International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 55 Issue 3/4

A tool to evaluate design performance in SMEs

The creation of well‐designed products is widely acknowledged as an important contributor to company success. In principle, an effective design process, as part of the wider new…

Measuring knowledge in the new product development process

To present a measurement framework to capture the importance of the use of knowledge within the new product development (NPD) process.

Measuring supply chain performance: current research and future directions

This paper aims to go some way towards addressing the dearth of research into performance measurement systems and metrics of supply chains by critically reviewing the contemporary…

The role and performance measurement of after‐sales in the durable consumer goods industries: an empirical study

To analyse the role of after‐sales services in manufacturing contexts, and the related after‐sales performance measurement systems.

Adaptation of logistic operating curves to one‐piece flow processes

To provide a model for precise logistic controlling of one‐piece flow processes and for the description of the interactions between logistic performance measures. The developed…

Manufacturing performance evaluation in wafer semiconductor factories

To provide an overview of the most commonly used performance and productivity evaluation metrics in the semiconductor industry in order to understand both the impact of the…

A decomposition of total productivity growth: A regional analysis of Indian industrial manufacturing growth

To measure total factor productivity (TFP) growth in industrial manufacturing for 15 major Indian states for the period 1982‐1983 to 2000‐2001.

Application of constrained management and lean manufacturing in developing best practices for productivity improvement in an auto‐assembly plant

Purpose – To increase productivity in an automotive assembly plant to satisfy customer demand and also develop best practices for productivity improvement for robotic welding…

The effects of goal setting and feedback on manufacturing productivity: a field experiment

To describe the conduct and outcomes of a field experiment in a US manufacturing facility using goal setting and feedback as productivity improvement tools.

Managing supply chain productivity

Ireland must increase productivity levels

Eliminate time wasting to raise productivity

Too much optimism

Vietnam’s overland transport industry

Mail-handling comparisons

Diary of events

SSDA assesses Britain’s productivity

Iran seeks balanced development

Guest editorial

Growing consumer market changing semiconductor industry

Decline in Portugal’s textile industry

Jamaica looking to enter the global marketplace