The Usage of Continuous Improvement’s Measure and its Effect on Performance

Abstract:

The paper researches the using frequency of Continuous Improvement’s measure and the effect on enterprises, performance. With the continuing changes of the society, the enterprises are facing more and more uncertainty and unpredictability. As a continuously incremental process of enterprise’s level innovation capability, Continuous Improvement has become an important strategy to maintain the manufacturing competitiveness of the enterprises. Choosing the suitable measures is the key of Continuous Improvement. On the basis of international investigation of Continuous Improvement, the paper analyzes the using frequency of Continuous Improvement’s measure and makes a comparison of Chinese, Australian and European enterprises. The results show that foreign enterprises pay more attention to standardized process than Chinese enterprises. Through the analysis of the relationship between Continuous Improvement’s measure and Continuous Improvement’s performance, the results show that standardized process has a big effect on Continuous Improvement’s measure. On the basis of these researches, the paper thinks that Chinese enterprises should increase the understanding and application of standardized process when Chinese enterprises carry out Continuous Improvement.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 482-484)
• Pages: 1789-1792
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.482-484.1789
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Li Run Hu, Yang Yang, Chun Sheng Shi, Ye Zhuang Tian
• Keywords: Continuous Improvement, Measure, Performance, Usage

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