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Quality and innovation as drivers for manufacturing competitiveness of automotive parts suppliers
Luz María Valdez-de la Rosa, Luis Alberto Villarreal-Villarreal, Gustavo Alarcón-MartínezThe purpose of this paper is to identify the causal relationship between the independent variables such as process quality and product innovation in regard to the dependent…
Design of experiments in the service industry: results from a global survey and directions for further research
Jiju Antony, Elisabeth Viles, Alexandre Fonseca Torres, Marcelo Machado Fernandes, Elizabeth A. CudneyThe purpose of this study is to critically evaluate the current status of Design of experiments (DoE) in the service industry or non-manufacturing processes in the manufacturing…
Critical factors for total quality management implementation in the Brazilian construction industry
Lívia da Silveira Pereira Reinaldo, Julio Vieira Neto, Rodrigo Goyannes Gusmão Caiado, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves QuelhasThis paper aims to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) that affect the implementation of total quality management (TQM) and to investigate, from the perspective of…
Assessment model of lean effect (AMLE)
Samah Elrhanimi, Laila EL AbbadiThe purpose of this paper is to present the “Assessment Model of Lean Effect” (AMLE), a theoretical model that measures Lean manufacturing implementation effect over the global…
The outcomes of providing lean training to strategic suppliers: a Swedish case study
Ewout Reitsma, Peter Manfredsson, Per Hilletofth, Roy AnderssonThe aim of this study is to investigate the outcomes of a leading Swedish truck maker (referred to as “TruckCo” for confidentiality reasons) providing lean training to its…
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- Professor Maria Vincenza Ciasullo