The TQM Journal: Volume 34 Issue 6

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A conceptual framework for a systemic understanding of barriers during lean implementation

Praveen Puram, Michael Sony, Jiju Antony, Anand Gurumurthy

Multiple organisations which have attempted to implement lean production/manufacturing/thinking have failed to achieve significant benefits. Practitioners and researchers have…

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Make-in-India and Industry 4.0: technology readiness of select firms, barriers and socio-technical implications

Mohit Goswami, Yash Daultani

In this research, the emphasis is multifold. First objective is to study differences amongst India's Make-in-India, Germany's Industry 4.0 and China's Made-in-China 2025 on a…

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Incorporating customer profitability analysis into quality management systems

Leonardo Sedevich-Fons

The specific purpose of this article is to describe customer profitability analysis and evaluate its compatibility with quality management systems. Besides, its more general…

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Agility enhancement through agile manufacturing implementation: a case study

Rahul Kumar, Kanwarpreet Singh, Sanjiv Kumar Jain

Dynamic business environment has a deep influence on production and management related exercises. In order to remain competitive, organization needs to coordinate with continuous…

Lean accounting: a structured literature review

Rafael Figueira Alves, Julio Vieira Neto, Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento, Flavio Ezequiel de Andrade, Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes

The purpose of the paper is to perform a review and analyze the literature on lean accounting (LA) to develop insights into how LA research is developing, offering a critique of…

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Facilitating SMEs' profitability through total quality management: the roles of risk management, digitalization, stakeholder management and system deployment

Kari Lepistö, Minna Saunila, Juhani Ukko

This study investigates the effect of total quality management (TQM) on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) ' profitability by examining whether the new TQM dimensions of risk…

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An assessment of the EMAS standard in developing an effective environmental strategy: an analysis of certified companies in Italy

Federica Murmura, Laura Bravi, Gilberto Santos

The study provides an overview of the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) standard and its potential in helping a company to improve its environmental performance. The work…

Corporate social responsibility and performances of firms operating in the tourism and hospitality industry

Gianluca Goffi, Lorenzo Masiero, Tonino Pencarelli

The purpose of the study is to assess whether a relationship exists between corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement and tour operators' performances.

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Antecedents of kaizen culture and its effect on operational performance: perspective of manufacturing companies in Malaysia

Kong Siew Mui, Rajendran Muthuveloo, Josephine Ie Lyn Chan

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of kaizen culture on innovation and operational performance of electrical and electronic manufacturing companies in Malaysia…

Examination of aspects of pro-consumer refund system

Kateryna Lysenko-Ryba, Dominik Zimon, Peter Madzík, Eva Šírová

Pro-consumer refund system (PCRS) should be understood as a process in customer service, within which activities are related to the handling of goods that do not meet customer…

The mediating role of passenger satisfaction on the relationship between service quality and behavioral intentions of low-cost carriers

Hsiu-Fen Lin

By extending the existing service quality dimensions and reflecting the low-cost carriers (LCCs) context, the purpose ot this study aims to develop the research model to examine…

Understanding the process of patient empowerment and their well-being in the context of outpatient services

Malliga Marimuthu, Seyedeh Khadijeh Taghizadeh, Jay Kandampully

This study has conceptualized and empirically investigated how the psychological empowerment process is generated from a patient's cognitive knowledge and participation at…

New perspectives of experiential tourism: an exploratory analysis of live virtual tours during the COVID-19 outbreak

Piero Mastroberardino, Giuseppe Calabrese, Flora Cortese, Miriam Petracca

This paper aims to find out if it is possible to consider live virtual tours, in the connotation assumed during the COVID-19 outbreak, as experiential tourism products. The paper…

Implementing just-in-time inventory management to address contextual operational issues: a case study of a commercial livestock farm in southern Nigeria

Daniel E. Ufua, Ayodotun S. Ibidunni, Thanos Papadopoulos, Oluwatoyin A. Matthew, Rehmat Khatoon, Mayowa G. Agboola

