... as Greece. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 As competitiveness between firms rapidly increases and customers’ demands are constantly changing, quality awareness becomes a primary target for every manager. Since quality is difficult to be generally defined and measured, quality standards...

... that PRA are not very much developed by manufacturing companies in Greece. The companies engage in PRA mainly because they want to provide service to their customers; they are hesitant to embark on an unknown set of new activities, which complicate their manufacturing operations. Research limitations...

... Technology led strategy Costs Greece A “quality system” consists of a set of fixed business procedures and rules aiming to ensure that a product, process or service meets a pre‐determined and widely acknowledged set of standards (Vloeberghs and Bellens, 1996). Quality assurance, an industrial...

... is extensive, in Greece it is still in its infancy. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on MRP II in the Greek aerospace industry. Organisations can improve their overall customer service through consistently meeting delivery promises, shortening delivery times and having products...

... there would be nothing to lose and everything to gain from a much more critical approach to the use of the financial factor as an instrument of regional policy. Decision making Financial planning Greece Location Metals industry Plant IJOPM 13,8 Financial Factors in Plant Location Decisions: A Case...

... Location Greek Food Industry Decisions George P. Artikis Piraeus University, Greece 57 Over the last 40 years Greek governments have tried to make problem regions Received June 1990 more attractive to manufacturing industry. Stated otherwise, governments have Revised November 1990 always directed most...