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Engineering and Manufacturing Managers of the 1990s Part 1: Capturing the ″Raw Material″

Hawkins, Peter; Barclay, Ian - In: Management Decision 28 (1990) 4

The recruitment of engineering (and science) based graduates and their subsequent development to managerial status is discussed. The problems that organisations experience in the recruitment process are described and ways in which the success rate can be improved are suggested.

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Transfer Pricing – Choice

Galway, Albert - In: Management Decision 28 (1990) 3

that, within a manufacturing company, one department, on transferring its output to another department, should regard this …

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Successful Supply‐Chain Management

Stevens, Graham C. - In: Management Decision 28 (1990) 8

The supply chain is the flow of both information and material through a manufacturing company, from the supplier to the …

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The Engineering and Manufacturing Managers of the 21st Century: Part II: Career Development and Progression

Hawkins, Peter; Barclay, Ian - In: Management Decision 28 (1990) 6

The area of engineering and managerial needs of companies are focused on, and how the often conflicting engineering, business and managerial demands can be developed into a successful long‐term relationship. The concept of career management and the way in which it can be promoted and...

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Strategic Applications of Robotics Technology

Alkhafaji, Abbass F. - In: Management Decision 29 (1991) 4

Currently in the United States it has been estimated that 10‐12,000 robots are utilised in larger corporations. Future predictions calculate that within five to seven years up to 100,000 robots may be in use in the US alone. It was predicted that by 1990 more than 50,000 new jobs would be...

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Applying Deming to Service

Akande, Adebowale - In: Management Decision 30 (1992) 3

Assesses the current status and future prospects of quality and productivity improvement efforts in business, especially in America. Presents a picture of the state of the art of quality as a way of life in the service sector. Lots of service operations lag behind manufacturers in making quality...

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Managers’ Attitudes to Cost Information

Lyall, David; Graham, Carol - In: Management Decision 31 (1993) 8

Questions the view that management accounting information has failed to keep pace with changes in manufacturing …

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A Service Quality Model for Manufacturing

O′Hara, James; Frodey, Carol Ann - In: Management Decision 31 (1993) 8

Suggests that, in many cases, where formerly excellent manufacturing companies have suffered a decline in their … might be avoided by applying a service quality model to manufacturing. Examines the differences between service and … manufacturing operations and highlights the difficulties which manufacturing companies have in being close to their customers …

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Quality Teams as Improvement Support Systems (ISS)

Barad, M.; Kayis, B. - In: Management Decision 32 (1994) 6, pp. 49-57

Remarkable improvements in results achieved during the past decade by some US manufacturing companies show the crucial …

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Financial performance measurement: not a total solution

Barker, R.C. - In: Management Decision 33 (1995) 2, pp. 31-39

manufacturing chain. This provides a means of benchmarking organizational performance irrespective of market‐related profit margin …

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