Empirical Study of Influencing Factors of Continuous Improvements

Author

Yan-Jiang, Chen ; Lang, Xie ; Wang Xiao-na

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., Harbin Inst. of Technol.

fYear

2006

fDate

5-7 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

577

Lastpage

581

Abstract

The continuous improvement activity is one of the fundamental management activities in enterprises. However, the actual selection of CI measures is influenced by many factors. This paper makes an empirical study about the influencing factors of CI using 2003 data of the global continuous innovation network. Structural equation models (SEM) are used to analyze the influence of inner and outer factors on CI. The factors that have strong influence on CI are equated and issues to be considered in CI implementation are analyzed. The paper concludes by offering some suggestions on the implementation of CI activities

Keywords

business data processing; continuous improvement; total quality management; continuous improvement activity; enterprise management activity; global continuous innovation network; quality management; structural equation model; Business process re-engineering; Companies; Continuous improvement; Equations; Numerical analysis; Quality management; Six sigma; Technological innovation; Technology management; Total quality management; Continuous improvement (CI); Quality management; Structural equation modeling (SEM);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management Science and Engineering, 2006. ICMSE '06. 2006 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lille

Print_ISBN

7-5603-2355-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMSE.2006.313966

Filename

4104965