In this paper, an attempt has been made to develop an integrated product development‐quality management (IPD‐QM) system by integrating the concepts of concurrent engineering (CE) and TQM. These two concepts have been considered in the past as a separate identity. However, there is a need to...

Total quality management (TQM) is an approach to change that can respond to the needs of the organisation and customers and has become the raison d’être of any organisation wishing to be competitive in an era of globalization. Since the introduction of a quality approach into manufacturing it...

Conceptually argues that quality is a cognitive issue and a process of continuous innovation. Adoption of such innovations requires understanding of the nature of an organisation and its customers’ cognitive domains. The conceptual arguments presented in this paper illustrate that integration...

This e-book on 'e-Technology and Manufacturing Enterprise Competitiveness' mainly comprises of selected papers presented at the 3rd International Workshop on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems (SCMIS2005), hosted by the South East European Research Centre (SEERC) - a collaborative...

"This book features an inclusive overview of various management practices that contribute to the sustainability efforts of an organization, highlighting successful techniques being implemented and utilized by different companies"--

The area of digital transformation is increasingly drawing the attention of academicians and professionals. However, its relationship with business strategy has not been explored in the literature. To this end, we review the literature and develop a theoretical framework, firmly grounded in...