A smooth production flow results in a high productivity rate; hence, it is important to continually improve processes. Continuous improvement projects are normally derived from organizational goals, policies, and standards, which could be safety, quality, or environmental-related standards in most manufacturing sectors. The safety standard focuses on implementing measures that create a safer work environment, and quality standards focus on quality assurance of the products for defect elimination. The environmental standards focus on examining environmental aspects and their impact. For good compliance in Integrated Management Systems (IMS) kaizen projects should be taken into consideration, which include lean manufacturing activities. Lean manufacturing is the art of using what you have effectively without wasting resources, implementing smaller kaizen impactful tasks daily that could potentially result in drastic improvements. This study aims to provide a packaging solution for the food manufacturing industry using lean-based models. The case study company was experiencing high volumes of human error on the final packaging station due to miscount of the product, as well as inconsistent final packaging resulting from a constant feeding conveyor belt which also creates fatigue for employees. Alean-based model was developed and upgraded by adding Ergonomics to evaluate future kaizen projects for innovation and sustainability

Keywords

 DMAIC, Integrated Management Systems, Kaizen, lean-based models, ISO standards.