... Manufacturing industry Operations management Plant location and layout Empirical research Global production networks Manufacturing plants Operations strategy In order to support the competitive priorities of the products in the marketplace the manufacturing plants have to be designed and managed...

... UP Limited 2003 Organizational change Operations management Manufacturing industry Published research on organisational change has been both qualitative and quantitative in nature, and has been extensive in its coverage. However, most studies have focused on the organisational...

... of human resources and lack of business‐led CIM strategy. Some strategies and measures are put forward to address Chinese enterprises’ CIM implementation problems. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Manufacturing industry Computers Surveys China Ever since the early 1970s, computer‐integrated...

... Operations strategy Manufacturing industry Quality function deployment Most firms share access to the same manufacturing processes, systems, etc. today. The competition is therefore no longer based on manufacturing technology as such, but rather on how well the firm manages the technology relative...

... of being considered by foreign investors (Ministry of Treasury, 1997; 1998). In all companies, a production employee works between 1,800 and 1,875 hours per year. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Poland Manufacturing industry Shopfloor Production planning and control On January 1, 1990...

... statistical abstracts. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Industrial relations Mexico Manufacturing industry Production planning Globalization The work stoppage that began on Tuesday, January 31, 1995 at ABC Consumer Electronics quickly escalated into a fully‐fledged strike. Union representatives...

... efficiency or LPI was closely associated with reduction in motivation and commitment to the change programme on the part of cell members when the cell leader was changed and the time allowed for training and general kaizen was severely reduced. Employee involvement Kaizen Manufacturing...

.... In other words, prior to the adoption of a particular programme, managers should recognize its expected effects on specific operating objectives. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Manufacturing industry Manufacturing strategy Operations management USA 1 identification of competitive...

... in the success measures were explained by those determinants of AMT identified in the study. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Advanced manufacturing technologies Empirical studies Implementation Manufacturing industry Success USA The quest for lower operating costs and improved manufacturing...

... Industrial engineering Manufacturing industry Manufacturing strategy Operating performance Performance United Kingdom Each year manufacturing companies in the UK compete for the Management Today ‐ Cranfield School of Management Best Factory Awards. To determine which manufacturing plant...

... to their unsuccessful counterparts. CADCAM Demand forecasting Manufacturing industry Organizational change Strategic planning TQM USA In today’s manufacturing environment, the manufacturing organization is considered an open, productive, dynamic information system. In a highly competitive global...

...J.K. Porter; P. Jarvis; D. Little; J. Laakmann; C. Hannen; M. Schotten Discusses briefly the impact of MRP on UK manufacturing industry in the context of the next generation of developments. Draws a contrast with production planning and control systems in Germany which derive shopfloor control...

... situations involve undesirable operating conditions for a shop, and generally mean a deterioration in shop performance. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Job shop Manufacturing industry Ordering systems Production scheduling Sequencing Shopfloor large a variance that could be attributed only...

...Terrence Perera; Matthew Shafaghi Presents the results of a survey into the nature and scale of tool management problems within the UK manufacturing industry and outlines strategies to improve the management and control of tooling. Discusses the qualitative and quantitative data collection...

... a computer‐aided manufacturing (CAM) system through a case study. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Advanced manufacturing technologies Classification Implementation Literature Manufacturing industry Selection Implementation issues are classified primarily on the basis of accountability...

... to investigate the performance of the proposed algorithms. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Just‐in‐time Kanban Manufacturing industry Production planning Stochastic modelling The optimal number of kanbans in a manufacturing system with general machine breakdowns and stochastic demands Houmin Yan...

... formulations. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Organizational performance Information systems Manufacturing industry Quality management Surveys Many scholars have investigated quality management through case studies, success histories, theoretical researches, and extensive empirical...

... Competitive advantage Organizational performance Management Manufacturing industry Operations management Production management Benchmarking is currently a buzzword among the manufacturing community. The first book specifically about the subject was published in 1989[ 1 ]. A recent literature review...

... Advanced manufacturing technologies Competitive strategy Export Global marketing Manufacturing industry Operations management Small firms Technology In the last two decades, several factors have forced US manufacturers to make dramatic changes in their products, markets, and manufacturing...

... 1995 Advanced manufacturing technologies Design for manufacture Manufacturing industry New product development New technology Teamwork Time‐to‐market USA In part 1 of this article (Volume 14 Number 12) the design for manufacturability (DFM) literature was reviewed from different...