... small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It examines the mediating role of the AI adoption and the moderating effect of training (TR). Design/methodology/approach The study used a cross-sectional survey among SMEs employees to test the proposed hypotheses. The data were analyzed using structural...

...Alinda Kokkinou; Bart A. Lameijer; Jiju Antony; Ton van Kollenburg; Paul Touw Purpose Training is considered a cornerstone intervention in the adoption and implementation of continuous improvement (CI). Yet despite the extensive investment of resources required, the purpose and content of CI...

...Laura M. Birou; Kenneth W. Green; R. Anthony Inman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of sustainability training and knowledge on sustainable supply chain practices (SSCP) and the resulting impact on sustainable supply chain outcomes (SSCO) and firm performance. It also...

...Boppana V. Chowdary Purpose Traditional machining centre selection methods may not guarantee a cost effective solution. Properly trained back‐propagation artificial neural network (BPANN) tend to select reasonable machining centres when presented with machining parameters that they have never seen...

... to incorporate these systems to the “manufacturing battlefield” will be discussed and suggestions given for the efficient use by employees. Looks, for example, at IPPD training strategy at McDonnell Douglas Aerospace and outlines the eight modules involved in their training. Focuses also on training in rapid...

... German parent. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Employees Empowerment Fibre optics Training United Kingdom Women In production and operations management the concept of eras in manufacturing is well understood. The Craft era (up to about 1920), the advent of Taylorism (c. 1895), Fordism...

... and quality control of finished products and the procedures for dealing with customer complaints. Training in quality assurance methods and overall costs of quality management, and attitudes towards external verification of quality management procedures were also examined. Managers have recognized...

... directors of plants. All the plants had over 100 employees per site and were manufacturing or assembly based. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Competences Training United Kingdom Workforce World‐class manufacturing 30 INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS 4 , 1 British manufacturing must learn to utilize...

... of the manufacturing strategy, but also to the processes through which the manufacturing strategy is formulated, implemented, and adapted. Argues that these processes are essentially iterative passing through a series of cycles in response to a changing set of conditions. Whilst education and training issues...

... with implications for the future. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Human resource development Strategy Training SOME STRATEGIC ASPECTS OF COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING 27 H uman resources need to be taken into consideration in CIM. Some Strategic Aspects of Computer Integrated Manufacturing Yunus Kathawala...

... a thorough strategy to benefit from it. Surmises that the main barriers to effective Cad use are the divide between resource allocators and change managers, and a serious lack of commitment to CAD training. © MCB UP Limited 1990 CAD Training United Kingdom Training CAD: wanted...