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Managing future expectations globally
Mercer, David - In: Foresight 4 (2002) 6, pp. 46-52
In this paper, some of the most important results of the recent work of the author’s Futures Observatory, the culmination of a decade of global research involving several thousand managers and professionals from large organisations, are explored in the context of the long‐range planning...
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Strategic Situational Impact on Commercial Banks in Saudi Arabia
At‐Twaijri, Mohammad I. - In: International Journal of Bank Marketing 9 (1991) 1, pp. 11-16
A study is described involving the use of questionnaires to investigate the situational factors (economy, government, technology, competition, culture, demography) that affect the banking industry in Saudi Arabia. The results reveal that culture and technology are viewed as less important than...
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The Rise and Fall of Political Risk Assessment?
Stapenhurst, Frederick - In: Management Decision 30 (1992) 5
Political risk assessment (PRA) is an integral part of environmental scanning, which in turn is one of the key requirements for effective strategic planning and corporate decision making. Why, then, have a number of multinational corporations (MNCs) discontinued their practice of this vital...
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Characterization and examination of operational excellence deployment failures : mediation effect of technical and behavioral failure factors
Sunder M., Vijaya; Prashar, Anupama - In: IEEE transactions on engineering management : EM 70 (2023) 6, pp. 2080-2092
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Planning as an integrative device
Xavier, CASTANER; Mikko, KETOKIVI - HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 2003
assessments of operational priorities. In a sample of 164 manufacturing plants from five different countries and three industries …
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The JIT Spiral of Continuous Improvement
Lea, Richard; Parker, Brian - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 89 (1989) 4, pp. 10-13
. The measures of performance which an organisation adopts to motivate and direct effort eed reassessment in order to ensure … discuss performance measures, these being one of the more important, but less considered aspects of JIT.  …
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Strategic Framework for Implementing Flexible Manufacturing Systems in India
Sambasiva Rao, K.V.; Deshmukh, S.G. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 14 (1994) 4, pp. 50-63
The success of any manufacturing concern greatly depends on the effective functioning of the management at the … strategic level. The importance of Advanced Manufacturing Systems (AMS) such as Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) has been … increasing because of their competitive advantages. With fast changing markets manufacturing firms are facing challenges to …
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Remodelling a company via systems re‐engineering
Thomas, P.V.; Davies, A. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 16 (1996) 7, pp. 14-26
Examines how a conceptually ideal manufacturing business structure may be achieved by analysing information flows …
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The Managerial Challenges of Integrated Manufacturing
Voss, C.A. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 9 (1989) 5, pp. 33-38
In the integrated manufacturing enterprise there is a logical sequence – strategy must lead, flow leads technology … integration responds to these two. It will be necessary for the manufacturing manager of the future to have a vision of the … manufacturing system to which he or she is moving.  …
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The Different Operations Strategy Planning Process for Service Operations
McLaughlin, Curtis P.; Pannesi, Ronald T.; Kathuria, … - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 11 (1991) 3, pp. 63-76
The manager who moves from manufacturing to services or the professor who wishes to research and teach service … manufacturing it is important that the functional strategy supports the corporate strategy in the marketplace and is co …‐ordinated with other functional strategies. There is sufficient buffering between the manufacturing system and the customer that …
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