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How do the Japanese get higher productivity than we? - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Shows how Western management is using some Japanese systems to increase productivity in the West. MORE INFO: How do the Japanese get higher productivity than we? Shows how Western management is using some Japanese systems to increase productivity in the West. PUBLISHER: In... read article... |
Productivity: where it went and how to get it back - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Written for managers who need to know, quickly and in very practical terms what they can do to make their organizations more productive. MORE INFO: Productivity: where it went and how to get it back Written for managers who need to know, quickly and in very practical terms wh... read article... |
Logistics as a competitive weapon - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Improving logistics has enormous payback. Applying the key concepts can reduce inventories, increase productivity and improve customer service. MORE INFO: Logistics as a competitive weapon Improving logistics has enormous payback. Applying the key concepts can reduce inventor... read article... |
Manufacturing - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: In order to remain successful a manufacturing company must have a manufacturing strategy which is appropriate to its manufacturing task. MORE INFO: Manufacturing In order to remain successful a manufacturing company must have a manufacturing strategy which is appropriate to i... read article... |
Factory Of The Future - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Present the factory of the future in a manner that will assist the reader in gaining a much better understanding of what CIM is. MORE INFO: Factory Of The Future Present the factory of the future in a manner that will assist the reader in gaining a much better understanding o... read article... |
Do your homework before you modernize the factory - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Analysis of the factory in identifying the opportunity for advanced manufacturing technology and how to develop a strategic modernization plan. MORE INFO: Do your homework before you modernize the factory Analysis of the factory in identifying the opportunity for advanced man... read article... |
Do your homework before you modernize the factory, Part II - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Conducting a formalized modernization analysis and planning process is an important step in ensuring the results of factory automation. MORE INFO: Do your homework before you modernize the factory, Part II Conducting a formalized modernization analysis and planning process is... read article... |
CIM\MAP\TOP\UNIX: where is it leading? - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Sets out strategies for setting up integrated business solutions. MORE INFO: CIM\MAP\TOP\UNIX: where is it leading? Sets out strategies for setting up integrated business solutions. PUBLISHER: Institute of Operations Management Vol 13 - No 03 - April/May 1987... read article... |
Logistics as a competitive weapon - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Explores the importance of good logistics management. MORE INFO: Logistics as a competitive weapon Explores the importance of good logistics management. PUBLISHER: Institute of Operations Management Vol 14 - No 01 - December/January 1988... read article... |
Automation need not be another name for complexity - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Shows that installation of an manufacturing system need not be complicated; is demonstrated by an installation for an international company. MORE INFO: Automation need not be another name for complexity Shows that installation of an manufacturing system need not be complicate... read article... |
Manufacturing strategy: case study - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes the work done at a UK Engineering Company to restore profitability and prepare for the 1990s. MORE INFO: Manufacturing strategy: case study Describes the work done at a UK Engineering Company to restore profitability and prepare for the 1990s. PUBLISHER: Institut... read article... |
Manufacturing strategy - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: At corporate levels there is still a lack in development of functional manufacturing strategy to help managers build better production systems. MORE INFO: Manufacturing strategy At corporate levels there is still a lack in development of functional manufacturing strategy to h... read article... |
Business Performance Improvement: Keeping The Wolves From The Door - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The world is a tough place for business people these days. The competition is getting stronger all the time as globalisation and different market channel development bites. Globalisation is a threat and an opportunity, of course: whilst foreign companies are developing the UK ma... read article... |
Project Manufacturing - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Many companies are involved in manufacturing products to meet the demands of individual customer contracts. The products that they build in this manner may be unique, one-off engineering projects; they may be low/medium volume (and occasionally high volume) build of otherwise st... read article... |
Role and development of a manufacturing strategy - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The development of a manufacturing strategy aims to build and position the manufacturing organisation as an equal contributor to business success. MORE INFO: Role and development of a manufacturing strategy The development of a manufacturing strategy aims to build and positio... read article... |
Choices: link between strategy and operations - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: What kind of businesses will win tomorrow's competitive battles? MORE INFO: Choices: link between strategy and operations What kind of businesses will win tomorrow's competitive battles? PUBLISHER: Institute of Operations Management Vol 16 - No 05 - August/September 1... read article... |
Back to basics - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: How do the manufacturing industry try to achieve these objectives? By installing and using an all-singing all-dancing manufacturing control system. MORE INFO: Back to basics How do the manufacturing industry try to achieve these objectives? By installing and using an all-sing... read article... |
