Sustainable excellence and continuous improvement approaches in SMEs -- Sustainable excellence and continuous improvement approaches in SMEs -- Achieving environmental excellence through Lean and green in SMEs -- Lean six sigma and sustainability: from total quality to total sustainability --...

Chapter 1: Introducing to food safety management in global supply chains -- Chapter 2: Critical success factors for food safety management system -- Chapter 3: Empirical evidence on critical success factor from multi-level environments and their relationships with food safety management system...

This book explains the implementation of just in time (JIT) production in an industrial context, while also highlighting the application of various, vital lean production tools. Shifting the trade-off between productivity and quality, the book discusses the preparation stages needed before...

This book covers the strategic use of continuous improvement (CI) techniques for manufacturing performance improvement. It focuses primarily on strategies that can be adopted by small and middle-sized enterprises in manufacturing in order to meet the global challenges and competition. The book...

At present, how to develop industries is a burning issue in Africa, where population growth remains high and economic development has thus far failed to provide sufficient jobs for many, especially young people and women. The creation of productive jobs through industrial development ought to be...

This book integrates the concept of design into the existing framework of industrial performance, international trade and comparative advantage in trade and industrial phenomena, which increasingly have been affected by design characteristics of tradable goods. Design, capability and their...

The Emergence and Characteristics of Business Accelerators -- Corporate Strategies in the Startup Context -- Determinants of Organizational Learning -- Characteristics of the Aerospace Industry -- Insights from the Startupbootcamp and Bizlab Accelerators -- Key-Factors for a Successful Corporate...

Chapter 1 Basics in Lean Management -- Chapter 2 The cultural Change towards Lean Management -- Chapter 3 Kaizen: Continuous Improvements in small Steps -- Chapter 4 Waste and Value-added -- Chapter 5 Lean Management as part of the corporate Strategy -- Chapter 6 Leadership and Empowerment --...

Lean Management und Kaizen: Definition -- Lean Management und Kaizen in Japan -- Transformation und kultureller Wandel -- Stetige Verbesserungen durch Kaizen -- Konzentration auf Wertschöpfung -- Lean Management als Teil der Unternehmensstrategie -- Erfolgsfaktoren, Kennzahlen, Fallbeispiele --...

Sebastian Pioch beschreibt in diesem essential an einem durchgehenden Beispiel, wie Start-ups oder bestehende Unternehmen digitale Produkte entwickeln, testen und schließlich am Markt etablieren können. Kompakt und leicht verständlich führt der Autor aus, welche Schritte und Methoden...