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Evaluation of weather-productivity models of construction labour for tropics

Al-Refaie, Anas; Alashwal, Ali; Abdul-Samad, Zulkiflee; … - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 13 (2022) 2, pp. 238-252

Purpose Weather is one of the main factors affecting labour productivity. Existing weather-productivity models focussed … affected by accelerated climate change and global warming, which may have a severe impact on labour health and productivity …. The purpose of this paper is to assess whether the existing models can be used to predict labour productivity based on …

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Determining the cost of poor quality and its impact on productivity and profitability

Mahmood, Shahid; M. Ahmed, Syed; Panthi, Kamalesh; … - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 4 (2014) 3, pp. 296-311

the relationship between COPQ, labor productivity, and profitability. Design/methodology/approach – In order to measure … decreased by about 24 percent while labor productivity and profitability increased by about 17 and 11 percent, respectively … identifying COPQ. The implementation of the system is shown to increase productivity and profitability as demonstrated by the …

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Indoor environmental quality and occupants’ productivity

Mallawaarachchi, Harshini; De Silva, Lalith; … - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 6 (2016) 5, pp. 462-477

occupants’ productivity improvements in green buildings in order to propose probable enhancements of national green … to occupants’ productivity in green buildings. Practical implications The findings can be practically implied as a basis …. Originality/value The significant IEQ factors influencing occupants’ productivity were determined as the focal point of this …

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Developing labour productivity norms for aluminium system formwork in Sri Lanka

Senarath Jayasinghe, Ruchini; Fernando, Nirodha Gayani - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 7 (2017) 2, pp. 199-211

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish labour productivity norms (LPNs) on an elemental basis to investigate … a measurement for the labour productivity (LP) of aluminium system formwork (ASF) in low-cost housing projects (LHPs) in …. Findings The findings identified six labour productivity factors (LPFs) affecting the LP of ASF. The need for LPNs for ASF on …

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Contractor use of productivity and sustainability indicators for building refurbishment

Sezer, Ahmet Anil - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 5 (2015) 2, pp. 141-153

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the use of building refurbishment productivity and sustainability … implications – Contractors that develop strategies for increasing productivity and sustainability can benefit from a deeper …

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Operational efficiency and service delivery performance

Masson, Siddhant; Jain, Rachit; Ganesh, Narendra Mani; … - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 23 (2016) 4, pp. 893-915

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate performance of Indian telecom service providers through a benchmarking study of their operational efficiency and service delivery effectiveness. The paper also carries out a peer-to-peer comparison and identifies-specific areas of improvement...

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Benchmarking of TQM: the case of Hikma Pharmaceuticals company

Sweis, Rateb J; Al-Ghawi, Hala Jamal; AlSaleh, Noor … - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 22 (2015) 3, pp. 488-504

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of internal benchmarking through the evaluation of quality management in two quality departments (Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC)) in a pharmaceutical company by utilizing total quality index (TQI)....

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Longer, faster and heavier freight trains

Islam, Dewan Md Zahurul; Mortimer, Phil N. - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 24 (2017) 4, pp. 994-1012

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the necessity of longer and/heavier and/or faster freight train operations and their viability in the European context. Design/methodology/approach Using a case study, the current research applies qualitative methods, including desktop research and...

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Simultaneous evaluation of efficiency, input effectiveness, and output effectiveness

Shabani, Amir; Faramarzi, Gholam Reza; Farzipoor Saen, Reza - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 24 (2017) 7, pp. 1854-1870

measures efficiency and effectiveness to provide a comprehensive appraisal of the productivity. Additionally, an algorithm is … measuring productivity, a new methodology based on non-parametric mathematical DEA technique was presented. The proposed … approach measures productivity through simultaneous combining of the effectiveness, including input effectiveness, and output …

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Competitiveness and productivity in the federal and public sector: the role of alternative dispute resolution

McCabe, Douglas M. - In: Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal 15 (2005) 2, pp. 140-146

The purpose of this paper is to delineate policy recommendations for federal sector management, labor, and neutrals in the area of alternative dispute resolution and conflict resolution mechanisms in the maturing arena of federal sector labor‐management relations. The great desideratum in the...

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