Making the switch from efficiency to effectiveness - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Examines some of the factors which can contribute to the success of a manufacturing improvement programme. MORE INFO: Making the switch from efficiency to effectiveness Examines some of the factors which can contribute to the success of a manufacturing improvement programme. ... read article... |
Managing your engineering information factory - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: To survive in the 90s most companies will have to make use of engineering management systems to ensure they have more timely information. MORE INFO: Managing your engineering information factory To survive in the 90s most companies will have to make use of engineering managem... read article... |
Managing a company in a cyclical market - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: One of the skills a good management team needs is to be able to manage in a cyclical market. Paper discusses some of the approaches to this activity MORE INFO: Managing a company in a cyclical market One of the skills a good management team needs is to be able to manage in a ... read article... |
Develop a competitive strategy for manufacture - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: To survive in the 1990s manufacturing companies need to explore all their business strategies and make sure they give a competitive edge. MORE INFO: Develop a competitive strategy for manufacture To survive in the 1990s manufacturing companies need to explore all their busine... read article... |
Competing through manufacturing - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The tenets of focused manufacture must be a key consideration when formulating manufacturing strategy. MORE INFO: Competing through manufacturing The tenets of focused manufacture must be a key consideration when formulating manufacturing strategy. PUBLISHER: Institute of ... read article... |
Formulation of logistical strategy for manufacturing - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes the formulation of a logistics strategy for a recently established vehicle assembly plant. MORE INFO: Formulation of logistical strategy for manufacturing Describes the formulation of a logistics strategy for a recently established vehicle assembly plant. PUBLISH... read article... |
The logistics company - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: What is a logistics company? For that matter, what is logistics? MORE INFO: The logistics company What is a logistics company? For that matter, what is logistics? PUBLISHER: Institute of Operations Management Vol 21 - No 01 - December/January 1995... read article... |
Knowledge-Based Manufacturing: the key to recovery - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Only companies responding quickly to customer needs will benefit from the economic upturn, but first they must junk their dinosaur MRPII system. MORE INFO: Knowledge-Based Manufacturing: the key to recovery Only companies responding quickly to customer needs will benefit from... read article... |
World-wide manufacturing practice - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Report on the research being carried out by university-based researchers examining manufacturing practice throughout the world. MORE INFO: World-wide manufacturing practice Report on the research being carried out by university-based researchers examining manufacturing practi... read article... |
Made in Europe in time to compete - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes the 'Made in Europe' report which analysed the operational practice and performance of companies across Europe and identified that only 2% were world class. MORE INFO: Made in Europe in time to compete Describes the 'Made in Europe' report which analysed the operati... read article... |
Made in Europe - a sense of realism? - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Uses the conclusions of the 'Made in Europe' report to discuss what is a world class company in terms of operational best practice. MORE INFO: Made in Europe - a sense of realism? Uses the conclusions of the 'Made in Europe' report to discuss what is a world class company in ... read article... |
There are supply markets as well as sales markets - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The trend to out-source goods and services in the late 1980s and early 1990s has resulted in a growing awareness of the role of supply chain management in strategic management. The purpose of this article is to review current thinking regarding the nature and characteristics of ... read article... |
Measuring up to world class manufacturing - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This article is based upon some initial research into World Class Manufacturing (WCM) and the business measures needed in such an environment. From the literature, a consensus definition of the term 'world class' is gained and the dramatic differences in levels of achievement be... read article... |
World Class Manufacturing in perspective - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes some of the important features of world class manufacturing and discusses the importance of top management involvement. MORE INFO: World Class Manufacturing in perspective Describes some of the important features of world class manufacturing and discusses the import... read article... |
World Class Manufacturing - the all too literal truth - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Discusses what companies need to do beyond world class manufacturing to enable them to retain their competitive edge and how they need to be at the forefront of the next paradigm shift. MORE INFO: World Class Manufacturing - the all too literal truth Discusses what companies ... read article... |
Manufacturing systems: 2001 AD - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Discusses what must be done after coping with the change to the new century. What new terrors will the manufacturing world face? How do we keep our companies competitive? How do we remain employable in a changing world? MORE INFO: Manufacturing systems: 2001 AD Discusses what... read article... |
Operations management futures - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Uses the analogy of futures trading to explain how opportunities exist to advance the effectiveness and status of operations management. Shows how making the right choices determines competitive advantage. MORE INFO: Operations management futures Uses the analogy of futures t... read article... |
Cranking the handle faster - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes ways in which companies can increase their return on capital and profit margins by getting more output from the same resources. MORE INFO: Cranking the handle faster Describes ways in which companies can increase their return on capital and profit margins by getting... read article... |
