APPLICATION OF MODERN QUALITY MANAGEMENT METHODS IN SELECTED COMPANIES IN SLOVAKIA

The Kaizen method is not a commonly used management quality tool in Slovakia. Practical experience shows that with the exception of manufacturing international organizations operating in Slovakia and some national manufacturers, new trends, methods and information regarding quality management are rejected. Reasons for this rejection by managements of individual national organizations are the same: insufficient financial resources, not enough time to apply new methods, rejection by owners, doubts about advantages from the method and doubts about successful implementation of the method in practice. The paper focuses o the research of the application of modern quality management methods focusing on the Kaizen method. The research was carried out in three Slovak manufacturing companies. Appropriately chosen implementation of the Kaizen method into business processes make it possible to achieve a more flexible business and improve economic performance with optimal use of enterprise resources. (C) 2017 The Authors. Peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of GSCMEM 2017.