Lean: A key success factor in automobile industry Abstract The concept of Lean Manufacturing is well known and is being applied widely in industry. As industry moves forward in deploying lean concepts‚ it is important to recognize the potential benefit for attacking waste in above-the-shop-floor processes. While the benefits are significant in production‚ this typically constitutes less than 30 percent of the total cost of a product. Furthermore‚ the distributed‚ collaborative nature of manufacturing
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The TQM Magazine Emerald Article: Critical factors of effective project management Svetlana J.K. Cicmil Article information: To cite this document: Svetlana J.K. Cicmil‚ (1997)‚"Critical factors of effective project management"‚ The TQM Magazine‚ Vol. 9 Iss: 6 pp. 390 - 396 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09544789710186902 Downloaded on: 19-09-2012 References: This document contains references to 9 other documents Citations: This document has been cited by 10 other
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Challenges and Success factors affecting IT Governance in the Public Sector in Zimbabwe. Introduction There is no doubt that the pace of business change has increased and will continue to do so. It is also true that opportunities for significant incremental business benefit are diminishing and that‚ increasingly‚ organisations are depending on technology to achieve the much coveted but rarely accomplished step change in performance. Today in many public sector organizations‚ the use of IT has
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Business Process Management Journal Success and failure factors of adopting SAP in ERP system implementation Vidyaranya B. Gargeya Cydnee Brady Downloaded by NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY At 20:24 30 January 2015 (PT) Article information: To cite this document: Vidyaranya B. Gargeya Cydnee Brady‚ (2005)‚"Success and failure factors of adopting SAP in ERP system implementation"‚ Business Process Management Journal‚ Vol. 11 Iss 5 pp. 501 - 516 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10
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Key factors that influence success of NIKE If a company is able to establish brand awareness‚ they will have a significant advantage in grabbing consumer’s attention and‚ therefore‚ market share. In today’s society where consumers have significantly less time to shop and compare‚ brand awareness is critical. If an established brand name effectively conveys the messages of quality and dependability‚ consumers will automatically go to that brand relying on the image that has been created when they
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Antitrust: Commission opens formal proceedings against Standard & Poor’s concerning securities identification numbers The European Commission has decided to open formal proceedings with respect to Standard & Poor’s (S&P) behaviour towards end users of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs)‚ for possible breaches of the EC Treaty’s rules on abuse of a dominant market position (Article 82). The Commission believes that S&P may abuse its monopoly position as the
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‘Class Size is a Major Factor in Contributing to Academic Success.’- Critically assess this statement. Education is one of the most important and vital part of every society. Nowadays‚ most of the countries are competing each other to provide more academic environment in their schools and universities. It is why CSR (Class Size Reduction) is important to policy makers. They spend thousands of dollars to research and to find the way to increase the education quality. One of these research is STAR
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by exceeding commitments‚ providing new technology solutions‚ leveraging our diverse brands‚ driving operational excellence‚ and committing to the highest standards of business practices-all of which will drive Tyco’s long-term growth‚ value‚ and success.” (About Tyco: Tyco International) Supporting diversity in today’s global commerce is imperative to maintaining a competitive advantage. Tyco realizes this strategy and has developed their own innovative diversity initiatives to increase stakeholder
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Some Factors That Influence The Success or Failure of Digital Businesses | | CI226 Socio-technical Approaches to Information Systems | | Radha Shah | 10818217 | | Introduction: “The impact of the internet on the society has been described as being as significant as some of the greatest technological innovations in history‚ such as the telephone and the motor car.”( Jobber‚ D. and Fahy‚ J. 2009) The internet has become a vast part of everyone’s everyday life. People use the internet
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6. What are the key success factors in the European airline industry? ---When addressing this question we find it worthwhile to remind students that a KSF is what any firm in the industry must do to be successful. Based on this definition‚ the following KSF’s apply to the European airline industry: (1) A reputation for safety – This is a fundamental KSF for any segment of the airline industry. If a firm is not viewed as safe by potential passengers‚ they will not use the carrier. (2) Offering
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