Addressing the challenges of the next decade - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Explores what manufactures need to do now that they have survived the recession and want to prosper in the next decade. MORE INFO: Addressing the challenges of the next decade Explores what manufactures need to do now that they have survived the recession and want to prosper ... read article... |
Competitive advantage through change and manufacturing flexibility - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Discusses what organisations need to do to accept the challenge posed by advanced manufacturing technology and how competitive advantage can be achieved MORE INFO: Competitive advantage through change and manufacturing flexibility Discusses what organisations need to do to ac... read article... |
Proactive Management Control (PMC) of the enterprise - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Describes how the void between the business operations and the supporting information systems and technology has been closed by proactive management control (PMC) which forges a direct coupling between business processes and the enterprise application. MORE INFO: Proactive Man... read article... |
Core components and benchmarking concepts in operations strategy and design - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The task of formulating and managing an Operations Strategy is a taxing one for management. The intensity of competition from the 1970's led to a mushrooming of many business improvement ideologies sold on the basis of 'one size fits all'. Experience has shown that this sadly is... read article... |
Focus. A miss really is as good as a mile! - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Urges companies to focus upon a single strategic plan, which is real, regularly reviewed and measured as a means of developing a competitive edge. MORE INFO: Focus. A miss really is as good as a mile! Urges companies to focus upon a single strategic plan, which is real, regul... read article... |
New directions in logistics research - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Suggests that value creation is the new place to start as from the customer's perspective, this is the only reason for the firm to exist. The authors go on to suggest new issues for future research. MORE INFO: New directions in logistics research Suggests that value creation ... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: In this the first of a series of articles, the author develops a policy and strategy for companies aspiring to world class manufacturing control. He considers that unless companies successfully adopt world class control techniques, then their future will be at stake. The unavail... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This third article in a series of four discusses the crucial role of the shop floor in meeting the requirements for world class manufacturing control. It specifically defines shop floor control and explores functions that must happen on the shop floor. Without shop floor control... read article... |
World class manufacturing - Part 4: a Solution to the business requirements - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: In this concluding article, the development and implementation of the major components of a solution are described. This solution has been implemented in the wire and cable industry, which is a length based industry. Similar requirements also exist in volume based industries. Th... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: On my holiday last month, I was staying in a town which had a market... MORE INFO: Editorial On my holiday last month, I was staying in a town which had a market... PUBLISHER: Institute of Operations Management Page number: 5 Words: approx. 400 Vol 24 - No 08 - October... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This article, the last in the series on mass customisation across the business, looks at analysing failures both during the manufacturing process and after shipment. It will first consider why there is a need for new techniques and then explore the use of datamining software to ... read article... |
Analysing production and early life fails. A case study - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Research Machines PLC is the UK's leading supplier of IT solutions into education. Their production facilities built around 100,000 PC systems in the year 1998/98... MORE INFO: Analysing production and early life fails. A case study Research Machines PLC is the UK's leading s... read article... |
Industry news: strategic compensation - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Re-thinking pay, incentives and benefits would greatly improve organisational effectiveness according to 94% of respondents of a survey... MORE INFO: Industry news: strategic compensation Re-thinking pay, incentives and benefits would greatly improve organisational effectiven... read article... |
Structuring for Growth - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Organisations must perform four essential management roles in order to succeed over the long term: 1. Produce results (P). The P role produces the results that enable the organisation to meet the needs of its customers. It focuses on what needs to be done. 2. Administrate (A). T... read article... |
The value of IT in the manufacturing sector - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The aims of the article are: to show that IT has penetrated so deeply into every fibre of the business fabric that its deployment and use have become strategic business, not technological, issues; to encourage senior manufacturing executives to seize control of this vital strate... read article... |
A four-stage model for outsourcing research and development - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Outsourcing, the process of buying in materials or services, is increasingly used to enable businesses to cut costs and concentrate on core activities... MORE INFO: A four-stage model for outsourcing research and development Outsourcing, the process of buying in materials... read article... |
www.complacency.org - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: MORE INFO: www.complacency.org Competitive advantage will belong to those companies that grasp the opportunity offered by network technology, says Interforum, the trade organisation. This is more so for automotive suppliers, an industry which already seems destined to play ... read article... |
