... by consolidating the tool and gauge cribs near the master crib, extending the totebox system and providing a dispatching system. In the proposed system the tools and gauges will be delivered at the workstation by the dispatchers. The new system would improve the utilization of the tool and gauge crib attendant’s...

... general agreement concerning the versatility of EI/TQM planning and implementation. This paper examines the prerequisites of the EI/TQM integration, and proposes a generic EI/TQM implementation model that assists organizations to safeguard their improvement efforts. The construct of the proposed model...

... improvement in well‐established organisations. The programme represented an inter‐organisational action learning response to the need for organisations as well as individuals to acquire a capacity for operational improvement in the face of exponential rates of change. The establishment of a learning network...

... and product development are different, but also that success factors for process improvement and process innovation are different. For R&D managers in the process industry, the success factors can be used as a “shopping list” for the development of a company‐specific list of success factors for process...

...Kun‐Lin Hsieh Improving quality is essential work for manufacturing organizations competing in the global marketplace. Parameter optimization is an efficient technique to achieve process improvement. Most parameter optimization studies primarily focus on the quantitative quality response. Only...

... in an area so that their actions are consistent with their individual corporate strategy. Work carried out by Womack et al. (1990), Slack (1991), Hayes and Wheelwright (1988) and Skinner (1974), has highlighted that there are many different viewpoints on the ways companies can improve...

...Ron McTavish; A. Gunasekaran; Suresh Goyal; Paavo Yli‐Olli Deals with the construction of a strategic framework for improving the productivity of firms. Productivity improvement (PI) has become an important aspect of organizations striving for a major share in international markets. New...