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Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are facing the hard competition of global markets and the more specific and higher requirements of the customers everyday. In order to cope with these challenges many enterprises implement a lean production system (LPS). For the implementation of a LPS a continuous support of a well-structured qualification background is necessary. This paper presents a strategy-oriented qualification framework which has been developed and successfully implemented in a publicly financed research project in close cooperation with six SMEs. This framework includes a strategy-oriented scheduling of the necessary qualification activities before and during the LPS implementation, a concept to adapt the qualification contents to the different needs from the entrepreneur down to the shop-floor worker, and various innovative approaches (e.g. cascade-training) to realise the implementation.
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Dombrowski, U., Crespo, I. (2008). Strategy-oriented Qualification Framework as a Supporting Function of Lean Production System Implementation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. In: Mitsuishi, M., Ueda, K., Kimura, F. (eds) Manufacturing Systems and Technologies for the New Frontier. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-267-8_15
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