International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 68 Issue 1

Methodology for application of Maynard Operation Sequence Technique (MOST) for time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC)

Ashwin Bhimrao Ganorkar, Ramesh R. Lakhe, Kamalkishor N. Agrawal

The purpose of this paper is to present a procedure to implement time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) using Maynard Operation Sequence Technique (MOST). In this paper three…

Effective performance management of local governments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Altamash Janjua, Farrukh Attique, Adil Raza, Waqar Akbar

Effective performance management of local governments is essential for efficient service delivery to the citizens. This is especially true for developing countries where…

Performance indicators of public private partnership in Bangladesh: An implication for developing countries

Mohammad Hossain, Ross Guest, Christine Smith

The purpose of this paper is to develop weights of key performance areas (KPAs) and performance indicators for public private partnerships (PPPs) in Bangladesh. Since a variety of…

Inducing Brazilian manufacturing SMEs productivity with Lean tools

Aline Dresch, Douglas Rafael Veit, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda, Dalila Cisco Collatto

The purpose of this paper is to present a method for assisting micro and small companies of the industrial sector with the adoption of Lean practices.

Improving operation of the croissant production line through overall equipment effectiveness (OEE): A case study

Panagiotis Tsarouhas

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a metric for estimating equipment effectiveness of the industrial systems. The purpose of this paper is to identify maintenance…

Measurement and management of competences by enterprise social networking

Alberto Sardi, Patrizia Garengo, Umit Bititci

Literature describes the transformation process of employees’ individual competences into firm-specific competences as a great challenge in the performance management and…

Structural equation modelling of the impact of environmental capabilities on competitiveness

Milad Abdelnabi Salem

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of both environmental practices and corporate environmental performance on competitiveness. It determines the mediating…

Developing the framework of sustainable service supply chain balanced scorecard (SSSC BSC)

Fahimeh Aliakbari Nouri, Mohsen Shafiei Nikabadi, Laya Olfat

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework to assess the sustainability of service supply chains (SC) based on the concept of the balanced scorecard and three dimensions…

Factors affecting employee performance: an empirical approach

Anastasios D. Diamantidis, Prodromos Chatzoglou

Nowadays, the phenomenon of increased competition between firms and their need to respond effectively to rapidly changing operational conditions, as well as to personnel…

Two-way assessment of key performance indicators to vaccine supply chain system in India

Dheeraj Chandra, Dinesh Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to identify the key performance indicators (KPIs) of vaccine supply chain of Universal Immunization Program (UIP) India, and measure their impact on…

Filter rule performance in an emerging market: evidence from Qatari listed companies

Hesham I. Almujamed

The purpose of this paper is to examine the predictability of nine filter rules and test the validity of the weak form of the efficient market hypothesis for the Qatar Stock…

A critical perspective on the changing patterns of Lean Six Sigma research

Bryan Rodgers, Jiju Antony, Sandeep Gupta

The purpose of this paper is to utilise the research patterns of the most prolific contributors to Lean and Six Sigma methodologies over a 15-year period to inform the discussion…