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Separating functional areas, especially in the product design and manufacturing process, is a historical problem in many organisations and has cost them dearly. In today′s globally competitive world, functional area integration, or at least maximum two‐way communication between each pair of...
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Each manufacturing public enterprise (MPE) in Egypt is required to provide a limited set of labour productivity … indicators are used in several Government reports, it is believed that they do not reflect the real productivity of the firm …. Therefore this study was designed to provide an integrated, and easy to implement, model for measuring productivity in Egyptian …
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The profit‐linked total‐factor productivity measurement models, such as the American Productivity Center model, use …
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The importance of productivity measures in monitoring the performance of manufacturing firms is well documented though …
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Dealing with ex‐Soviet republics, American companies desperately need reliable information about the current status of production and operations management in the former Soviet Union. Describes some aspects of managing operations in Russia and other ex‐Soviet republics. The emphasis is made...
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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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