Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Volume 11 Issue 3
Table of contents
Practical experience with quality improvement in small companies
Henning Neerland, Thor KvalforsOver the past few years, SINTEF Industrial Management has carried out several network projects on quality improvement for small‐ and medium‐size enterprises (SMEs). The projects…
Coaching continuous improvement in small enterprises
Lotte AlstrupThis paper describes the introduction of continuous improvement (CI) in three small enterprises with employees with little educational background. The approach adopted was…
Strategy and continuous improvement in small‐to‐medium Australian manufacturers
Ross Chapman, Paul HylandWhile Australian firms have generally recognised the value of continuous improvement (CI) in improving performance, many have yet to develop systems to ensure that the efforts of…
Continuous improvement: the trade‐off between self‐management and discipline
Alan HarrisonDeployment of fresh approaches to organisational and human aspects has been a feature of many descriptions of the implementation of “new wave” manufacturing (NWM) strategies…
Infrastructure under construction: continuous improvement and learning in projects
José F.B. Gieskes, André M. ten BroekeContinuous improvement and learning are popular concepts in management literature and practice. Often they are situated in an environment where the work is of a repetitive nature…
How management can foster continuous product innovation
Mariano Corso, Sara PavesiCompetition is today forcing companies to increase their effectiveness exploiting synergy and learning in product innovation. Most literature, however, is still mainly focused on…