@ARTICLE{Hamrol_Adam_A_2018, author={Hamrol, Adam}, volume={vol. 9}, number={No 1}, journal={Management and Production Engineering Review}, howpublished={online}, year={2018}, publisher={Production Engineering Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Association for Production Management}, abstract={The purpose of the paper is to present the author’s reflections on the origin and popularity of various approaches to maintenance and improvement of production processes, their terminological consistency, understanding, and practical application of their principles. The author’s reflections are based on his observations made over his many years of activity as a lecturer and consultant in the area of production engineering and management. It was shown that there is a need to make scientists and practitioners aware of the relatively large degree of freedom in defining the scope and way of application of strategies of continuous improvement. The author’s proposal is to refer to all approaches to maintenance and improvement of production processes with the title “Strategies of Efficient Action” and all supporting methods as “Practices of Efficient Action”. Considerations presented in the paper can be useful in more and more efficiently applying the power of TQM, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing and other strategies of processes maintenance and improvement in the daily activities of companies.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={A new look at some aspects of maintenance and improvement of production processes}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/103877/PDF/4_A%20new%20look%20at%20some%20aspects%20of%20maintenance%20and%20improvement%20of%20production%20processes.pdf}, keywords={production process, strategy, method, tool, quality, improvement}, }