TY - JOUR ID - 72355 TI - House of Improvement Model to Enhance Prioritisation of Solutions in Decision Making: a Case Study JO - International Journal of Engineering JA - IJE LA - en SN - 1025-2495 AU - Low, Shye-Nee AU - Kamaruddin, Shahrul AU - Azid, Ishak Abd AD - Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia AD - Engineering Campus, School of Mechanical Engineering Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 27 IS - 8 SP - 1195 EP - 1204 KW - Solution Prioritisation KW - Continuous Process Improvement KW - Decision Making Analysis KW - Reliability Test KW - Linkage Decision Criteria DO - N2 - The decision making on selection of improvement solutions was one of the obstacles hampering the success of process improvement. This paper presents the House of Improvement (HOI) model as a guideline to link decision criteria for the prioritisation of improvement solutions. Three phases in the HOI are applied to facilitate selection and to ensure that suitable and value-added solutions are chosen. Each phase includes procedures for identifying, evaluating, and analysing the elements by establishing a relationship matrix. The reliability of each relationship matrix will be tested in order to proceed to the next phase. The adopted matrices in the HOI serve as decision-making tools for analysing potential and critical problems in the production line, evaluating possible effects of the critical problems, and innovating on the necessary actions for the solution. Using a real-life case study, this paper demonstrates the applicability and suitability of the HOI model in providing prioritised solutions for production problems experienced by small and medium enterprises. UR - https://www.ije.ir/article_72355.html L1 - https://www.ije.ir/article_72355_64bb19639bb0c3116f900011febfd43c.pdf ER -