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    Investigation of Kaizen Event Team Success Factors In Kessem Sugar Factory
    (AAU, 2018-10) Selamawit, Birara; Ameha, Mulugeta (PhD); Asefaw, Regassa (Mr.) Co-Advisor
    Kaizen event team practices have been used by different manufacturing companies to lower manufacturing costs and increase product value. Kaizen event team activities are one way that sugar factories can increase their competitiveness. The success of Kaizen event teams have important to identify factors that contribute to Kazan‟s successfulness. However, a few researches have been focused on the Kaizen event team success within the sugar industry or on the perceptions of employees within this industry regarding either the challenges during the event or the main factors that are affecting Kaizen event teams. The goal of this research is to identify and analyze the success factor of Kaizen event team. To accomplish this research goal, a case study approach was used to identify kaizen event team success factors. As part of this case study, literature review was conducted concerning kaizen event teams; questionnaire and interviews were conducted with employee, supervisor, team leader and kaizen staff departments at the company. An improved kaizen event team implement framework was developed to measure the perceived successfulness of Kaizen event teams at the factory. From the analysis team formation with group composition have very strong positive correlation and significant. Management support with problem scope has strong positive correlation. Also the challenges that affect the kaizen event teams were analyzed. Then employ six factors extract from those criteria. Using AHP, construct evaluation frame with twelve evaluated criteria composed of extracted factors. Then fuzzy-AHP prioritizes the success of kaizen event teams. As a result, management support, team formation, and decision makings are the factors that affect the kaizen events. Based on those analyses the main factors have been clearly showed. Finally an improved kaizen event team implementation framework developed for the success of kaizen event team to be followed by other factories.