PROCESS CYCLE TIME REDUCTION IN A SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY – REVERSE ENGINEERING

Abstract

Quantitative and qualitative techniques [1] provide a trade-off between breadth and depth and between
generalizability and targeting to specific (sometimes very limited) populations. However, beyond the debate over the relative
virtues of these approaches and discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of different types of instruments, the
qualitative data collection is the most suitable approach. Observation, particularly participant observation, has been used in
a variety of disciplines as a tool for collecting data about people, processes, and cultures in qualitative research. In view of
for our research, reverse engineering approach [2], [3] and its practicability of minimizing process cycle time [4], [5] in the
existing industries, the benefits of the qualitative approach are more appropriate for collecting the richer information and for
deeper insight into the phenomenon under study.