• 유통과학연구
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• 제11권7호
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• pp.23-30
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• 2013

Purpose - The study attempts to investigate the relationship between inventory management and firm performance using a multi-dimensional aspect of inventory management with respect to lean management practices across countries. Research design, data, and methodology - 1643 manufacturing firms from Japan and the US that SIC ranges from 2000 to 3999 were chosen to conduct the empirical test. This study employs hierarchical OLS regression analysis to examine the impact of control variables, ABI, EBI, and the interaction between ABI and EBI on firm performance. Results - The result indicates that in Japan high level of inventory negatively influences the accounting flows of business, while US manufactures exhibit strong positive impact of ELI on firm performance across accounting and market measures. The results show that the complementarity between the amount and the speed of inventory does exist. Except for Tobin's q, the sign of interaction term coefficient is negative, suggesting that when the amount of inventory increases and it stays longer in a firm, market values, ROS, and ROA suffers. Conclusions - The major finding of this study is that there exist some complementarities between the scope and implication of inventory management for lean strategy across countries, particularly in U.S. and Japanese firms.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.99-112
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• 2007

In most recent years, the business competition has spreads over all fields of corporations and their management area regardless of time and place, which makes the survival environment of each enterprise fiercer. In order to secure a high position in the competitive market, the various firms has implemented many methods related to price, quality, and service efficiency. However, the implementation with only low price or high quality might be helpless to hold a high position in modem market. Moreover more attention should be paid to the internal business processes of an organization. Therefore, a new and different method should be searched or developed in order to win the competitive power among other enterprises. This research will focus on the improvement of the business processes within the non-manufacturing industry by applying Lean Six Sigma methodology. DMAIC method will be applied to improve the inbound and outbound logistics processes, manage the inbound and outbound vehicles, and control the receiving and shipping activities.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.85-100
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• 2001

There is a significant discrepancy between manufacturing strategy and quality management. This paper attempts to review the literature of manufacturing strategy model in quality perspective The objective of the paper is to clarify the quality aspect of manufacturing strategy models for a better understanding of the subject and to lay a foundation to integrate manufacturing strategy with quality management. The paper is organized as follows. First, the literature review on the issue is presented. The trade-off model, lean production model, cumulative model, sand cone model, quality staircase model are critically reviewed. Next, the discussion on the review model is brought. Finally, conclusions are presented.

• 한국건설관리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건설관리학회 2008년도 정기학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.551-556
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• 2008

식스시그마는 처음소개 된 이래로 20련 동안 전략적인 측면과 방법론적인 측면 모두에서 식스시그마는 끊임없는 변화를 거듭하고 있다. 식스시그마와 다른 비즈니스 전략과의 접목을 통해 보다 높은 시너지효과를 창출할 수 있는 경영혁신전략의 개발에 대한 관심은 대단히 높다. 린 생산방식 등과의 접목에 대해 많은 연구와 실행이 추진되고 있으며 특히, 린과 식스시그마가 접목된 린 식스시그마는 식스시그마를 통해 성과를 올린 여러 기업들이 보다 발전된 형태의 혁신전략으로서 도입을 추진하고 있다. 하지만 현재 린과 식스시그마를 접목한 린식스시그마에 대한 연구나 여러 기업들의 적용이 이루어지고 있지만 건설분야에서는 연구나 실제 적용사례들이 부족한 상태이다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하고자 6시그마를 이용하여 시행된 프로젝트를 통하여 건설분야에서의 식스시그마의 방법론인 DMAIC의 프로세스를 구체화시키고 선행연구된 린식스시그마 연구를 통하여 DMAIC 프로세스를 발전시키고 건설분야에 식스시그마 DMAIC 프로세스를 재구성하여 제시하고자 한다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.134-144
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• 2014

