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
References
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
10.1 Model and hypotheses 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
About the Author: Jorge Luis Garcia Alcaraz is a full time researcher of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez. His main research areas are related to Multi criteria decision making applied to manufacturing, production process modeling and statistical inference. He is founding member of the Mexican Society of Operation Research and active member in the Mexican Academy of Industrial Engineering.
Midiala Oropesa Vento is a researcher recognized by the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT), member of the Mexican Society of Operations Research. Her main research areas are related to total quality management, continuous improvement, decision making and modeling applied to production processes.
Aide Aracely Maldonado Macias has a Ph.D. in Sciences in Industrial Engineering from the Technological Institute of Ciudad Juárez and is a full-time Professor-Investigator at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez (UACJ).
