Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 103 Issue 2

Quality management in small manufacturing

William Davig, Steve Brown, Terri Friel, Kambiz Tabibzadeh

A survey of small businesses in Kentucky was conducted in the area of total quality management. The objective of the research was to determine the level of effort of small…

The effect of the Internet in industrial channels: an industry example

William Lightfoot, James R. Harris

This paper critically examines the affect of the Internet on industrial sales channels. The technology and strategy of industrial exchanges is discussed. Recent critiques of B2B…

The effects of streamlined operations on the perceived quality success criteria at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics – Fort Worth

Robert L. Getty, Victor R. Prybutok

The reduction in the US defense budget has resulted in reduced employment at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics – Fort Worth site by more 20,000 employees within the last decade. The…

Development of software selection criteria for supply chain solutions

B.S. Sahay, A.K. Gupta

The thrust of this paper is to develop a comprehensive software selection criterion and view information technology related issues in supply chain management. This paper furnishes…

An analytic study of XML database techniques

Jia‐Lang Seng, Yu Lin, Jessie Wang, Jing Yu

XML emerges and evolves quick and fast as Web and wireless technology penetrates more into the consumer marketplace. Database technology faces new challenges. It has to change to…

Examining data accuracy and authenticity with leading digit frequency analysis

Bassam Hassan

This paper proposes and demonstrates that leading digit frequency analysis offers a potential framework to examine the accuracy and authenticity of data values in numerical data…

Applying a knowledge‐focused management philosophy to immature economies

Todd Huseby, Seng‐cho T. Chou

As firms, especially manufacturers, seek value‐creating opportunities, many are moving operations to low‐cost labor centers. Can firms in the mature economies seize these windows…