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 Volume 8, Issue 3 (March 2021), Pages: 12-20

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Process improvement methodology selection in manufacturing: A literature review perspective

 Author(s): Ahmed Baha Eddine Aichouni *, Faizir Ramlie, Haslaile Abdullah

 Affiliation(s):

 Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7614-003X

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2021.03.002

 Abstract:

Problems in manufacturing have always been a hurdle for leadership, engineers, and professionals. They can lead to low productivity, poor quality, high costs, and ultimately loss of customers. Problems should be prevented by fair means and following well-established methodologies of continuous process improvement. The present paper addresses this topic, which in both academic and professional literature has been discussed from one single angle–that is, how to use a specific methodology in a certain situation. From that perspective, researchers from academia and consultancy promote the use of a particular method. One of the greatest challenges to researchers and practitioners in manufacturing is to select the right methodology for problem-solving and process improvement. The present paper attempts to address this issue from a literature review perspective. The approach followed is based on the fact that understanding the attributes of process improvement methodologies reported in the open literature and their linkages to the main phases of the continuous improvement process will provide insights on how the selection of the methodologies can be carried out in real manufacturing situations. 

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Process improvement, PDCA, DMAIC, 8D, Manufacturing

 Article History: Received 9 August 2020, Received in revised form 28 October 2020, Accepted 3 November 2020

 Acknowledgment:

No Acknowledgment.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

  Aichouni ABE, Ramlie F, and Abdullah H (2021). Process improvement methodology selection in manufacturing: A literature review perspective. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 8(3): 12-20

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