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An investigation of quality culture development in UK industry
Dotun Adebanjo, Dennis KehoeDescribes results of research at the University of Liverpool into the level of quality culture development in UK manufacturing industries. The study identified the important…
Developing the concept of supply strategy
Christine M. Harland, Richard C. Lamming, Paul D. CousinsThis article proposes a conceptualisation for supply strategy – an explanation for how organisations arrange and conduct themselves within modern economic environments, in order…
Interaction between production control and quality control
Hans van der Bij, Jeroen H.W. van EkertDescribes a qualitative study on interaction between systems for production control and quality control within industrial organisations. Production control and quality control…
Measuring maintenance performance: a holistic approach
Albert H.C. Tsang, Andrew K.S. Jardine, Harvey KolodnyPerformance measures should be linked to an organization’s strategy in order to provide useful information for making effective decisions and shaping desirable employee behaviour…
Management of industrial maintenance – economic evaluation of maintenance policies
Hans LöfstenOne of the main problems, when choosing between preventive or corrective maintenance for the production and maintenance departments in the eight firms studied, is to attempt to…
A pragmatic approach to product costing based on standard time estimation
Jianxin Jiao, Mitchell M. TsengProposes a pragmatic approach to product costing. The approach involves two stages, namely the preparatory stage and the production stage. In the preparatory stage, standard…
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- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen