Abstract:
The purpose of this study was assessing factors affecting kaizen implementation at kombolcha textile Share Company. The research design of the study was employed descriptive case study. Questionnaire and interview data collection instrument were conducted for this study. A target population of the study was 1078. 202 respondents were selected using stratified sampling in conjunction with systematic sampling to select the respondents. The collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics using SPSS (version 21) software. Besides, the interview analyzed and describe through descriptive narration with supporting secondary data. Based on the finding of the study, training was the most important factors that affect kaizen implementation and it is followed by employee’s participation and motivation, top management commitment, and quality control circle. the finding also showed that the company is not well implementation of kaizen due to lack of continuous kaizen training and education program to building employees capacity, giving poor attention about kaizen education and training like other fields or work , unable to build and developing kaizen implementation system and procedures and structure, lack of kaizen trainers building capacity and absence of experience sharing from domestic and foreign companies, identified as a major challenges in the company. Hence, the researcher recommended that the company top management should be commitment to support kaizen implementation by providing continuous and consistent well organized, kaizen training program for employees in order to improve their kaizen skill capacity. Furthermore top managers should be inspiring employees by making employees motivation through financial and non financial reward