This research focuses on the implementation of Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory management, drawing on a case study of a commercial livestock farm located in a swampy area of southern…

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Toward digital transformation in healthcare: a framework for remote monitoring adoption

Daniele Binci, Gabriele Palozzi, Francesco Scafarto

Digital transformation (DT) is a priority for the healthcare sector. In many countries, it is still considered in the early stages with an underestimation of its benefits and…

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Mapping the customer centric weather index insurance service design using quality function deployment

Pankaj Singh, Gaurav Agrawal

The present paper aims to propose a framework on weather index insurance (WII) service design by using quality function deployment (QFD).

The implementation of Lean Six Sigma framework in the Indian context: a review and suggestions for future research

G. Citybabu, S. Yamini

The purpose of this work is to gain insights about Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in the Indian context by reviewing the related literature for one decade based on various perspectives…

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Understanding customers hospital experience and value co-creation behavior

Çağlar Samsa, Alpaslan Yüce

The purpose of this paper is to test what experience value factors are required to constitute customer value co-creation behavior.

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What contributes to auditee satisfaction in external ISO 9001 audits?

Jan Lenning, Ida Gremyr, Hendry Raharjo

This study aims to explore factors that contribute to auditee satisfaction in external audit fieldwork of ISO 9001, and relationships between these factors.

Challenges of knowledge management in the public sector: evidence from the King Abdullah Award for Excellence in Jordan

Shaker A. Aladwan, Tamara A. AL-Yakoub, Ali M. Adaileh

The aim of this paper is to undertake an exploration of the challenges related to knowledge management (KM) within public sector organisations in Jordan.

A comprehensive framework for classification and selection of H4.0 digital technologies affecting healthcare processes in the grey environment

Hadi Balouei Jamkhaneh, Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Sahar Valipour Parkouhi, Reza Shahin

This study seeks to provide a conceptual framework for the classification and selection of Healthcare 4.0 (H4.0) digital technologies affecting healthcare processes.

A data examination on a supermarket dataset in Taiwan

Yung Tai Tang, Hao-Wei Yang, Ming-Min Lo, Hsin-Hung Wu

The purpose of this study is to focus on a database from a supermarket for market segmentation.

An empirical assessment of enterprise information systems success in a developing country: the Jordanian experience

Manaf Al-Okaily, Aws Al-Okaily

The paper discusses the assessment of enterprise information systems (EIS) success in an organizational context is one area that is not sufficiently researched. This lack of…

The effect of different types of intelligence on organizational performance

Mahdi Moradi, Mahdi Salehi, Sadeq Mozan

The present study aims to assess different intelligence types' effect on the auditor's organizational performance (OP) with the mediatory role of social capital (SC) in Iraq.

The relationship between different types of leadership, client's identity, and self-confidence and auditors' impartiality

Mahdi Salehi, Alireza Ghaderi, Habibe Hashemisima, Zohreh Zahedi

This paper aims to assess the effect of different leadership types, the client's identity and auditors' self-confidence on auditors' impartiality.

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Complaint management model of manufacturing products using text mining and potential failure identification

Ririn Diar Astanti, Ivana Carissa Sutanto, The Jin Ai

This paper aims to propose a framework on complaint management system for quality management by applying the text mining method and potential failure identification that can…

Quality 4.0 and its impact on organizational performance: an integrative viewpoint

Jiju Antony, Michael Sony, Sandra Furterer, Olivia McDermott, Matthew Pepper

Quality 4.0 is managing quality during the fourth industrial revolution. It is used by modern-day organizations as a strategy to compete and thrive in the marketplace. The purpose…

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ISSN:

1754-2731

e-ISSN:

1754-274X

ISSN-L:

1754-2731

Renamed from:

The TQM Magazine

Online date, start – end:

2008

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Professor Maria Vincenza Ciasullo