Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 108 Issue 8

E‐commerce standard user interface: an E‐menu system

Shin‐Ping Tucker

A rapidly growing segment of the internet is e‐commerce. The future of economic competitiveness for most enterprises relies on entrance and active participation in the e‐commerce…

Does TQM impact on role stressors? A conceptual model

Pei‐Lee Teh, Keng‐Boon Ooi, Chen‐Chen Yong

The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual model to examine the multidimensionality of total quality management (TQM) practices and its impact on role stressors.

Expectation and reality in ERP implementation: consultant and solution provider perspective

Petri Helo, Pornthep Anussornnitisarn, Kongkiti Phusavat

This paper aims to analyse expectation and reality in enterprise resource planning implementation from the consultants' and software vendors' point of view and process these…

Financial early‐warning models on cross‐holding groups

Pang‐Tien Lieu, Ching‐Wen Lin, Hui‐Fun Yu

This paper primarily uses statistical methods to establish financial early‐warning models that make it possible to predict, in advance, the probability of a company experiencing…

Double pressing for porcelain stoneware tiles: an exploratory analysis

Rita Gamberini, Alberto Regattieri

Double pressing systems have recently been introduced to speed up and improve the pressing step of porcelain stoneware tiles. This paper aims to analyze double pressing systems…

Collaborative supply chain network using embedded genetic algorithms

C.Y. Lam, S.L. Chan, W.H. Ip, C.W. Lau

The aim of this paper is to propose a genetic algorithms approach to develop a collaborative supply chain network, i.e. a supply chain network with genetic algorithms embedded…

Total agile design system in contemporary organisational scenario

S. Vinodh, G. Sundararaj, S.R. Devadasan

The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the adoption of computer aided design (CAD) technology for enabling the contemporary organizations to acquire agile characteristics.

Object‐matrix model of complex manufacturing technology

Remigiusz Iwańkowicz

This paper aims to present a model of complex production processes, witch allows permanent optimisation of manufacturing technology to be accomplished.