With the advent of lean-six sigma era, an extensive use of analytic tools such as control charts is required in the field of manufacturing. In relation to statistical quality control (SQC) or process control (SPC), the Korean standards have undergone a meaningful change. In this study, the theoretic backgrounds for evaluating the control limits in connection with the variable control charts are examined in view of better understanding the related constants and coefficients. This paper is intended to help the quality control practitioners understand the mathematical backgrounds by comparing related quality control constants and also to encourage them to make use of and to take the advantage of the variable control charts which are very useful for implementing the concept of lean-six sigma in many industrial sites.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회 논문요약집
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• pp.36-36
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• 2004

현재의 제조업들은 극도로 심화된 기업 간의 경쟁과 고객 요구사항의 급변으로 인해 신속한 제품 개발 및 효율적 제조를 요구받고 있다. 생산시스템은 대량생산방식(mass Production)에서 적시/적량 생산방식(lean production)으로 발전해왔고, 최소의 리드타임(lead time)을 갖는 민첩한 생산시스템으로의 발전이 요구되고 있으며, 근래에 새롭게 대두되고 있는 생산 패러다임인 e-Manufacturing에서는 확장된 기업체계 하에서 협업적 제품 개발과 신속 제조(collaborative product development and rapid production)의 달성을 지향하고 있다.(중략)

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2004

This work treats a controlled auto-ignition (CAI) single cylinder gasoline engine, focusing on the extension of operating conditions. Investigated are the engine emission characteristics under the wide range of operating conditions such as 32 to 63 in the air-fuel ratio, 1000 to 1800 rpm in the engine speed, and 150 to $180^{\circ}C$ in the inlet-air temperature. A controlled auto-ignition gasoline engine can be achieved the ultra lean-burn with self-ignition of gasoline fuel by heating inlet air. It can be achieved that the emission concentrations of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides had been significantly reduced by CAI combustion compared with conventional spark ignition engines.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.187-214
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• 1998

This paper tries to examine the effectiveness of inventory reduction to the productivity increase and the impact of production environments on its effectiveness utilizing the Profit Impact of Market Strategy (PIMS) Database from the Strategic Planning Institute, a large data set that covers a variety of manufacturing activities from the early 1970s to late 1980s. The empirical results of this paper support the robustness of the principle of "Lean Production" or JIT system (also referred to as "Stockless Production"). We also find that the overall environment in which manufacturing strategic business units operate is an important factor in determining the different degrees of effectiveness of the work-in process (and raw materials) invertory reductions. In particular, we find that the effectiveness of the work-in process reduction varies according to the position in the product life cycly as well as the complexity and characteristics of the production processes.roduction processes.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.56-62
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• 2005

In this study, A controlled auto-ignition (CAI) single cylinder gasoline engine is considered, focusing on the extension of operating conditions. The fuel is injected indirectly into electrically heated inlet air flow. Investigated are the engine performance characteristics under the wide range of operating conditions such as 32 to 63 in the air-fuel ratio, 1000 to 1800 rpm in the engine speed, and 150 to $180^{\circ}C$ in the inlet-air temperature. A controlled auto-ignition gasoline engine which has the super ultra lean-burn with self-ignition of gasoline fuel can be achieved by heating inlet air.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.479-489
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• 2020

The purpose of this paper is to uncover whether and how contextual factors (information exchange, participation, trust in management, and training), relate to resistance to change. It also explores the mediating effect of perceived impact of change on the relations between contextual factors and resistance to change. This study is conducted in several manufacturing plants in food processing industry in Vietnam, which is implementing a top-down large-scale change - Lean transformation, adopting Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program, to be specific. The findings suggest that all four contextual factors are negatively associated with resistance to change, in which training had the strongest impact. Also, the perceived change impact partially mediates the relationships between the four contextual factors and resistance to change. The practical implications of this paper are that employees who receive adequate, timely and useful information relating to change are less likely to show opposing behaviors towards change. Fostering trust in management among employees, and employee involvement in decision-making, also have a significant influence when addressing employee resistance to change. Employees who are well-trained, well-equipped with tools and knowledge about the change, are less likely to resist as they view the benefits of changes more significant than the risks.