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Continuous improvement practices in Asian developing countries a comparative analysis between Chinese & Pakistani manufacturing industry

  • Business School, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Pakistan and China both on industrial grounds have been engaged in following International Quality Standards to improve their products and services quality for their survival on both international and local trade. Both are neighbor developing countries and are struggling with the same aim of bringing continuous improvement in their processes and techniques. This paper is a comparative analysis of the continuous improvement practices/techniques carried out in manufacturing sector of these two countries. Here results have been derived from ISO 9001:2000 certified companies only. The sample size consists of 50 Pakistani and 45 Chinese companies of all levels. Questionnaire being used was identical. The prominent aspects being studied over here include difference of degree of practices of continuous improvement, motivational factors, barriers in successful implementation, and utilization of TQM tools. The results here would be helpful in knowing the trend and approaches of these two industries particularly ISO certified companies towards deployment of TQM.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2007 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE'07 (14th)
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages692-697
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9787883580805
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event2007 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE'07 - Harbin, China
Duration: 20 Aug 200722 Aug 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2007 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE'07 (14th)

Conference

Conference2007 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE'07
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period20/08/0722/08/07

Keywords

  • China
  • Continuous improvement
  • ISO 9001
  • Manufacturing
  • Pakistan

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