Continuous Improvement Management for Mining Companies

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Continuous Improvement Management for Mining Companies

Original language description

Enterprises are faced with increasing economic competition and managers are obliged to look for methods that would ensure a competitive edge in their companies' respective markets. These methods include managerial concepts that employ common sense and are low cost. One of these approaches is the KAIZEN methodology, of Japanese origin, which means continuous improvement (CI) when translated. A mining company, despite some of its idiosyncrasies, is just an enterprise where the application of KAIZEN can beadvantageous. The company investigated, OKD, is the only domestic producer of hard coal in the Czech Republic and operates four mines that produce 11 million tons of coal annually. The OKD management team opted for KAIZEN as their principal method of continuous quality improvement. This paper suggests ideas for development and application of processes that provide for continuing improvement of production and management. The authors have taken the OKD Company to be their benchmark in the

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AE - Management, administration and clerical work

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

ISSN

2225-6253

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Volume of the periodical

115

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

ZA - SOUTH AFRICA

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

1-6

UT code for WoS article

000352676200005

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