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Global competition has made it necessary for many firms to introduce such advanced technologies as Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS). However, the extent of such technology applications varies from industry to industry and has met various degrees of success. Reviews the impetus for the...
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, unlike other sectors, has grown steadily over the past two decades. The productivity of the sector, on the other hand, has … remained broadly static over the comparable period. Thus service productivity improvement is one of the major challenges facing … many managers today. Measurement is an integral component of any drive to improve productivity. Measurement of service …
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Presents a dynamic programming model for studying the effects of automation acquisition on the value, cost, and quality control processes in an aggregate single product environment. The model provides the optimal automation acquisition policy, that is the optimal amount of automation to be...
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maintenance (TPM) is a relatively recent development. Outlines improving maintenance productivity through structural audit and …
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Presents an elementary version of the Malmquist productivity change index. This index measures productivity change …
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classical manufacturing settings. However, while services play an increasingly significant role in society, the productivity of …
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performance thus achieved, judged in relation to the plant base used, reflects the productivity of HR. Such a productivity level …
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Compares and contrasts the competitive priorities (manufacturing capabilities) of high‐ and low‐productivity firms … productivity subsets, one of which is that better performing firms are the more likely to address multiple capabilities … simultaneously; another is that these firms appear to have the more clearly defined competitive strategies. The high‐productivity …
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The future trends with respect to globalisation, customer orientation, process orientation, and high productivity have … led to increased focus on productivity and enterprise competitiveness. In order to improve competitiveness, it is … dimensions: efficiency, effectiveness and adaptability. TOPP uses questionnaires to collect data. Another approach is applied in …
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Existing measures of productivity were designed to measure productivity in industries in which both input and output … are tangible standardised quantities. They are inadequate for productivity measurement of professional services, where … measurement of productivity of professional service firms and to propose a more adequate measure of productivity in these …
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