Six-Sigma is a well-established and one of the most recognized approaches in manufacturing strategy development. Companies who have adopted and successfully implemented such a methodology were found to be more innovative which led to increased customer satisfaction and an improved bottom line....

The paper examines whether monetary policy has similar effects across major states in the Indian polity. Impulse response functions from an estimated Structural Vector Auto Regression (SVAR) reveal two sets of states: a core of states that respond to monetary policy in a significant fashion...

This study investigates the status of quality management practices in logistics and compares the extent of quality practices between manufacturing and logistics companies in Australia. Using a sample drawn from two published databases, Australia's Top 500 companies and firms enlisted as members...

In this era of globalisation, market forces dictate that contemporary supply chains are demand-driven, time-compressed and volatile. Yet many logistics supply chains span continents. This creates complexity for the people who manage them. Hence logistics operations require managers with a broad...

E-waste has become a major environmental issue that needs national and governmental attention to put control on the uprising of e-waste and its impact on the environment. Australia, a country of just over 20 million people, have discarded or stockpiled a total of 8.7 million computers by the end...

This paper examines factors antecedent to the adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) from the perspectives of three key retail supply chain stakeholders: retailers, retailer suppliers, and technology providers and develops a conceptual framework to explore the impact of RFID on retail...

This paper presents a methodology for effective control of fuel cell devices connected to an electric utility distribution network. A controller is developed for a fuel cell power plant to assist the conventional generators to damp out oscillations, which is possible by utilizing the fast...