Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 100 Issue 5

A report of information technology in Mexican manufacturing firms

Stephen E. Lunce, Stephanie A.M. Smith

This paper presents the results of a study that investigates the sophistication of the information technology (IT) employed by maquiladoras. The maquiladoras are Mexican…

Target costing for supply chain management: criteria and selection

Archie Lockamy, Wilbur I. Smith

This article examines the use of target costing as a means to improve the management of supply chains. A discussion of the shortcomings of traditional and activity‐based cost…

A synthetic study of sourcing strategies

Amy Zhaohui Zeng

As more evidence indicates that a corporation is very much defined by its purchases and benefited by its close partnership with the suppliers, the sourcing decision becomes…

An open system approach to higher learning: the role of joint ventures with business

Mahmoud M. Yasin, Andrew J. Czuchry, James Martin, Ray Feagins

The gap between higher learning practices and business expectations in terms of preparing engineering, technology, and business students is significant. This paper offers an…

A review and analysis of the state‐of‐the‐art research on productivity measurement

Harinder Singh, Jaideep Motwani, Ashok Kumar

Productivity measurement is a required management tool in evaluating and monitoring the performance of a business operation. The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of…

Britain’s managers feel the pressure

Data on IT end‐users

Mastering Data Mining: The Art and Science of Customer Relationship Management

Michael A. Berry, Gordon S. Linoff