Continuous improvement for the firm's competitiveness: implementation of a new management model

Abstract: To get ready for the hard international competition, firms have to convince themselves of the pressing necessity of optimizing its competitiveness factors. In this perspective, this article proposes a general model of management system of firms through the implementation of tools of Lean Manu-facturing. This method establishes an approach to introduce an action plan to improve the perfor-mance of a firm. Knowing that the Algerian firms do not escape the constraints of competitiveness, the adopted model is applied to two strategic firms of the Algerian industry and the final result gives a series of measures to improve their competitiveness and their performances, simultaneously.

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 Azzemou, R & Noureddine, M. (2018). Continuous improvement for the firm's competitiveness: implementation of a new management model.Management Science Letters , 8(1), 19-32.

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