1st Edition

Continuous Improvement in Organizations

By José Dinis Carvalho Copyright 2023
294 Pages 55 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by River Publishers

294 Pages 55 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by River Publishers

This book presents what you need to know to really implement continuous improvement in companies or other organizations. In addition to all the support needed for this to make sense, the importance of the right direction to guide it is unveiled. The reader will find in this book the origins of continuous improvement and all the framing that justifies and demystifies it in the aspects that... Read more

1. The Origins

2. Pursue Excellence in Organizations

3. The Less Visible Side

4. The Visible Side

5. Decoding Continuous Improvement

6. Maturity of Continuous Improvement

7. Practices to Materialize Continuous Improvement

8. Developing Continuous Improvement in your SME

Biography

Professor José Dinis Carvalho is Associate Professor at the Department of Production and Systems at the School of Engineering in the University of Minho, with a research focus on continuous improvement and excellence in organizations. He dedicates himself to the study and application of concepts and principles of Lean philosophy in companies, through projects with students and with colleagues.