Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 104 Issue 5

Gaining and sustaining competitive advantage with activity based cost management system

Hooshang M. Beheshti

In the era of competitive global environment and technology‐based organizations managers are, more than ever, pressured to find ways to maintain their competitive advantage. In…

Assessing responsiveness of the food industry in Thailand

Duangpun Kritchanchai

Speed is now a key competitive factor in industry. Responsiveness is a significant component, which can create speed in a system. In the author's previous research four groups of…

A study of strategy implementation as expressed through Sun Tzu's principles of war

Wann‐Yih Wu, Chih Hsiung Chou, Ya‐Jung Wu

In currently facing dynamic environments, the tools of strategic management appear to be more and more important in improving the quality of decision‐making. Among the great…

Information network technology in the banking industry

Zhiwei Zhu, Larry Scheuermann, Billy J. Babineaux

The banking and thrift industries are experiencing a technological metamorphosis. New technologies such as advanced computer operating systems, wide and local area networks (WAN…

Architecture for integration of distributed ERP systems and e‐commerce systems

Lars Frank

This paper will use the latest research within the extended transaction models and replication methods to illustrate how to design distributed enterprise resource planning (ERP…

Using AHP for determining priority in a safety management system

Alan H.S. Chan, W.Y. Kwok, Vincent G. Duffy

The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method was used to determine the priority of processes outlined in the BS8800 Guide to Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems for…