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Today, the scope of energy services markets (ESMs) has expanded worldwide and covered almost all areas of production and consumption of goods and services for both industrial and public appointments, as well as households, mainly due to energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. At the same time, the incompleteness of theoretically grounded bases significantly reduces the pace of these markets...
In recent years, there has been significant attention paid to the application of Lean thinking to software-centric organizations. However, there is noticeable challenges accompanying the use of it. Even when applied properly, sustaining the realized benefits becomes challenging. There is a need to have a sustainable and continuous improvement method that is embedded into the daily operations of the...
Productivity has been identified as a key strategy by the Singapore government to drive economic growth for the next 10 years. However, most of the efforts have been focused on developing and adopting tools and techniques as point solutions to improve productivity. A new methodology is needed that automates making improvements everyday as part of the job routine of every employee and has an explicit...
Lean production is regarded as the third production paradigm, succeed craft-ship production and mass production. Companies will better adapt to the competitive market by Lean, which is characterized by multi-varieties and small-batch, through continuous improvement and waste elimination, so it is being widely studied and applied. But the absence of universal definition to lean production has hampered...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the adoption of Continuous Improvement (CI) strategies of a large random sample of Australian manufacturing firms. The study was undertaken as part of a wider international survey investigating continuous improvement practices in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and the UK. The survey was mailed to 1200 managers responsible for manufacturing...
Progress is about continuous improvement. Continuous improvement is achieved by capturing and developing best practice and combining this with controlled innovation. The basic and surest method to achieve this goal is developing an all-encompassing range of industry standards. The progress should be steady and not disruptive, i.e. it should be evolution and not revolution. Following upon international...
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