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The influence of lean six sigma and Kaizen to reduce defect products in automotive industry

Author(s) -

Razmah Mahmod,

Faizah Mashahadi,

Nur Amirah Ashari

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of emerging economies and islamic research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2289-2559

DOI - 10.24191/jeeir.v5i4.8839

Subject(s) - kaizen , automotive industry , lean six sigma , six sigma , manufacturing engineering , lean manufacturing , quality (philosophy) , business , operations management , engineering , philosophy , epistemology , aerospace engineering

Article history: Received 15 December 2017 Received in revised form 23 December 2017 Accepted 28 December 2017 Published 30 December 2017 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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