Kaizen Event Follow Follow-up Mechanisms and Goal Sustainability: Preliminary Results

摘要

Despite the anecdotal recognition of factors that may influence Kaizen out outcome sustainability, there has been little come empirical investigation of sustainability determinants. This research reports on the preliminary sustainability results from one manufacturing organization organization. The organization . Is participating in an ongoing field s study of Kaizen events tudy containing multiple manufacturing organizations. Researchers collect collected ed data on event characteristics, follow follow-up mechanism mechanisms, goal sustainability, , and work area context for 14 events from the case study organization. A preliminary set of perceptual follow follow-up mechanism measures is identified and summarized. The study results also provide preliminary evidence of how the follow follow-up mechanisms may influence goal sustainability.