Investigation of Kaizen Event Team Success Factors In Kessem Sugar Factory
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2018-10
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AAU
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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.
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Kaizen, Kaizen event team, Fuzzy-AHP