Effect of Kaizen on the Competitive Advantages. A Field Study on Industrial Companies - Khartoum State

Abstract

The paper presents the applied of kaizen and support the competitive advantage of industrial companies Khartoum state. The researcher tested the following hypothesis: There are significant relationship between applied the kaizen and support the competitive advantage of industrial companies -Khartoum state. The study reached some findings from which: In competitive environment, kaizen may be used as a better way of working for change and continuous cost improvement, kaizen Contributes to support the competitive advantage of industrial companies - Khartoum State. The study recommended following: Make use of kaizen to reduce waste in production processes, do more studies in all the Sudanese industrial companies to the benefit of adoption the kaizen to support the competitive advantage.

Keywords: Kaizen (Change for Better), Competitive Advantage