveraging the quantitative analysis with qualitative data collected through interviews and visits to the case study companies, we were able to explain the changes in perception and single out the best CI management process to sustain CI in the long term.

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