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STATISTICAL METHODOLOGIES FOR QUALITY AND PRODUCTION IMPROVEMENT

Goh, T.N. - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 88 (1988) 9/10, pp. 21-24

Efficient techniques of information collection and analysis are essential to all quality and productivity improvement … higher productivity, as it enables the investigator to identify and evaluate important variables quickly, replacing the …

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Broadband and Beer

Newton, Laura - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 90 (1990) 1, pp. 20-22

When it came to networking Ind Coope′s Burton‐on‐Trent Brewery, Allen‐Bradley′s Communications Division provided an integrated broadband cable solution which has enabled the brewery to produce its vast array of beer and lager products to specific batching demands and with a greater...

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Document Image Processing

Perkins, Simon - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 92 (1992) 2, pp. 17-20

There is a reluctance among many companies especially in the UK, to invest in Document Image Processing (DIP) systems in spite of the resultant cost benefits which have been well documented. Surveys have shown that the use of DIP has transformed business performance in many areas and there is no...

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Relationship among organizational support, JIT implementation, and performance

Chong, Hyonsong; White, Richard E.; Prybutok, Victor - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 101 (2001) 6, pp. 273-281

As a result of progressive implementations of just‐in‐time (JIT) management practices, researchers have attempted to identify those elements critical to the success of implementation. While the literature shows general agreement on organizational support as a key element, a paucity of...

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Using financial factors to investigate productivity: an empirical study in Taiwan

Chen, Liang‐Hsuan; Liaw, Shu‐Yi; Shin Chen, Yeong - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 101 (2001) 7, pp. 378-384

financial factors is proposed as the key element for upgrading a firm’s productivity. Investigates productivity in terms of … into several patterns with distinct characteristics of financial factors. Using the characteristics of productivity and …’ productivity. …

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Collaborative robots are rapidly providing major improvements in productivity, safety, programing ease, portability and cost while addressing many new applications

Bloss, Richard - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 43 (2016) 5, pp. 463-468

saving money, improving productivity, simplifying programming and speeding the time to return investment. It is forecast that …

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Jargon alert : Jobless recovery

Steelman, Aaron - In: Econ Focus (2004) Win, pp. 10-10

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Rethinking Productivity: Why has Productivity Focussed on Labour Instead of Natural Resources?

Bleischwitz, Raimund - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 19 (2001) 1, pp. 23-36

evaluation and productivity analysis. Following the historical lines of the classical productivity debate ranging from the French … Physiocrats to early neoclassical growth theories, the productivity concept underwent a gradual transformation from its previous … findings, multifactor productivity largely focusses on a two-factor model. Material Flow Analysis (MFA) provides a useful step …

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The role of agricultural cooperatives in sustaining the wheat diversity and productivity: the case of southern Italy

Falco, Salvatore; Smale, Melinda; Perrings, Charles - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 39 (2008) 2, pp. 161-174

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Are Small Firms Really Less Productive?

Taymaz, Erol - In: Small Business Economics 25 (2005) 5, pp. 429-445

productivity differences between small and large establishments. In this paper, we analyze three sources of productivity …

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