Various models for predicting discharge rates have been developed over the last four decades by many research workers (notably Beverloo [1], Johanson [2], Brown [3], Carleton [4], Crewdson [5], Nedderman [6], Gu [7].). In many cases these models offer comparable approaches to the prediction of...

To make rapid progress in manufacturing business processes have to be rigorously designed by teams of people with a passion for how they will operate. Businesses are dependent on operating systems, but many companies have never designed the fundamental business processes defining how the company...

Manufacturing organisations recognise that the business environment has varying levels of unpredictability. To serve such unpredictability, they utilise forecasting and decision modelling techniques at all levels (strategic to operational), but with business and customer demands intensifying,...

This paper presents a model, which allows managers to identify the influence of their decisions to the potential innovation activity of the firm by simulation. Systems Thinking methodology has been used to understand the framework of innovation systems and to design and run the simulation model....

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) has been promoted as one of the major techniques of change management within organisations. However, it has been claimed that up to 70% of all reengineering initiatives fail. The aim of this research was to identify the key factors for success of BPR...

The aims of this research were to investigate TQM success factors by review of the available literature and then perform two surveys. The first postal survey by questionnaire was carried out on the winning organisations of the European Quality Award (EQA) and the Malcolm Baldrige National...

The successful implementation of international quality standards and models can be viewed as an important key for contemporary SMEs to maintain competitive advantage. One of the most influential factors in ensuring ISO 9000 adoption is the development of a management-driven, implementation...

In today‟s dynamic commercial environments, project management approaches are becoming ever more crucial in supporting industrial organizations to achieve their client and enterprise goals. An often undervalued area of this important practice may be seen as the deployment of effective risk...

Consumer perception of product value is central to all stages of the process of bringing products to markets, from design and manufacture to distribution and retail. As a result, product strategy needs to respect customer needs in order to achieve or retain competitive advantage in providing...

The Creative sector in China has, in keeping with the economy, experienced a sustained period of rapid growth. However, the sector is still relatively immature and practices and understanding of the management of brands and client accounts are continuing to develop. Current Brand management...