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Manufacturing strategy: propositions, current research, renewed directions
Morgan Swink, Michael H. WayA substantial number of propositions have been made over the last20 years regarding the content of manufacturing strategy and the processof strategy development and…
Quality control methods in cycle counting for record accuracy management
James M. WilsonMaterials requirements planning systems are susceptible to recorderrors that reduce their effectiveness. Cycle counting programmes are acommon remedy for record accuracy problems…
A new approach to teaching CIM: the CIM lab workstation
William C. Suter, Faye P. TeerDiscusses why computer‐integrated manufacturing (CIM) is animportant subject area that should be incorporated in technology‐focusedcoursework at the collegiate level. Presents an…
Implementing Kanbans within high variety/low volume manufacturing environments
D.J. Stockton, R.J. LindleyFunctional plant layouts are normally adopted in organizations thatmanufacture large varieties of components in low annual volumes.Attempts to improve the efficiency of these…
Continuous quality improvement through Taguchi′s online quality control methods
P. Aravindan, S.R. Devadasan, B.V. Dharmendra, V. SelladuraiReviews the global status of total quality management (TQM).Emphasizes continuous quality improvement as one of the main pillars ofTQM. Illustrates a part of the research that was…
Accounting and non‐accounting measures of quality‐based performances in small firms
Giuliano NociIn recent years it has been often claimed that quality is one ofmost critical success factors for organizations. Managers introducedquality‐based programmes – such as total…
Dynamic simulation of job shop scheduling for optimal performance
V. Selladurai, P. Aravindan, S.G. Ponnambalam, A. GunasekaranDeals with the dynamic scheduling problems and solutions of jobshop comprising six work centres and n components. Concerns thebehaviour of the system, with the arrival of urgent…
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