Industrial Management articles from September 1996

Industrial Management archives from September 1996

Why do we miss delivery dates?
September 1, 1996... Customer demand for on-time delivery has been increasing over the last five to six years. Unfortunately, many industries are not meeting their delivery performance goals. Demanding customers, a high mix of end items, and minimal availability of...

World-class standards for global competitiveness: an overview of ISO 9000.
September 1, 1996... The global market as we know it is becoming more competitive every day. Countries around the globe are searching for ways to gain an edge over their competitors. One way they can achieve this edge is by becoming ISO 9000 certified. ISO 9000...

Self-managed teams: some operational difficulties.
September 1, 1996... The majority of the observations in this article were made at Mack Manufacturing Company in Southeast Missouri. Mack has been using self-managed teams for six years. The experience of several other organizations utilizing self-managed teams is...

Achieving success with production monitoring.
September 1, 1996... In the struggle to stay competitive, an increasingly important tool for production management is well-organized information from the shop floor. This information provides a basis for decision making and a benchmark for measuring performance. The...

Labor-management programs: fostering bilateral cooperation.
September 1, 1996... One of the features of the U.S. Industrial Relations System is the win-lose, adversarial relationship at the collective bargaining table. This traditional adversarial relationship started with the advent of organized labor and became...

Supply chain management: a time-based strategy.
September 1, 1996... Foreign competition is forcing American firms to reorient their business strategies away from conventional, cost-based strategies and more toward time-based strategies. When customers must choose between products with similar levels of quality...

Creating the best job description for your supervisor.
September 1, 1996... It's important that job descriptions (JDs) be prepared for all employees in an organization. In most cases, fairly accurate and specific JDs are prepared for non-managerial employees. This isn't always the case, however, with supervisors and...