...Alison U. Smart; Raluca Bunduchi; Martina Gerst Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the different types of adoption costs faced by organizations involved in the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) within supply networks, and to understand how these potential costs affect...

... inefficiency with non‐neutral effects on capital and labor. The combined effect of ISO 9001 with capital increases the level of technical inefficiency reflecting adjustment costs incurred when ISO 9001 is adopted. The combined effect of ISO 9001 with labor decreases the level of technical inefficiency...

...Martí Casadesús; Stanislav Karapetrovic Purpose Seeks to analyze changes in the perceived benefits and costs of ISO 9000 implementation over time. Design/methodology/approach Results of two surveys, performed in 1998 and 2002, with 283 and 399 Catalonian companies participating, respectively...

...P. Nagaraj; V. Selladurai This paper presents a case study conducted in a sugar mill. The multi‐level lot‐sizing model suggested by Gunasekaran where the whole manufacturing system modelled as a function of total system cost (TSC) is used for this application. This study deals with minimising...

.... There is a substantial body of knowledge supporting the use of alternative costing systems for operations and production management and particularly mass/lean production, yet none deal with the emerging philosophy of agility. This paper examines the operational cost environment of organisations seeking to attain agility...

... of cost reduction. Joint acquisition of parts and collective maintenance are also examples. 3. (4) Investments in automation of administrative processes and warehouse operations are high, in order to reduce the time needed for processing, handling and transport. Stock reduction is the result. 4...

...Angel R. Martinez Lorente; Alejandrino Gallego Rodriguez; Louise Rawlins Quality costs have been discussed widely in the literature. This discussion has not always agreed and it is possible to identify two basic schools of thought; one asserts the existence of a minimal level of quality cost...

...Colin Armistead; Cliff Bowman; Julia Newton Examines the way in which managers perceive the relative importance of the three costs as applied to professional service firms, financial services firms and retail distribution and manufacturing. Managers′perceptions may be determined by the nature...

... cost formulations for a single operating unit situation and outlines simulation procedure to determine optimal values of the decision variables by minimizing total cost of replacement and inventory. Studies the behaviour of this policy for a large number of case problems and highlights the effects...

...S.O. Duffuaa; M. Ben‐Daya Deals with planning the maintenance scheduling of a group of non‐identical production units. Develops a realistic model for the joint overhaul problem by incorporating the cost of co‐ordination. The model selects overhaul schedules that minimize the average total cost...

...A. Raouf Manufacturing companies are under pressure to minimize production costs. Reducing downtime and minimizing maintenance costs are the traditional approach. Improving production equipment effectiveness as prescribed in total productive maintenance (TPM) is a relatively recent development...

...James M. Wilson The standard economic order quantity model assumes that stocks are paid for when delivered. Supplier credit is widely available and can have considerable impact on holding costs and on the optimal order quantities. A simple extension to the standard economic order quantity model...

... around the production and cost function for the relevant manufacturing systems in the integral production chain for a specific product. The main question then is to determine the optimum location of the various manufacturing systems. In this article, the optimum location is the one which minimises...

...P.L. Primrose Investment appraisal is shown to be an essential and integral part of the process of selecting the optimum Material Requirements Planning(MRP) or Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRPII) system for a company. The problems of financial evaluation and costing are described and how...

...Karel Williams; John Williams; Colin Haslam The case for stock reduction in manufacturing has been argued by engineers who emphasise the productive benefits. Western management accounting does not provide an adequate indication of the costs of holding stock. This article constructs a framework...

...Donald C. Aucamp The standard EOQ problem is studied from a cash flow point of view. The present value of the stream of cash disbursements is minimised, where the discount rate is the cost of capital, ICAP, rather than the total carrying charge, I. The value of I, which is used in the EOQ formula...

...Radhakrishnan Jayaraman; Mario T. Tabucanon The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the usefulness of a co‐ordinated control inventory model, when it is applied to a practical situation. A comparison is made between the costs incurred when a co‐ordinated replenishment policy is used...