Der Kontinuierliche Verbesserungsprozess (KVP) ist ein Managementansatz, der durch stetige Veränderungen im Unternehmen die Produkt- und Prozessqualität und damit die Wettbewerbsposition nachhaltig verbessern will. Derzeit ist KVP vor allem in großen Betrieben des Fahrzeugbaus und bei anderen...

Die Fallstudien des Forschungsprojektes zeigen, dass ein erfolgreicher Einsatz des Initiativrechts nach § 92 a BetrVG durch die Betriebsräte stark mit einer beteiligungsorientierten Miteinbeziehung der Belegschaften als Arbeitsplatzexperten einhergeht. In gemeinsamen Diskussionen und...

Die Produktionsmodernisierung durch den Einsatz von organisatorischen Konzepten im Bereich der Arbeits- und Produktionsorganisation und dem Personalmanagement stellt für Unternehmen einen wichtigen Stellhebel zur Verbesserung ihrer betrieblichen Leistungs- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit dar....

Following its comprehensive defeat in the Pacific theatre of World War II and destruction of much of its production capacity, between the early 1950s and the Oil Crisis of 1973, Japan recorded an average annual economic growth rate of 10% and an average annual export growth rate of 20%. During...

If one is asked to give an appraisal of airport development in metropolitan areas in Japan, an unsparing critic may not esteem it highly for three reasons. One, because planning for the secondary airport at Tokyo and Osaka was initiated too late to match growth in demand. Two, due to untimely...

Having no standardization work process means no quality. Everyone will do this task differently. Tracking the source of errors is difficult without the work standard. When a leader perform gemba walk on shop floor to observe the situation, there is no benefit from the walk when there is no...

The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is a useful framework that helps explain people's behavior across a wide range of settings. The present study adopted the TPB to investigate factors that affect the complexity of the learning intention of workers involved with a lean manufacturing training...

The intensity of global competition and the dynamics of the demand markets force companies to continuously improve their value adding processes at high pace. The present study supports companies in managing this task, offering a process model based on lean management that empowers employees in...

Purpose: The goal of this work was to investigate the managerial practices of today to understand if Toyota is sheltering themselves from these newer practices or embracing them like most believe. Design/methodology/approach: This work utilizes a new form of data mining named Latent Semantic...