scholarly journals Kaizen Award in Romania: the KAIZEN™ way in obtaining the continuous improvement success

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1058-1067
Author(s):  
Julien Bratu ◽  
Andrei Răduţu
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
System A ◽  
Business System ◽  
The Times ◽  
European Markets

Abstract In the times when the economic performance and sustainable management are representing two of the most challenging characteristics of the business environment, there are some methods and techniques that passed the test of time. The great majority of companies are using in the present the KAIZEN™ Business System, a system of management which has been expanding in all over the world, by having and implying the power of continuous improvement and standardization. Having as “role-model” the well-known Toyota Production System, KAIZEN™ Business System has become the fundamental way of managing a business, which led to the creation of personalized management systems for companies. In Romania, it was also developed the Kaizen by Harmony concept, as an approach of KAIZEN™ Business System, its results being highly appreciated at the international level. In the daily challenging task of changing the paradigms and mentalities, several companies succeeded in understanding the importance of KAIZEN™ Business System and have been applying the Kaizen by Harmony concept ever since. Their results are impressive, few companies reaching to the international benchmark level in their fields of activity and becoming leaders of the Romanian or European markets. Therefore, the Kaizen Award in Romania has become the proper way of acknowledging their results and efforts to strive for excellence in the endless cycle of the continuous improvement. The aim of this paper is to describe the competitive advantage offered by KAIZEN™ Business System and Kaizen by Harmony, in strong correlation with the practical approach of the case-studies representing the amazing stories of the Kaizen Award in Romania winners until the present moment. The use of these best practices will underline once again some important business characteristics that must exist in every company, for it to become and remain competitive.

Sustainable management of water demand using fuzzy inference system: a case study of Kenyir Lake, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nor Najwa Irina Mohd Azlan ◽  
Marlinda Abdul Malek ◽  
Maslina Zolkepli ◽  
Jamilah Mohd Salim ◽  
Ali Najah Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Inference System ◽  
Water Demand ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Fuzzy Inference ◽  
Inference System ◽  
System A

New Strategy and Thinking in Global Business System

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
M. Sebnem Ensari ◽  
Güner Gürsoy
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Business System ◽  
Building Process ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Smart Supply Chain Management ◽  
Strategy Building

Because of the necessity of adopting the product and service to the rapidly changing needs of current customers, specialization in each supply chain has become more important. The companies from the same supply chain benefited from the collaboration in order to gain competitive advantage. This chapter first of all explains the current changes in business environment and define the new global business system and summarizes the common strategies to survive in this environment from related literature. It proposes a model of a smart supply chain management including agile organizations and mutual goal achievement of the firms and the members of the same supply chain at the end of the chapter. The aim of this chapter is providing a road map to todays and future organizations to be more competitive. It is believed that the chapter will be helpful for both professionals and academicians who have interest in strategy building process and creating competitive advantage.

High Performance Manufacturing - The SUMTM Concept, beyond LEAN II

2014 ◽  
Vol 1039 ◽  
pp. 615-621
Author(s):  
Odd Christian Sandengen ◽  
Leif Estensen ◽  
Per Schjølberg
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Main Issue ◽  
Business System ◽  
Methods And Techniques

This abstract is an introduction to High Performance Manufacturing through process management, teamwork and continuous improvement. We focus on methods and techniques as SMED, OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), Hidden factories and Quality management in order to increase performance. However our main issue is the link between performance and profit, waste and loss. High performance manufacturing demands that we measure and improve processes continuously. OEE is well known standardized tool for this purpose. Techniques and methods are just that, but we need to integrate and adapt these into a business system in order to achieve profit. Management normally acts on the bases of facts and financial performance. In most companies increased profit is the overall goal. See also our previous paper called “High Performance Innovative teams.

scholarly journals A Historic View of the US Business Ethical Laws and Implications for Developing Countries like China

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng-guo Zhu ◽  
Wen-zhong Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Us History ◽  
Ethical Behaviors ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Times ◽  
Institutional Construction

<p>In the nearly 150 years of the US history, following big historical events or business ethical dilemmas, the business ethical laws have evolved gradually, which can be divided into 11 stages in 4 levels. In each stage, the emphases or governance purposes of the business ethical laws differ greatly, but tend to bear the sign of the times. Through the systematic review and analysis, the paper concludes that in a specific era of the history, when facing a specific ethical dilemma, the government or regulatory authority will develop and perfect the related regulations or norms of business ethical behaviors in line with the feature of the period so as to effectively prevent or solve the ethical problems in the business environment. The practice of the US institutional construction may be of some enlightenment for developing countries like China.</p>

The American Business System: A Historical Perspective 1900-1955.

1958 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
F. Thistlethwaite ◽  
T. C. Cochran
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
American Business ◽  
System A ◽  
Business System

scholarly journals Modelling and Optimization of Organization of Workplaces in a Foundry

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kukla
Keyword(s):  
Production Systems ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Production Equipment ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
System A ◽  
Iron Castings ◽  
The Times ◽  
Modelling And Optimization ◽  
Bulk Production ◽  
Made In

Abstract The paper presents a practical example of improvement of foundry production systems in terms of post-finishing of nodular iron castings produced in the conditions of bulk production for automotive industry. The attention was paid to high labour-intensive efforts, which are difficult to be subjected to mechanization and automation. The times of actions related to grinding processing of castings in three grinding positions connected with a belt conveyor were estimated with the use of a time study method. A bottleneck as well as limiting factors were specified in a system. A number of improvements were proposed, aimed at improving work organization on the castings post-finishing line. An analysis of work ergonomics at the workplace was made in order to eliminate unnecessary and onerous for the employee actions. A model of production system using the Arena software, on which a simulation experiment was conducted, was drawn up in order to visualize the analysed phenomena. The effects of the project were shown on graphs comparing times, costs, work ergonomics and overall efficiency of production equipment indicator.

The Virtual Neural Business System: a vision for IT support for the network form organization

1997 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-48
Author(s):  
Graham Winch ◽  
Hans Gyllstrom ◽  
François Sauer ◽  
Susanne Seror‐Märklin
Keyword(s):  
System A ◽  
Business System ◽  
It Support ◽  
Network Form
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