... 28 02 2022 11 03 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Innovation Management strategy Small to medium-sized enterprises The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed people's life and work routines, goods exchanged onto...

...Maria Vincenza Ciasullo; Orlando Troisi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study how a small to medium‐size enterprise (SME) in Campania (Italy) integrated sustainability into its corporate strategy, and how its sustainable corporate strategies reflect on intangible assets. Design...

...Prabhakar Kaushik; Dinesh Khanduja; Kapil Mittal; Pawan Jaglan Purpose Six Sigma within small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) is rapidly emerging as the new wave of change in Six Sigma. The purpose of this paper is to review the implications of applying Six Sigma methodology over the SMEs...

... quality cost model ”, TQM & Buisness Excellence , Vol. 14 No. 9 , pp. 999 ‐ 1014 . Desai , D.A. (2008), “ Cost of quality in small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises: case of an Indian engineering company ”, Production Planning & Control , Vol. 19 No. 1 , pp. 25 ‐ 34 . Jaju...

...Changiz Valmohammadi Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide reliable and valid constructs of total quality management (TQM) and a measurement instrument in the context of Iranian manufacturing small to medium‐ sized enterprises (SMEs) and to examine the effects of these seven TQM criteria...

...Maneesh Kumar; Jiju Antony; Alex Douglas Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the quality initiatives implemented in UK manufacturing small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) and to perform a comparative analysis of quality management practices within Six Sigma firms against the non...

... be contacted at: meshah@eng.usm.my © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Medical equipment Quality standards Quality management Small to medium‐sized enterprises Risk management Malaysia Malaysia's life sciences industry encompasses of three major sectors, namely, biotechnology...

...Joanne Meehan; Lindsey Muir Purpose This paper aims to present the results of a study of supply chain management (SCM) practice in small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Merseyside, UK. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire is used to identify the perceived benefits, barriers...

...Ali Bayati; Allahvirdi Taghavi Purpose Small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute 90 percent of all enterprises in Iran. Thus they have an important role in the development of the country. SMEs need to utilise management systems, especially quality systems such as the ISO 9000 series...

...W.G. Lewis; K.F. Pun; T.R.M. Lalla Purpose This paper empirically determines the extent to which the criteria of total quality management (TQM) are achieved in ISO 9001 certified small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). These criteria represent the attributes...

... these practices without compromising the effectives of the tool. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Benchmarking Small to medium‐sized enterprises Organizational development Self assessment The evolution of the competitive environment together with phenomena such as the increasing...

... on the strategy and restructuring of the organisation as shown in Figure 2 . The model has been applied recursively at all three levels of the hierarchy and embedded into the processes of the business to ensure that continual improvement is managed, monitored and achieved. Small to medium‐sized enterprises...

...Christopher Seow; Godecke Wessel; Peter Burcher © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Quality programmes Small to medium-sized enterprises Quality management Total quality management Quality management (QM) in general deals with permanently redirecting a company's macro...

... supervisory and operator level. The necessary authority and responsibility must be accorded to the members of this body to ensure positive outcomes. TQM Small to medium‐sized enterprises Implementation TQM implementation has been an important aspect for improving organisational efficiency...

... facilitates progress towards TQM. © MCB UP Limited 1997 ISO 9000 Small to medium‐sized enterprises TQM In the UK, small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) account for approximately 99.8 per cent of the total UK business population[ 1 ] and support approximately 67.2 per cent of total UK...

... improvements in management control and 64 per cent said certification increased their chances when tendering for work. © MCB UP Limited 1994 British standards Commitment Implementation Manufacturing industry Small to medium‐sized enterprises Success TQM Total Quality Management...