Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 96 Issue 4

Beyond MRPII: a new approach to manufacturing planning and simulation

Nick Chambers

Describes the capabilities and applications of new, cost‐effective advanced planning systems software designed to run alongside and improve the value and performance of existing…

The impact of TQM in UK SMEs

M.A. Parkin, R. Parkin

Notes that while implementation of total quality management (TQM) in large organizations has been widely documented, it has received far less attention in relation to small and…

An introduction to the concepts, benefits and terminology of product data management

Mike Philpotts

Product data management (PDM) systems help to keep track of the masses of information needed to design, manufacture or build products and then to maintain them. They can be…

Bias in the development and use of an expert system: implications for life cycle costs

Barry Shore

Suggests that the development and use of an expert consulting system is vulnerable to biases in the subject‐matter expert, knowledge‐engineer, validators, maintainers and…

Can the UK design products for a global market?

Andrew Summers

Gives brief examples of UK design excellence to demonstrate how well the UK can design products for world markets. However, the Design Council believes that in many cases UK…