International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 61 Issue 4
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Creating a sustainable national index for social, environmental and economic productivity
Thomas F. Burgess, John HeapThe purpose of this paper is to create a social, environmental and economic (SEE) index for countries.
Sales and operations planning and the firm performance
Antônio Márcio Tavares Thomé, Luiz Felipe Scavarda, Nicole Suclla Fernandez, Annibal José ScavardaThis paper aims to improve upon the highly dispersed sales and operations planning (S&OP) research by integrating the findings of existing studies to identify and measure the size…
The construction industry macro maturity model (CIM3): theoretical underpinnings
Christopher J. Willis, Jeffrey H. RankinThe purpose of this paper is to introduce an alternative approach of measuring construction industry performance using maturity modeling. The focus is on introducing a newly…
Prominent obstacles to lean
Sanjay BhasinThis article aims to explore that despite the prominence of lean since 1990, there still exist ambiguous perceptions about the prominent obstacles preventing organisations either…
An assessment of the critical success factors for Six Sigma implementation in Indian industries
Darshak A. Desai, Jiju Antony, M.B. PatelThe purpose of this paper is to present the results from an empirical investigation of Six Sigma status in Indian industry, especially to highlight critical success factors (CSFs…
Integration of demand forecasts in ABC‐XYZ analysis: practical investigation at an industrial company
Bernd Scholz‐Reiter, Jens Heger, Christian Meinecke, Johann BergmannItem classification based on ABC‐XYZ analysis is of high importance for strategic supply and inventory control. It is common to perform the analysis with past consumption data. In…
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hybridEditors:
- Dr Luisa Huatuco
- Dr Nicky Shaw