Kaizen Planning, Implementing and Controlling

Section One: Concepts

1. Kaizen concepts

1.1 Kaizen concept

1.2 Lean manufacturing and kaizen

1.3 Kaizen evolution

1.4 Successful implementation cases reported

1.5 Traditional implementation process for kaizen

1.6 Book objective and delimitation

1.7 Chapter conclusions

References 

2. Kaizen: Literature review

   2.1 Critical success factors for kaizen

   2.2 Authors and research groups in kaizen

   2.3 Universities and departments studying kaizen

   2.4 Journals reporting kaizen studies

   2.5 Chapter conclusions

   References

3. Kaizen adoption

3.1 Activities associated to kaizen planning process

3.2 Activities associated to kaizen implementation process

3.3 Activities associated to kaizen control

3.4 Benefits gained from kaizen

   3.5  Chapter conclusions

   References

Section Two: Methodology research

 4. Materials and methods

   4.1 Data collection

   4.2 Data screening

   4.3 Descriptive analysis

   4.4 Factor analysis

   4.5 Structural equation models

   References

Section Three: Univariate analysis

5. Planning kaizen

5.1 Descriptive analysis for activities associated to planning

5.2 Tendencies

   5.3 Chapter conclusions

References

6. Kaizen implementation

6.1 Descriptive analysis for activities associated to implementation

6.2 Tendencies

   6.3 Chapter conclusions

References

7. Controlling kaizen

   7.1 Descriptive analysis for activities associated to control

   7.2 Tendencies

   7.3 Chapter conclusions

References

8. Benefits from kaizen

   8.1 Descriptive analysis for benefits gained from kaizen

   8.2 Tendencies

   8.3 Chapter conclusions

Section Four: Multivariate analysis

9. Factor analysis

   9.1 Factor analysis for activities associated to kaizen

   9.2 Factor analysis for benefits gained from kaizen

   9.3 Chapter conclusions

   References

10. Model: planning kaizen activities - benefits

   10.2 Model evaluation

   10.3 Model interpretation 

   10.4 Chapter conclusions

   References

11. Model: implementing kaizen activities - benefits

   11.1 Model and hypotheses

   11.2 Model evaluation

   11.3 Model interpretation 

   11.4 Chapter conclusions

   References

12. Model: Controlling kaizen activities - benefits

12.1 Model and hypotheses

   12.2 Model evaluation

   12.3 Model interpretation 

   12.4 Chapter conclusions

   References