Industrial Management articles from November 1994

Industrial Management archives from November 1994

Understanding the operational turnaround.
November 1, 1994... While strategic turnarounds may focus on market-related issues, debt restructuring or acquisition/divestiture considerations, operational turnarounds are independent of such issues. The focus of operational turnarounds is on the bottom-line for...

Communication, commitment and corporate culture: the foundation for TQM and reengineering. (total quality management)
November 1, 1994... Since President Reagan signed Public Law 100-107 in 1987, there has been a substantial increase in references in literature to total quality management. That law, often referred to as the National Quality Improvement Act, established the Malcolm...

Using flexibility to justify robotics automation costs.
November 1, 1994... The increasing globalization of many markets has intensified the competitive pressures on manufacturing firms making manufacturing strategy a topic of growing importance. The ability of U.S. manufacturing firms to compete in this turbulent...

How theory of constraints can be used to direct preventive maintenance.
November 1, 1994... As with many continuous improvement projects, preventive maintenance (PM) programs are often selected using Pareto Analysis by focusing on the resource with the most unscheduled down time. The logic of this approach is fairly straight forward....

Reengineering the Corporation.
November 1, 1994... A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND CRITIQUE Process reengineering is a growing fad that advocates dramatic change can be achieved in the way business is conducted if the processes basic to doing business are reengineered. Unfortunately this new...

Technology transfer in a culturally diverse workforce, part 3.
November 1, 1994... Since trends forecast and predict the future let us take a snap-shot of the upcoming years. By 1998, users of manufacturing software systems that handle MRP II, CAD/CAM, manufacturing execution, and factory data collection will buy $6.3 billion...

Mentoring at the management level.
November 1, 1994... Mentoring is the assignment of a skilled and experienced operating professional to help accelerate the performance of another manager. In the 1980s the mentoring procedure was widely implemented to escalate the productivity of entry-level...

Quality project management: key success factor to exceeding buyer values. (includes related article)
November 1, 1994... The means to successful software development is the ability to deliver high-quality products that exceed customer requirements. In order to maintain this level of quality, software development organizations must put in place effective project...

The case for supervisor involvement.
November 1, 1994... As organizations strive for greater productivity and efficiency, the move toward deeper involvement of operating employees in problem-solving and decision-making is gaining momentum. Managers of various types of organizations have discovered the...

Concurrent engineering: criteria for effective implementation.
November 1, 1994... Today, an essential part of corporate strength is the ability to react to changing market needs rapidly, predictably, and responsively. Time-to-market has become a critical measure of business performance. Whether a company's concurrent...