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Publication date: 1 March 1992

Sameer Kumar and Sant Arora

Focuses on schemes to reduce inventory miscounts from theoperational management point of view. An internal audit procedure isdevised for identifying most of the dataā€entry errorsā€¦

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Focuses on schemes to reduce inventory miscounts from the operational management point of view. An internal audit procedure is devised for identifying most of the dataā€entry errors, which are one of the main causes of inventory miscounts during the flow of material through inā€transit stations. Inventory miscount errors, which escape the internal audit procedure, are further reduced through cycle counting. Divides stations with a materialā€flow network into two categories ā€“ external and internal stations. Further subdivides internal stations into inā€transit and stock stations. Identifies and corrects most of the dataā€entry errors by monitoring the compliance of certain rules individually at each inā€transit station and collectively at all inā€transit stations. Optimally determines the frequencies for cycle counting by minimizing the sum of the cycleā€counting cost and the penalty cost owing to additional stockouts and overā€stocking on account of inventory miscounts. The suggested internal procedure and cycle counting with revised frequencies were implemented in a company dealing with spareā€parts distribution; realizing an annual saving of about $1 million just a year after the implementation of the programme.

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International Journal of Operations & Production Management, vol. 12 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-3577

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Publication date: 1 February 1990

Sameer Kumar and Sant Arora

A mixed twoā€level system is considered for partsdistribution. Three approaches are studied for thedivision of the total item set S into subsets SāŠ‚1 andSāŠ‚2. The subset SāŠ‚1 includesā€¦

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A mixed twoā€level system is considered for parts distribution. Three approaches are studied for the division of the total item set S into subsets SāŠ‚1 and SāŠ‚2. The subset SāŠ‚1 includes items directly served by the company to the endā€users and subset SāŠ‚2 includes items served through dealers. These approaches are dealer itemā€based, company itemā€based and systemā€based. The systems approach is compared with the two itemā€based approaches from the dealerā€²s and companyā€²s point of view. A market sensitivity model is developed in the systems approach, which considers the effect of customer service (primarily average delivery time and number of items in set SāŠ‚2) on the captured market share. Optimisation of total expected profit, based on a systemā€²s approach, leads to higher profit levels and to a larger subset SāŠ‚2 than obtained from the two itemā€based approaches.

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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, vol. 20 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0960-0035

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Publication date: 1 March 1980

Paul Metz

The great majority of academic libraries find themselves in a vast and often unmarked territory between two polar sets of goals and aspirations. These two poles could beā€¦

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The great majority of academic libraries find themselves in a vast and often unmarked territory between two polar sets of goals and aspirations. These two poles could be represented by the model of the great research library, on the one hand, and the discount store, on the other. In choosing the first ideal, the library decides to acquire as broad a selection of research materials as possible, including infrequently used primary materials (census records, publications from limited editions, personal manuscripts, and unpublished pamphlets) in order that researchers may, at least in theory, find the collection allā€ or nearly allā€sufficient. Holders of this view point with pride to the contents of the catalog. At the other pole, the library sets out to be as responsive to demand as possible, to provide more and more of the materials which ā€œmove off the shelvesā€ and, like the discount store, to discontinue stock items which are less popular than something more attractive which might replace them. Advocates of this view point with pride to the swarming circulation desk.

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Collection Building, vol. 2 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0160-4953

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Publication date: 27 June 2023

Raunak Pahwa, Sapna Arora and Samandeep Kaur

Purpose: Consumer acceptance is considered the most important factor in functional food success and is given top priority in new product development. This study focussed onā€¦

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Purpose: Consumer acceptance is considered the most important factor in functional food success and is given top priority in new product development. This study focussed on finding factors that influence consumer perceptions about active food and the pattern of active food consumption. This chapter aims to provide a deeper understanding of taste trading based on a consumer decision-making framework.

Research Methodology: Cross-sectional consumer data were collected by floating G-Doc containing the questionnaire which was supposed to be answered by people according to their behaviours, preferences, knowledge regarding functional foods etc. It contained questions about their income, gender, preference towards functional foods, factors affecting decision-making while purchasing functional foods etc.

Results of the Study: The findings suggest that the consumers' attitude towards functional foods was mainly influenced by the quality and suitability of the product. Purchase intent was found based on age, literacy of population, income and health benefits of active foods. Awareness of functional foods and their price significantly affected the purchase of functional foods. Most people were willing to spend more on functional foods in the future regardless of the taste and provided high quality and product suitability.

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Technology, Management and Business
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-80455-519-4

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Publication date: 19 September 2015

Gerrit De Vylder

A historical analysis of Sikhism demonstrates that Sikh thinking on ethical management has long predated academic thinking and research pertaining to this subject. It alsoā€¦

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A historical analysis of Sikhism demonstrates that Sikh thinking on ethical management has long predated academic thinking and research pertaining to this subject. It also demonstrates the relationship between good management and peace. Sikhism with its relatively secular orientation promoted both profits by working and the peaceful society that was necessary to obtain these. Hence the concept of ā€˜Sikh Peace managementā€™ became a reality. Its foundation is the idea that working and management for the common good acts as a spiritual experience and that it interacts with and reinforces a peaceful environment. Despite its similarities with Calvinā€™s work ethics Sikhism did not lead to religious warfare like in 16th and 17th century Europe. It did result however in ā€˜defensiveā€™ characteristics, which, just like work, became part of a new spirituality.

