... literature only addressed challenges and facilitators within the implementation and post-implementation stages. This study focuses on the firm-level adoption phase of CDSS technology with a theory refining lens. Amrik Sohal can be contacted at: amrik.sohal@monash.edu 11 08 2022 27 07 2023...

... for analysis. Findings This paper has identified 7 themes, including the PI concepts, assessments of the PI, components of the PI, innovative facilities applied in the PI, collaboration in the PI, the PI implementation and literature review. Meanwhile, five key methodologies including experimental...

...Ying Yu; Xin Wang; Ray Y. Zhong; G.Q. Huang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the state-of-the-art E-commerce logistics in supply chain management by investigating worldwide implementations and corresponding models together with supporting techniques via furniture industry. Design...

...Te‐King Chien; Chin‐Ho Su; Chao‐Ton Su For an enterprise striving to implement total quality management (TQM), customer satisfaction (CS) is an important objective to achieve. The success of CS is not only closely related to a company’s TQM performance but it also has permanent effects...

... to the actions subsequent to ERP implementation, that enable the organization to achieve the full capabilities and benefits of ERP. The paper examines the problems organizations frequently experience with ERP implementations, and suggests strategies for extending the value of ERP systems. This paper explains...

...; Udo et al., 1995; Upton, 1995). Multi‐disciplinary planning (Beatty, 1990; Doll and Vonderembse, 1987; Dornan, 1987; Gerwin and Kolodny, 1992; Hershfield, 1992; Udo et al., 1996; Attaran, 1996). Multi‐disciplinary implementation (Beatty, 1990; Hershfield, 1992; Meredith...

...Purnendu Mandal Very little is known of the pattern of spread of quality initiatives and their implementation amongst various functional areas in manufacturing organisations. The knowledge of the actual pattern would have a number of managerial implications with regard to the future quality...

...David Hoyle ISO 9000 Pocket Guide . Heinemann Publishers , 1998 . 320pp. , ISBN: 0 75060 4025 1   £14.99 ISO 9000 Implementation “This book is highly recommended for managers who recognise the commercial benefits of ISO 9000 certification and welcome...

... company in a single (European) market? This article sets out some lessons learned from a pilot transnational implementation of a strategic management information system, designed to counter entrenched national business thinking in one European company and its subsidaries. Management information systems...

...Hesan A. Quazi Examines the issues related to ISO 14001/Environmental Management System (EMS) implementation in Singapore. Using a literature review, the factors that hinder implementation, the possible benefits of such implementation and a list of critical success factors (CSFs) are identified...

... at the same time low implementation costs. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Automation Computer-integrated manufacturing Design Implementation Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) technology provides companies with an excellent opportunity in order to compete in the present global context...

...Pacifico Marcello Pelagagge Presents the results of a pilot project on implementation of just‐in‐time (JIT) production for an automotive component (sleeve for synchronizing groups). Describes the old manufacturing system and outlines the related problems. Proposes, with the aim of reducing set‐up...

...Ruth A. Kasul; Jaideep G. Motwani Presents an application of the Toyota Production System (TPS) in a manufacturing environment. By means of a case study, discusses the most important elements of TPS, the strategies used by the company for implementing TPS, and the significant benefits that were...

.... In this section, we briefly discuss some of these dimensions, and relate the characteristics of the Internet to these dimensions. Innovations which are so new to the organization that they require extensive changes in business practices are radical innovations, while those that can be implemented...

...Monica Parzinger Total quality management (TQM) is not a panacea for quality ills and not all attempts to employ it succeed. Reviews the TQM literature and suggests that a key to successful TQM application may hinge on matching the critical implementation factors to the stage of the product life...

...Ashok Kumar; Jaideep Motwani Discusses the steps taken by Laser Inc. in the development and implementation of a statistical process control (SPC) system for two specific production lines. The SPC programme included a total of 16 steps. Explains each of these steps. Suggests...

... of implementing EDI, from the initial choice of the type of system to common problems with electronic trading partners. Includes the three main types of EDI systems and the advantages of each, together with some basic design criteria for EDI software. Places emphasis on the impetus that EDI can give to change...

...Nada R. Sanders The usage of formal statistical forecasting procedures has been shown in numerous studies to improve forecast accuracy and,consequently, organizational performance. However, the process of implementing and managing this technology can run into many stumbling blocks. Identifies six...

...Zhiwei Zhu; Paul H. Meredith; Supin Makboonprasith Several studies indicate that a JIT implementation process is contingent and a kind of “do‐it‐yourself‐procedure”. Addresses the issue of JIT implementation by integrating the findings from recently published articles from a number of professional...

...Malcolm J. Morgan Examines the changing approach to implementing computer systems in organizations. The methodological problems involved are analysed from the original technically dominated approaches to the more recent behaviourally motivated ideas. The hypothesis is that in today′s much more...