It has been understood for a long time that parameter maintenance is one of the key factors in the successful operation of MRP systems. The author׳s research in to effective management of MRP has shown that 50% of ERP systems MRP modules do not provide parameter setting tools for optimizing the...

"Looking beyond the complexity and theory of inventory management, authors Geoff Relph and CatherineMilner examine managing inventory and achieving targets. Whilst the first edition mainly focused on planning, this new edition of The Inventory Toolkit includes three new chapters that go beyond...

The paper uses a procedure called data envelopment analysis (DEA) to compare internal against external (outsource) efficiency in the delivery of finance function activities. The approach allows a direct comparison between the in‐house efficiency of UK small, medium and large companies in...

This article draws from “institutional” labour economics and mainstream industrial relations, but differs from the more usual uses of their ideas in a number of ways. For example, the observation we make, that wages and prices are “sticky” downwards and that labour markets respond to...