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Business, Ethics and Peace
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78441-878-6

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Publication date: 25 January 2017

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Building Markets for Knowledge Resources
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ISBN: 978-1-78635-742-7

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Publication date: 26 November 2018

Pooja B. Vijayakumar, Michael J. Morley, Noreen Heraty, Mark E. Mendenhall and Joyce S. Osland

In this contribution, we systematically review the extant global leadership literature to identify important bibliometric and thematic patterns in evidence in this evolving fieldā€¦

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In this contribution, we systematically review the extant global leadership literature to identify important bibliometric and thematic patterns in evidence in this evolving field of scholarship. Conceptualizing the phenomenon to include leaders/managers/supervisors who hold global, expatriate, or international positions, we draw out insights accumulated from a total of 327 published articles in key management and organizational behavior journals listed in Scopus. Our analysis proceeds in two sequential phases. Our bibliometric analysis first identifies the most cited articles, most published first authors, country bases of first authors, and frequently publishing journals in this field. This characterizes both the diversity and innovative nature of scholarship in the field. Our thematic content analysis, generated through Nvivo 11, isolates two dominant overarching themes that represent the wellspring for the body of literature, namely global leader development and global leader effectiveness. These themes of development and effectiveness are further explicated through six distinct lenses namely cultural, cognitive, learning, personality trait, social/relational, and political. These lenses are underpinned by a suite of theoretical perspectives encompassing individual, system, and contextual considerations. In combination, these sets of analyses bring added systematics to the field and serve as a point of departure for future inquiry.

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Advances in Global Leadership
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78754-297-6

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Publication date: 29 April 2021

Leopoldo Trieste, Andrea Bazzani, Alessia Amato, Ugo Faraguna and Giuseppe Turchetti

The purpose of this paper is to explore the associations between food literacy, consumer profiling and purchasing behaviour in a sample of Italian consumers.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore the associations between food literacy, consumer profiling and purchasing behaviour in a sample of Italian consumers.

Design/methodology/approach

Participants (N = 194) completed an online survey including personal data, two questionnaires on purchase behaviour and food consumption, the General Trust Scale (GTS), a questionnaire assessing individual chronotype and two scales about food literacy: one investigating nutritional knowledge (short food literacy questionnaire, SFLQ) and the other focussing on procedural skills (self-perceived food literacy scale, SPFL). Associations between food literacy, consumer profiling and purchase behaviour were analysed with linear regression models.

Findings

Participants with specific education in nutrition reported higher scores in food literacy. The final score of food literacy was predicted by a greater attention to nutritional content and nutritional properties of products. Women paid more attention to nutritional properties than men, and they obtained higher scores in SFLQ. Evening types obtained lower scores in SFPL compared to intermediate and morning chronotypes. Body mass index (BMI) was negatively correlated to SPFL score, while it was associated with the easy availability of a product, so that obese (BMI ā‰„ 30) subjects considered the easy availability of a product more important compared to non-obese ones (BMI < 30).

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This study investigates the influence of personal and psychometric variables of consumer profiling on food literacy and consequently on purchase behaviour, paving the way for implementing healthier food consumption policies. These findings reinforce the primacy of specific education in building healthy eating habits.

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British Food Journal, vol. 123 no. 13
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 30 August 2013

Vikas Modgil, S.K. Sharma and Jagtar Singh

The purpose of this paper is to make a performance model of a shoe upper manufacturing unit of a shoe manufacturing industry by computing both the availabilities, i.e. timeā€¦

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to make a performance model of a shoe upper manufacturing unit of a shoe manufacturing industry by computing both the availabilities, i.e. time dependent system availability (TDSA) and the longā€term availability.

Design/methodology/approach

The present work is carried out by developing performance model based on Markov birthā€death process. The unit consists of four subsystems. The first order governing differential equations are derived using the mnemonic rule and further solved by adaptive stepā€size control Rungeā€Kutta method to calculate the TDSA, while the longā€term availability is calculated using normalizing condition, initial boundary conditions and recursive method. Both the availabilities are considered for system's performance criterion.

Findings

The subsystem A, i.e. sewing machine is the most critical from maintenance point of view, which has more impact on the system's performance as compare to other subsystems. The repair priorities of other subsystems have also been proposed.

Practical implications

These methods can also be used to find out the performance of other manufacturing industries.

Originality/value

The results of the present work are very useful for finding the critical subsystem and its effect on the system performance in terms of availability. Further, based on findings the maintenance priorities of various subsystems can be decided.

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International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, vol. 30 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0265-671X

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Publication date: 28 October 2024

Ana LuĆ­sa Rodrigues and Carolina Pereira

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools, namely ChatGPT, Copilot (Bing) or Gemini (Bard) chatbots, have brought very rapid repercussions at education level in general, especially inā€¦

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Artificial intelligence (AI) tools, namely ChatGPT, Copilot (Bing) or Gemini (Bard) chatbots, have brought very rapid repercussions at education level in general, especially in higher education. Several challenges are being presented to institutions, teachers and students, highlighting the way teachers teach and students learn, and significant transformations are expected in the short term due to the availability of this type of tools. This chapter aims to analyse and discuss how the new generative AI tools, which are accessible to all, can influence teachers' instructional methods and transform the format and the ways students learn. What are the main challenges, limitations and changes that we can foresee, considering the dangers and constraints of these new tools, regarding the teaching and learning processes of young adults in higher education. A case study was selected, using an exploratory questionnaire survey of undergraduate students, which was analysed using descriptive statistics. This study demonstrated that teachers, in student perspectives, are still far integrating IA in their pedagogical strategies, mainly focussing in the dangers and limitations and little in the potential. The aim was to contribute to assess how these new working tools can be an instrument that enhances critical thinking and active and transformative learning of young adults, when used with the minimisation of risks and errors. Furthermore, it is intended to reflect on appropriate AI educational policies as well as on the development of competences and digital literacy in the training of higher education students as global citizens.

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