Purpose: This paper proposes model-based standard times estimates, using multiple linear regression, nonlinear optimization, and fuzzy systems in four real cases assembly lines. The work includes a description of the models and a comparison of their performance with values obtained using the...

Purpose: The article analyses the impact of continuous improvement (system and teams) on business sustainability dimensions (social, environmental, operational and financial) as a competitive strategy to create value for all stakeholders in emerging economy context. Design/methodology/approach:...

A high migration rate of a population causes the number of a country's residents to become extremely volatile, which negatively affects the quality of population frames. The aim of the paper is to present a method for estimating the number of residents included in a study population frame. The...

This paper proposes a framework to account for innovation similar to the usual accounting framework in production analysis and a measure of innovativity comparable to that of total factor productivity. This innovation accounting framework is illustrated using micro-aggregated firm data from the...

The point of this sub area is to distinguish potential determinants of the dimension of cost efficiency in the managing an account segment of India. The discoveries of such examination give pointers which will help in expanding the dimension of efficiency. In the accompanying advance in the wake...