Extended Enterprise (EE) is one of the latest organisational strategies in manufacturing. Traditional view of manufacturing companies with clear boundaries, limited relationships with other companies and a focus on internal efficiency and effectiveness is no longer adequate. With the rapid...

In this paper, an integrated performance measurement model is developed, considering both productivity and quality dimensions together in one platform. The ranking of the units for the identified quality dimensions is found by the application of analytic hierarchy process (AHP). By using the...

Several studies which were conducted to examine the potential benefits of the implementation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) concluded that the advantages of FMS implementation are very large. The implementation of FMS is often determined by its embedded software. In an FMS, the software...

Making decision about the environment, especially forest resources management, often involves the balancing of conflicting, incommensurate and incompatible values of many users and uses of a resource. Therefore, one of the most fundamental and difficult tasks involved is the effective...

In order to compete in the global environment, the ability and effectiveness of acquiring new technology are essential for firms, and most new technologies need and depend on the Technology Transfer (TT) from international firms and research institutes. Due to the complicity of influence factors...

Selecting performance indicators is one of the major challenges that companies have to face in developing a performance measurement system. This is because selecting means evaluating a set of performance indicators against multiple criteria, sometimes potentially conflicting. This chapter...