For competitive reasons, many business organizations are becoming more flexible in their operation and crossfunctional in design. Increased emphasis on satisfying the final consumer has led businesses to recognize that value contributions, from internal and external organizational members in the...

The purpose of this paper is to compare the implementation of short-run (i.e., small lot-size) statistical process control (SPC) techniques for manufacturing between the U.S. and Japan. Using U.S. and Japanese questionnaires, this research focuses on the use of several manufacturing management...

The purpose of this paper is to compare implementation of short-run (i.e., small lot-size) statistical process control (SPC) techniques in just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing environments. Using U.S. and Japanese questionnaires, this research focuses on the use of several manufacturing elements...

The purpose of this paper is to compare the implementation of short-run (i.e., small lot-size) statistical process control (SPC) techniques for manufacturing between the U.S. and Japan. Using U.S. and Japanese questionnaires, this research focuses on the use of several manufacturing management...

For competitive reasons, many business organizations are becoming more flexible in their operation and crossfunctional in design. Increased emphasis on satisfying the final consumer has led businesses to recognize that value contributions, from internal and external organizational members in the...

The purpose of this paper is to compare implementation of short-run (i.e., small lot-size) statistical process control (SPC) techniques in just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing environments. Using U.S. and Japanese questionnaires, this research focuses on the use of several manufacturing elements...