Abstract
In this paper, focusing on visual management (VM) as one of the kaizen technologies, a procedure for its new case development is discussed. This procedure consists of two portions. The first portion is construction of kaizen case-base, namely: (1) correction and analysis of kaizen cases; (2) establishment of drivers and instances of investigated kaizen case; and (3) analysis of proximity relationship among kaizen cases. The second portion is utilisation of kaizen case-base, namely: (4) selection of kaizen case from kaizen case-base; (5) consideration of the other related kaizen cases; and (6) new kaizen case design. A case study is performed to assure the relevance of the proposed procedure by focusing on 'dispatching board', a typical VM technology. Through collaboration with a factory eager to implement VM, the proposed procedure is qualified by experts as a useful method for kaizen knowledge transfer.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7265-7287 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | International Journal of Production Research |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 Dec 15 |
Keywords
- analytic hierarchy process (AHP)
- case-base
- dispatching board
- kaizen technology
- management technology transfer
- quantification theory category III
- small and medium enterprise (SME)
- visual management (VM)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Management Science and Operations Research
- Strategy and Management
