Identifying an improvement method for Ecuadorian small companies

Abstract:

This article presents the improvement methodologies that fit the characteristics of Ecuadorian small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs). First, these characteristics were collected through primary and secondary data. The secondary data was collected from previous studies performed by gubernmental and not gubenmental institutions. The primary data was collected through twelve in-depth interviews performed by the researches to key personnel from SMEs from the plastic industry of Ecuador. Lean Manufacturing and the SHEN model are the improvement methods that best suits the majority of the weaknesses identified in the Ecuadorian SMEs.

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2013

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