Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 106 Issue 8

Does implementation of a JIT‐with‐customers strategy change an organization's structure?

Kenneth W. Green, R. Anthony Inman

Manufacturers have begun to develop and implement strategies that focus on strengthening the operations/marketing interface with customers. Claycomb et al. originally identified…

The relationship between proximate supply and build‐to‐order capability

Andrew Lyons, Adrian Coronado, Zenon Michaelides

To investigate the opportunities provided by proximate supply to support build‐to‐order (BTO) capability and to provide empirical analysis to identify the extent to which supplier…

KM implementation in Malaysian telecommunication industry: An empirical analysis

Chong Chin Wei, Chong Siong Choy, Paul Heng Ping Yeow

This paper aims assess to the perceived importance (PI) and actual implementation (AI) of five preliminary knowledge management (KM) success factors, i.e. business strategy…

Predicting the organisational adoption of B2C e‐commerce: an empirical study

March L. To, E.W.T. Ngai

Using the literature on innovation research, this paper proposes to establish and empirically test a prediction model which consists of four major factors in the adoption of…

The attribution of success and failure in IT projects

Craig Standing, Andrew Guilfoyle, Chad Lin, Peter E.D. Love

The purpose of this research is to determine how project managers attribute information technology (IT) project success and failure.

Advanced manufacturing simulation: Minor system details can be major issues in the real world

Sandor Ujvari, Olli‐Pekka Hilmola

This paper aims to highlight the complex nature of automated guided vehicle (AGV) simulation model building, and especially how system modelling details affect the end results…

A contingency model to promote the effectiveness of expatriate training

Li‐Yueh Lee, Robert Croker

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influences of expatriate characteristics, complexity of task assignment and perceived cross‐cultural differences on needs for…

TQM and market orientation's impact on SMEs' performance

Mehmet Demirbag, S.C. Lenny Koh, Ekrem Tatoglu, Selim Zaim

The principal aim of this study is to determine the impact of market orientation (MO) and implementation of total quality management (TQM) on organizational performance of SMEs.