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Process improvement in facilities management: the SPICE approach

Amaratunga, Dilanthi; Sarshar, Marjan; Baldry, David - In: Business Process Management Journal 8 (2002) 4, pp. 318-337

Considers the application of structured process improvement for construction environments (SPICE) as a process … improvement technique and its extension into the context of facilities management (FM). SPICE is a research project that developed … a step‐wise process improvement framework for the construction environment, utilising experience from the software …

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Economic growth and resource allocation: the case of China

Wong, Kar-yiu - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 1 (2008) 2, pp. 105-121

improvement in the efficiency may raise the GDP of the economy. Originality/value – The methodology and approach introduced here …

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Economic growth and resource allocation: the case of China

Wong, Kar‐yiu - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 1 (2008) 2, pp. 105-121

improvement in the efficiency may raise the GDP of the economy. Originality/value – The methodology and approach introduced here …

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National culture and operations management : a structured literature review

Boscari, Stefania; Bortolotti, Thomas; Netland, Torbjørn H. - In: International journal of production research 56 (2018) 18, pp. 6314-6331

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Influence of Manufacturing Improvement Programmes on Performance

De Meyer, Arnoud; Ferdows, Kasra - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 10 (1990) 2, pp. 120-131

Today, to improve productivity in manufacturing, one has a large variety of improvement programmes at one′s disposal … of the medium‐term effects of these improvement programmes on manufacturing performance. The conclusions show that there … are no simple cause‐effect relationships between single improvement programmes and manufacturing performance. Tenacity in …

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Process integration for paperless delivery using EPC compliance technology

Mo, J; Gajzer, S; Fane, M; Wind, G; Snioch, T; Larnach, K; … - 2009

RFID processes and measured the improvement in performance and efficiency. Findings - The key to success in the extension … and companies. The proje found that there is an average 18 per cent improvement in system efficiency should an EPC …

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Measuring Aggregate Process Performance Using AHP

Frei, Frances X.; Harker, Patrick T. - Financial Institutions Center, Wharton School of Business - 1998

When one undertakes a benchmarking study, it is quite typical to collect performance data on a set of business processes from a variety of organizations. While one can compare efficiency on a process-by-process level, how can one compare the overall efficiency of one organization versus another...

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Information Flow Analysis of the Container Discharging Process

Kellberger, Susanne - 2014

Information technology is no longer the limiting factor but rather the enabler for the analysis of enormous amounts of data and the transformation of data into information. However, there is a lack of information quality due to wrong, late or imprecise information. The adequate quality of...

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ISO 9000 certification and technical efficiency of foreign-financed manufacturing firms in southern China: A stochastic frontier approach

Yeung, Godfrey; Mok, Vincent - In: Journal of Economic Studies 35 (2008) October, pp. 385-404

Purpose – Based on a sample of foreign-financed manufacturing firms in southern China, the purpose of this paper is to study the effects of ISO certification on productivity. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs the stochastic frontier approach to estimate frontier efficiency...

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Impact of political changes on industrial efficiency: a case of Ukraine

Goncharuk, Anatoliy G. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 34 (2007) September, pp. 324-340

Purpose – The paper aims to devote itself to the researching of the changes in firm efficiency in consumer goods industry under the political changes and tightening of competition. This study has for an objective the estimation of the consequences of changes in policy on firm efficiency and...

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