5S for everyone - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Implementing change doesn’t always require twelve months to plan... MORE INFO: 5S for everyone Implementing change doesn’t always require twelve months to plan... Many companies spend thousands on poster campaigns, coupled with a detailed and lengthy training programme and t... read article... |
Michael Porter Shows Competitive Streak - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Michael Porter, one of the most powerful opinion formers of our age, is to give a masterclass at the CIPDs annual conference at Harrogate on 26th October 2000 on how to develop and sustain a company’s competitive advantage... MORE INFO: Michael Porter Shows Competitive Streak ... read article... |
Small is Beautiful - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: I have to admit to working in Management Services over a quarter of a century ago when E F Schumacher published his book, 'Small is Beautiful'... MORE INFO: Small is Beautiful I have to admit to working in Management Services over a quarter of a century ago when E F Schumache... read article... |
Editorial: Tools of the trade - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: When I came to think about Tools of the Trade I pictured the amazing variety of tools that are on offer when you walk into any of the large DIY sheds. You want tools for painting? We have them. With our tools and paint range you can do any paint job. We even have the little long... read article... |
Tools of the Trade - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: This article intends to identify how the tools required to MORE INFO: Tools of the Trade This article intends to identify how the tools required to manage a traditional process supply chain are changing in the light of the continuing rapid development of technology and subse... read article... |
Editorial: Making Things - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Where has Manufacturing gone? Delivering the right products and services to your customers as fast as possible and at the lowest possible cost, we must streamline our customer facing business processes linking our online storefront and customer relationship management systems wi... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Our theme for this issue of Control is ‘Delighting the Customer’, a phrase that has perhaps been encountered most often in Mission and Vision statements of various companies over recent years MORE INFO: Editorial Our theme for this issue of Control is ‘Delighting the Customer... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Standards exist for quality management (ISO9000) and environmental management (ISO14000), and there is a model for Business Excellence. But, until very recently, there was no standard or reference model for performance measurement. MORE INFO: Integrated Performance Measurement... read article... |
Measuring Business Performance - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: On the 8th February, 30 members of the London Branch packed into a room at Computer Associates' European Headquarters, to hear Gunther Kruse of Scope Management Ltd., deliver his talk on ‘Measuring your Business Performance –A Vital MORE INFO: Measuring Business Performance ... read article... |
Extending The Enterprise - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Most companies have now proceeded beyond the question of whether to move from a vertically integrated structure to one that relies on partnerships with other entities to complete the value chain. MORE INFO: Extending The Enterprise Most companies have now proceeded beyond the... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Commercial life is getting tougher all the time. Competitive survival needs to be fought for and the battle for customer favour is never ending. MORE INFO: Measuring Your Business Performance: Vital survival Tool in Today’s Competitive Markets Commercial life is getting tough... read article... |
T..I...M....E - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: In this article the author discusses how you can make meetings effective. As much as 70% of a managers time is spent at meetings. These can be indecisive, ineffective and time wasting meetings. This can be corrected through a structured and disciplined approach. Meetings become ... read article... |
Creating and Shaping a Performance Driven Culture - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Philip Atkinson contends that if the leaders of businesses devoted only a faction of the time to creating and sustaining a strong business culture as they commit to fire-fighting, reworking and fixing things after they have gone wrong, more organisations would be making achievin... read article... |
Book review: Freedom From Command & Control – A Better Way to Make the Work Work - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: The promotional quotes indicate the inspirational and highly relevant nature of this book. It focuses on putting the customer first, the downside is that you have to start reading to find out what the book is about! In doing so however, you will get wrapped up in the fundamental... read article... |
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ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: What is mass customisation? Most of you will have heard about it; few will know what it really means. MORE INFO: Branch news: London Branch - Operational challenges of Mass Customisation Hook, 8th December 2004 What is mass customisation? What is mass customisation? Most of y... read article... |
Editor's Letter: Manufacturing - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Whilst travelling recently I began to read an article that summed up my views on British manufacturing……… “Quote – Television channels in France have been told to translate the titles of programmes such as La Star Academy and Pop-Stars into Frenc... read article... |
A Down to Earth Approach to Implementing the Balanced Business Scorecard - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: ‘The authors have synthesised best practice from leading edge change management methodologies and designed an ‘organisational friendly process’ for driving culture change that is simple to understand. This tailored approach flows from the top of the organisatio... read article... |
Strategy and Happy Accidents - Strategic Article ARTICLE DESCRIPTION: Organisations frequently arrive at strategies by accident, and often cannot avoid doing so. I was originally taught to regard this as a bad thing, but after seeing it happen in many organisations, and reading more widely, I have changed my mind. MORE INFO: Strategy and Happy A... read article... |
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