The influence of lean six sigma and Kaizen to reduce defect products in automotive industry / Razmah Mahmod, Faizah Mashahadi and Nur Amirah Ashari

The purpose of this study is to measure the influence of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Continuous Improvement (KAIZEN) to reduce the defect products in practising Quality Management System (QMS) for the automotive industry. Data were obtained from questionnaires which has been returned from 78 respondent...

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Main Authors: Mahmod, Razmah, Mashahadi, Faizah, Ashari, Nur Amirah
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Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor 2017
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32243/
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author Mahmod, Razmah
Mashahadi, Faizah
Ashari, Nur Amirah
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Mashahadi, Faizah
Ashari, Nur Amirah
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description The purpose of this study is to measure the influence of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Continuous Improvement (KAIZEN) to reduce the defect products in practising Quality Management System (QMS) for the automotive industry. Data were obtained from questionnaires which has been returned from 78 respondents among production operators in assembly section. The data has been analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Result shown that Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Continuous Improvement (KAIZEN) have positive influence for solving the problem of defect products. The findings of this study will help the industry for giving serious enforcement and attention for these two methods in reducing the defect products thus will reduce the scrap management cost. This study contributes to the advancement of knowledge on methods to reduce defect products for automotive industry.
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spelling uitm-322432020-07-14T06:22:12Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32243/ The influence of lean six sigma and Kaizen to reduce defect products in automotive industry / Razmah Mahmod, Faizah Mashahadi and Nur Amirah Ashari jeeir Mahmod, Razmah Mashahadi, Faizah Ashari, Nur Amirah Production management. Operations management Control of production systems Quality control. Standards ISO 9000 Series Standards The purpose of this study is to measure the influence of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Continuous Improvement (KAIZEN) to reduce the defect products in practising Quality Management System (QMS) for the automotive industry. Data were obtained from questionnaires which has been returned from 78 respondents among production operators in assembly section. The data has been analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Result shown that Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Continuous Improvement (KAIZEN) have positive influence for solving the problem of defect products. The findings of this study will help the industry for giving serious enforcement and attention for these two methods in reducing the defect products thus will reduce the scrap management cost. This study contributes to the advancement of knowledge on methods to reduce defect products for automotive industry. Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32243/1/AJ_RAZMAH%20MAHMOD%20JEEIR%20B%2017.pdf Mahmod, Razmah and Mashahadi, Faizah and Ashari, Nur Amirah (2017) The influence of lean six sigma and Kaizen to reduce defect products in automotive industry / Razmah Mahmod, Faizah Mashahadi and Nur Amirah Ashari. (2017) Journal of Emerging Economies and Islamic Research (JEEIR) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Emerging_Economies_and_Islamic_Research_=28JEEIR=29.html>, 5 (4). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2289-2559 https://journal.uitm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/JEEIR/
spellingShingle Production management. Operations management
Control of production systems
Quality control. Standards
ISO 9000 Series Standards
Mahmod, Razmah
Mashahadi, Faizah
Ashari, Nur Amirah
The influence of lean six sigma and Kaizen to reduce defect products in automotive industry / Razmah Mahmod, Faizah Mashahadi and Nur Amirah Ashari
title The influence of lean six sigma and Kaizen to reduce defect products in automotive industry / Razmah Mahmod, Faizah Mashahadi and Nur Amirah Ashari
title_full The influence of lean six sigma and Kaizen to reduce defect products in automotive industry / Razmah Mahmod, Faizah Mashahadi and Nur Amirah Ashari
title_fullStr The influence of lean six sigma and Kaizen to reduce defect products in automotive industry / Razmah Mahmod, Faizah Mashahadi and Nur Amirah Ashari
title_full_unstemmed The influence of lean six sigma and Kaizen to reduce defect products in automotive industry / Razmah Mahmod, Faizah Mashahadi and Nur Amirah Ashari
title_short The influence of lean six sigma and Kaizen to reduce defect products in automotive industry / Razmah Mahmod, Faizah Mashahadi and Nur Amirah Ashari
title_sort influence of lean six sigma and kaizen to reduce defect products in automotive industry / razmah mahmod, faizah mashahadi and nur amirah ashari
topic Production management. Operations management
Control of production systems
Quality control. Standards
ISO 9000 Series Standards
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32243/
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