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Chakraborty, Abhijit
- Effects of Lean Tools In Small Scale Enterprises
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1 Professor, M.E. Dept., Assam Engineering College, Guwahati-13
2 Lecturer, AIMMT, Barrackpore, Kolkata-120, West Bengal
3 Professor, Production Engineering Dept., Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700032
1 Professor, M.E. Dept., Assam Engineering College, Guwahati-13
2 Lecturer, AIMMT, Barrackpore, Kolkata-120, West Bengal
3 Professor, Production Engineering Dept., Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700032
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Drishtikon: A Management Journal, Vol 2, No 1 (2010), Pagination:Abstract
This paper attempts to focus on effects of the lean tools when applied in small enterprises particularly in manufacturing sector. In this competitive world, muda is to be reduced and the result therefrom is for better productivity and simultaneous cost-curtailment in production sphere of manufacturing. In this paper two tools of lean i.e., kaizen and why-why analysis have been applied over small manufacturing enterprise and its impact on the cost-effectiveness at the shop-floor of various component production has been analyzed to ascertain the lean concept which can be applied in the small enterprises for its betterment&making it competitive in the global market.Keywords
Quality, Kaizen, Muda, Lean, Productivity, Why-why Analysis
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- External Obstacles to Quality for Small Scale Enterprises
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1 Department of Production Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-32
2 M.E. Dept., Assam Engineering College, Guwahati-13, IN
3 MSME-DI, 111& 112, B.T.Road, Kolkata-108
4 Production Engineering Dept., Jadavpur University, Kolkata-32, IN
1 Department of Production Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-32
2 M.E. Dept., Assam Engineering College, Guwahati-13, IN
3 MSME-DI, 111& 112, B.T.Road, Kolkata-108
4 Production Engineering Dept., Jadavpur University, Kolkata-32, IN
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Drishtikon: A Management Journal, Vol 2, No 2 (2011), Pagination: 77-104Abstract
The Small scale manufacturing enterprises are facing critical problems while selling their products. As the SSE is not having huge financial backup and so they depend very much on the revenue earned after selling their product. The product sales can only increase if the manufactured product is meeting the desired level of standard of the customers' requirement. But actually it is not doing so. In this paper, we have tried to analyse the problems in the context of external obstacles to Quality by taking survey with the help of questionnaire for the SSE. If the external obstacles are addressed properly by the SSE, then they can remove the obstacles to quality to a large extent by changing them accordingly as per market demand.References
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