Browsing by Author "Al-Ashaab, Ahmed"

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  • The impact of organizational culture on employee engagement in Saudi Banks 
    Al Shehri, Mohammed; McLaughlin, Patrick; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Hamad, Rashid (2017-12-25)
    The Saudi Banking industry is an important component of Saudi Arabia Economy. In the view of the high volume of business activities, Saudi Banks are keen to encourage employee participation and employee engagement. These ...
  • Improving the sustainability of manufacturing systems through green lean manufacturing. 
    Abualfaraa, Wadha Amed (Cranfield UniversitySATM, 2019-08)
    In the current worldwide scenario, manufacturers are urged to improve their sustainability performance, in terms of keeping the balance among economic, environmental and social performances. Nevertheless, top managers ...
  • The influential factors of business development among SMEs in the food Industry of the GCC region 
    Alharbi, Bandar Fahad; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed (Academy of Business and Retail Management (ABRM), 2020-04-01)
    SMEs are the core engine of most economies around the world. Empowering SMEs with the right tools, especially those tools utilized to formulate business models would help the ventures to thrive more successfully. This study ...
  • An innovative cost modelling system to support lean product and process development 
    Wasim, Ahmad; Shehab, Essam; Abdalla, Hassan S.; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Sulowski, Robert; Alam, Rahman (Springer Science Business Media, 2013-03-31)
    This paper presents a cost modelling system for lean product and process development to support proactive decision making and mistake elimination at the design stage. The foundations of the system are based upon three lean ...
  • Integrating failure documentation with A3 template to improve product design quality 
    Zhu, Linjia (Cranfield University, 2012-01)
    Design quality always has great impact on the competitive attribution of companies. Knowledge Management has become an important process which could help companies to accumulate the knowledge created in the past, and use ...
  • Interventions to develop an improvement culture within nonprofit organization: The case of Saudi Arabia 
    Almaiman, Sulaiman; McLaughlin, Patrick; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed (2017-09-06)
    It has been confirmed that organizational culture has a remarkable impact on facilitating continuous improvement. Nonetheless, little empirical research has investigated how organizational culture can facilitate continuous ...
  • Knowledge based environment to support product design validation 
    Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Molyneaux, M.; Doultsinou, A.; Brunner, B.; Martínez, E.; Moliner, F.; Santamaría, V.; Tanjore, D.; Ewers, P.; Knight, G. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2012-02-01)
    A knowledge-based environment to support product design validation of refresh projects (projects with minor changes in comparison with previous ones) has been developed. This was achieved by capturing the relation between ...
  • Knowledge creation and visualisation by using trade-off curves to enable set-based concurrent engineering 
    Araci, Zehra Canan; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Maksimovic, Maksim (Academic Conferences and Publishing International (ACPI) / Academic Conferences International Limited, 2016-04-01)
    The increased international competition forces companies to sustain and improve market share through the production of a high quality product in a cost effective manner and in a shorter time. Set‑based concurrent engineering ...
  • Knowledge creation and visualisation by using trade-off curves to enable set-based concurrent engineering applications 
    Araci, Zehra Canan (2017-03)
    Inefficiencies that could be avoided during the product development process account for a large percentage of the manufacturing cost. To introduce innovative, high-quality products in a time- and cost-efficient manner, ...
  • Knowledge driven strategy formulation process to sustain large family-based businesses 
    Binladen, Hania Saleh (2017-12)
    This thesis aims to develop a knowledge-driven strategy formulation framework for large family-based businesses in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, to help them remain sustainable and able to deal with future ...
  • Knowledge management to support learning analytics in Higher Education 
    Alenezi, Abdullah; Emmanouilidis, Christos; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed (IEEE, 2018-12-31)
    This paper argues based on evidence from the literature that learning analytics, when undertaken by higher education institutions, is not considered within a holistic knowledge management strategy, which could provide ...
  • Lean knowledge life cycle framework to support lean product development 
    Maksimovic, Maksim (Cranfield University, 2013-07)
    This research thesis presents the development of a novel Lean Knowledge Life Cycle (LeanKLC) framework to support the transformation into a Lean Product Development (LeanPD) knowledge environment. The LeanKLC framework ...
  • Lean manufacturing strategy for the implementation in manufacturing enterprises in developing countries. 
    Zargun, Shibani (2016-02)
    Manufacturing organisations all over the world are constantly seeking continuous improvement initiatives to enhance performance and meet customer requirements. In this regard, many manufacturing initiatives have been ...
  • Lean product development performance measurement tool 
    Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Petritsch, Christoph; Gourdin, Mathilde; Urrutia, Usue Aliende; Andino, Alberto; Varro, Brigitta; Rigatti, Carlotta; Golob, Matic; Summers, Mark; El-Nounu, Abdulrahman (Cranfield University Press, 2013-09-19)
    The need of applying lean thinking to product development is becoming a must for the organisations to success in the current industry. This paper presents a tool that helps to define the actual status of the organisations ...
  • Lean Product Development Performance Measurement Tool 
    Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Petritsch, Christoph; Gourdin, Mathilde; Aliende, Usue Aliende; Andino, Alberto; Varro, Brigitta; Rigatti, Carlotta; Golob, Matic; Summers, Mark; El-Nounu, Abdulrahman; Kayani, Amir (2013-09-19)
    The need of applying lean thinking to product development is becoming a must for the organisations to success in the current industry. This paper presents a tool that helps to define the actual status of the organisations ...
  • Lean-green manufacturing practices and their link with sustainability: a critical review 
    Abualfaraa, Wadhah; Salonitis, Konstantinos; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Ala’raj, Maher (MDPI, 2020-01-29)
    The current rapidly changing and highly competitive market has put companies under a great pressure towards adopting sustainable practices, in terms of keeping a healthy balance among economic, environmental and social ...
  • Model-based definition and enterprise: state-of-the-art and future trend 
    Goher, Kamran; Shehab, Essam; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed (Sage, 2020-11-17)
    Model-Based Definition (MBD) is being adopted by the manufacturing industry as a single source for all product information in place of conventional 2D drawings. This paper aims to review the current literature on Model-Based ...
  • Modelling the Product Development performance of Colombian Companies 
    Herrera-Hernandez, M. C.; Luna, C.; Prada, L.; Berdugo, C.; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed (Cranfield University Press, 2009-03-31)
    This paper presents the general model of the Product Development Process (PDP) in the Metal mechanics Industry in Barranquilla-Colombia, since this sector contributes significantly to the productivity of this industrial ...
  • New product introduction process improvements in an automotive company 
    Williams, Omolade Sanu (Cranfield University, 2008)
    New product development is an important strategic decision for an automotive company. The need for a structured method of early project planning is herein enforced due to competitive advantage and global market expansion. ...
  • Organizational cultural factors influencing continuous improvement in Saudi universities 
    Alotaibi, Mohammed Saeed; McLaughlin, Patrick; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed (IBIMA, 2019-01-24)
    Continuous Improvement (CI) is described as a culture of sustainable improvements aimed at making organizational processes and systems increasingly efficient. The importance of CI, especially in higher education institutions ...