...J.R. Immelt © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Outsourcing Manufacturing systems Manufacturing Organizations USA Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 20, Issue 6 Immelt J.R. Harvard Business Review...

... Keywords: Business improvement, Manufacturing systems,Manufacturing, Organizational performance, Industrial performance,Organizations, United States of America, Case studies Describes how Milliken & Company, a multinational group of textile and chemical companies, employs a continuous...

...N. Cook © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Occupational health and safety Manufacturing systems Manufacturing Organizations Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 19, Issue 4 Cook N. The RoSPA...

...J. Katz Keywords: Manufacturing systems, Plant location and layout,Manufacturing, Production planning, Organizations, United States of America © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Manufacturing systems Plant location and layout Manufacturing Production planning...

...M.N. Haines © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Manufacturing resource planning Computer software Customization Strategic alignment Resource sharing Manufacturing systems Manufacturing Organizations Charities United States of America Surveys Case studies...

... Bernard. Manufacturing systems Training Productivity rate Management Organizational performance A UK engineering group gained business in new sectors and doubled its workforce by a combination of innovative people development and an effective investment strategy. Responsive Engineering...

... Manufacturing systems Maintenance Total quality management Employee participation Organizational performance Some company websites are wordy; others more to the point. In the latter category Grupo Losán, a Spanish group of timber‐processing firms, keeps it brief, devoting merely a sentence or so...

... Limited 2008 Training evaluation Customer service Manufacturing systems Quality Organizational change The focus of the training during the Kepner‐Tregoe workshop, named Resolve, was: a system for analyzing technical failures that enables support personnel to process each...

... by refurbishing buildings as workshop and classroom facilities. Manufacturing systems Training Organizational performance A toilet roll and kitchen towel manufacturer, which had been under pressure in a price war, introduced site‐wide training that has helped it to increase productivity by 70...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Flexible working hours Labour efficiency Labour utilization Manufacturing systems Printed circuits Labour flexibility: too much of a good thing? Karuppan C.M.  Industrial Management (USA), September/October 2006, Vol...

... the initiative to improve business processes and their working environment with minimal management intervention. COSi now has fully skilled, flexible staff able to respond to customer needs. It is stable and profitable. Manufacturing systems Organizational performance Organizational culture Training...

...‐in to the program. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Continuous improvement Training Manufacturing systems Empowerment Organizational change The workforce at the only cellulose‐film manufacturing facility in Europe has safeguarded the plant from the threat of closure through a training...

... to low‐cost nations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Organizational change Manufacturing systems Training Corporate communications Performance appraisal Automotive industry A threatened factory manufacturing air bags for the motor industry has been given a reprieve...