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ItemInvestigating methods and challenges of Kaizen execution: a case study of an engineering firm in PakistanKAIZEN is a system of a continuous endeavor by an organization to improve its business activities and processes, the goal being to improve the quality of products and services so that the organization can meet full customer satisfaction. Kaizen can be an integrated and company-wide approach through collaboration of all the levels of the organization: top management, middle managers and front-line employees. Commitment, genuine participation and motivation of all the three actors are critical factors. The purpose of this study is to assess the methods and challenges faced by ABC Engineering Pvt., Ltd. in executing and sustaining kaizen. Quality circles were established and the 5S’s were deployed as a beginning of kaizen execution in the firm.
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ItemThe improvement of the non-value-added activities in the 3-in-1 instant food production process by applying lean toolsThis research represents one of the first large-scale, automatic process control system empirical efforts to systematically investigate and apply the Lean manufacturing methodology. The Lean tools can help to define, measure, and analyze the problem in this research. This study aimed to eliminate the waste, which causes the multiple steps from material handling to the production process by analyzing and identifying the root causes. After the simulation model was developed, the author compared the As-Is and To-Be outcomes, which are significantly different. The conclusion of this study showed that the total cycle time of the whole process is reduced from 70 minutes to 36 minutes and the batch size of work-in-process was also increased from 360 kg to 500 kg per cycle. Overall efficiency is seen to have increased in all processes where Lean principles have been carefully selected and applied.