This study was undertaken to determine some of the barriers to the implementation of total quality management (TQM) in the population of medium to large Mauritian food manufacturing companies (MFMC), which were then compared ...

This paper presents a new method of process control for set-up dominant processes. This new method known as Set-up Process Algorithm (SUPA) was compared with existing industrial practices and statistical techniques in the ...

This paper presents a strategy to achieve process control and overcome the previously mentioned industry constraints by changing the company focus to the process as opposed to the product. The strategy strives to achieve ...

Project performance models play an important role in the management of project success. When used for monitoring projects, they can offer predictive ability such as indications of possible delivery problems. Approaches for ...

Performance Measurement Systems (PMS) have commonly been applied to evaluate and reward performances at managerial levels, especially in the context of supply chain management. However, evidence suggests that the effective ...

Start-up SMEs face various challenges and difficulties during their existence and due to their nature they often lack knowledge and resources to fully address these challenges. Unlike large companies which have access to ...

Lean thinking is claimed to be as important to services as it has been to manufacturing. However, there is yet a lack of empirical research examining the possibility of applying lean thinking in Product-Service System ...

This paper explores how successfully servitised manufacturers deliver advanced services and proposes a model that describes how they configure their operations. A case study methodology is applied across four manufacturing ...

The competitive climate of production and high labour cost, motivate western companies to use technologies like automation as a mean to increase manufacturing competitiveness. On the other hand companies are aware about ...

It is hard to benefit fully from lean manufacturing without having an efficient distribution centre. Applying lean distribution concept helps to reduce distribution centres waste while maintains customer service level high. ...