This thesis describes the application of a novel decision support process formachined part estimating in small and medium-sized engineering companies. ManySMEs tend to adopt manual estimating techniques, however this dependence on humanexpertise represents a risk to such organizations. Better...

The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore face particularchallenges from increasing competition from manufacturers in China, India andother East Asian countries. For these SMEs, survival and growth dependcritically on defining their own competitive space among other companies in...

This thesis describes research that has developed a decision model for the analyticalselection of manufacturing best practices.The competitiveness and growth in the manufacturing sector is critical for Singaporeeconomy. Design and improvement of manufacturing systems is imperative tosustain the...

Purpose: The paper aims to report the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and investigate survival strategies during the pandemic of traditional retailers.Design/methodology/approach: Exploratory methodology consisting of the literature review and an empirical study was conducted. The theoretical...

Purpose: This study describes an empirical study demonstrating the application of circular economy (CE) to respond to an urgent call to reduce plastic waste by utilizing waste from the furniture industry.Design/methodology/approach: this study employed the measurements of environmental impacts...