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Learning From Less Successful Kaizen Events: A Case Study

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Manjeet Kharub, Himanshu Gupta, Sudhir Rana & Olivia McDermott. (2023) Employee's performance and Kaizen events' success: does supervisor behaviour play a moderating role?. The TQM Journal 35:8, pages 2336-2366.
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Majdi Wael Alkababji. (2023) The impact of applying the target cost and continuous improvement (Kaizen) on achieving the sustainable competitive advantage of Palestinian industrial companies. Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development 3:4, pages 372-387.
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Janine Sanders Jones, John R. Olson & Peter Southard. (2021) Kaizen Events at the University of St. Thomas: Experiential Learning for Students. INFORMS Transactions on Education 21:3, pages 115-129.
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Manoj Tiwari & Yuvraj Garg. 2021. Lean Tools in Apparel Manufacturing. Lean Tools in Apparel Manufacturing 81 130 .
Valentina Nino, David Claudio, Leonardo Valladares & Sean Harris. (2020) An Enhanced Kaizen Event in a Sterile Processing Department of a Rural Hospital: A Case Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17:23, pages 8748.
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M R Maulana, H Harjomidjojo & A Soetara. (2020) Operational excellence implementation in wood industry (Case study: PT XYZ). IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 472:1, pages 012059.
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Wei Guo, Pingyu Jiang, Lei Xu & Guangzhou Peng. (2019) Integration of value stream mapping with DMAIC for concurrent Lean-Kaizen: A case study on an air-conditioner assembly line. Advances in Mechanical Engineering 11:2, pages 168781401982711.
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Fernando Gonzalez-Aleu, Eileen M. Van Aken, Jennifer Cross & Wiljeana J. Glover. (2018) Continuous improvement project within Kaizen: critical success factors in hospitals. The TQM Journal 30:4, pages 335-355.
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José Álvarez-García, Amador Durán-Sánchez & María de la Cruz del Río-Rama. (2018) Systematic bibliometric analysis on Kaizen in scientific journals. The TQM Journal 30:4, pages 356-370.
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Jih Kuang Chen. (2018) A novel Kaizen technique for service quality: case study in educational organization. The TQM Journal 30:4, pages 269-280.
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Thomas Bortolotti, Stefania Boscari, Pamela Danese, Hebert Alonso Medina Suni, Nicholas Rich & Pietro Romano. (2018) The social benefits of kaizen initiatives in healthcare: an empirical study. International Journal of Operations & Production Management 38:2, pages 554-578.
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Paul Stelson, Joshua Hille, Chinweike Eseonu & Toni Doolen. (2017) What drives continuous improvement project success in healthcare?. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 30:1, pages 43-57.
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G.L.D. Wickramasinghe & Vathsala Wickramasinghe. (2016) Effects of continuous improvement on shop-floor employees’ job performance in Lean production. Research Journal of Textile and Apparel 20:4, pages 182-194.
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Fernando Gonzalez Aleu & Eileen M. Van Aken. (2016) Systematic literature review of critical success factors for continuous improvement projects. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma 7:3, pages 214-232.
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R.S. Keyser, R.S. Sawhney & L. Marella. (2016) A management framework for understanding change in a lean environment. Tékhne 14:1, pages 31-44.
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Wen-Hsing Liu, Sarah Asio, Jennifer Cross, Wiljeana J. Glover & Eileen Van Aken. (2015) Understanding team mental models affecting Kaizen event success. Team Performance Management 21:7/8, pages 361-385.
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Julie Sisson & Ahmad Elshennawy. (2015) Achieving success with Lean. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma 6:3, pages 263-280.
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Hyun Woong Jin & Toni L. Doolen. (2014) A comparison of Korean and US continuous improvement projects. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 63:4, pages 384-405.
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Joel James, Laura H. Ikuma, Isabelina Nahmens & Fereydoun Aghazadeh. (2013) The impact of Kaizen on safety in modular home manufacturing. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 70:1-4, pages 725-734.
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Jun-Ing Ker, Yichuan Wang & Hung-Yu Lee. 2014. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems (ICITES2013). Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems (ICITES2013) 667 674 .
Wiljeana J. Glover, Wen‐Hsing Liu, Jennifer A. Farris & Eileen M. Van Aken. (2013) Characteristics of established kaizen event programs: an empirical study. International Journal of Operations & Production Management 33:9, pages 1166-1201.
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Marek Zareba, Anna Schuh & Jaime A. Camelio. (2011) Accelerated Problem Solving Sessions in University Laboratory Settings. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 24:3, pages 517-526.
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Dag Näslund. (2013) Lean and six sigma – critical success factors revisited. International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences 5:1, pages 86-100.
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Wiljeana J. Glover, Jennifer A. Farris, Eileen M. Van Aken & Toni L. Doolen. (2011) Critical success factors for the sustainability of Kaizen event human resource outcomes: An empirical study. International Journal of Production Economics 132:2, pages 197-213.
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Eileen M. Van Aken, Jennifer A. Farris, Wiljeana J. Glover & Geert Letens. (2010) A framework for designing, managing, and improving Kaizen event programs. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 59:7, pages 641-667.
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Kyle B. Stone. (2010) Kaizen Teams: Integrated HRD Practices for Successful Team Building. Advances in Developing Human Resources 12:1, pages 61-77.
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Jennifer A. Farris, Eileen M. Van Aken, Toni L. Doolen & June Worley. (2009) Critical success factors for human resource outcomes in Kaizen events: An empirical study. International Journal of Production Economics 117:1, pages 42-65.
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