This study aims to investigate the barriers that exist when implementing continuous
improvement methodologies, such as Lean Six Sigma (LSS), within the Irish Pharma …

Purpose The main objective of this study is to investigate what are the critical success factors
that exist for continuous improvement (CI) methodology deployment in the Irish medical …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the adoption of Continuous Improvement (CI)
strategies of a large random sample of Australian manufacturing firms. The study was …

This research aims to assess the organisational readiness and maturity of continuous
improvement (CI) deployment in a medical device manufacturer. A single case study …

In recent years, the healthcare industry is constantly concerned to provide better quality of
patient care with less waste of resources through application of continuous improvement (CI) …

Continuous improvement (CI) is a process used by manufacturing firms to improve quality,
reduce lead times, reduce price, and improve delivery reliability. A survey of firms in …

Despite the vast acceptance of continuous improvement (CI) methodologies in
manufacturing and services industries, few organisations have implemented CI in the …

The results of the UK Continuous Improvement (CI) Survey 2003 are presented in this paper.
Key findings underscore performance improvements and the most effective enabling tools …

One of the principal goals of Western firms in the last few decades has been to improve
competitiveness through continual incremental improvement. Within these spheres …

Purpose This paper aims to contribute to a developing literature on continuous improvement
(CI), enabled by Lean Six Sigma (LSS), in higher education institutions (HEIs). It reports on …