International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

2006 - 2025

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Volume 16, issue 4, 2015

Developing the Kano model by service quality robust design: an integrative approach pp. 373-389

Arash Shahin and Nasibeh Janatyan

A framework to measure transit service quality areas to be managed pp. 390-415

Benedetto Barabino, Eusebio Deiana and Sara Mozzoni

Improvement of OEE performance using a Lean Six Sigma approach: an Italian manufacturing case study pp. 416-433

Andrea Chiarini

Finding the shortest route surveying through proposed genetic algorithm pp. 434-444

Fatemeh Jaferi and Seyed Mojtaba Sajadi

Theory of inventive problem solving method in sand casting process optimisation pp. 445-461

A. Kumaravadivel

An insight to availability for O%M support of mechanical systems pp. 462-472

Mohammad Asjad, Makarand S. Kulkarni and O.P. Gandhi

Effectiveness improvement through total productive maintenance using particle swarm optimisation model for small and micro manufacturing enterprises pp. 473-503

G. Ananth and B.K. Vinayagam

Volume 16, issue 3, 2015

Total quality management success factors and their relationships with performance measures in the food industry: a Mauritian case study pp. 249-266

Shameer Danyen and Devkumar Sing Callychurn

Predictive maintenance using modified FMECA method pp. 267-280

Nishit Kumar Srivastava and Sandeep Mondal

Ready for Six Sigma? - a survey of Indonesian SMEs pp. 281-297

Kifayah Amar and Douglas Davis

Evaluation of maintenance management through the overall equipment effectiveness of a yogurt production line in a medium-sized Italian company pp. 298-311

Panagiotis H. Tsarouhas

A novel fuzzy data envelopment analysis for measuring corporate sustainability performance pp. 312-324

Majid Azadi, Mostafa Jafarian, Seyed Mostafa Mirhedayatian and Reza Farzipoor Saen

Computer-aided design of X and R charts using teaching-learning-based optimisation algorithm pp. 325-346

Abhijeet Ganguly and Saroj Kumar Patel

A thermal-structural model for process performance analysis pp. 347-371

Chinmaya P. Mohanty, Siba Sankar Mahapatra and Jambeswar Sahu

Volume 16, issue 2, 2015

Impact of total quality management on customer satisfaction in Indian banking sector pp. 127-147

Durgesh Pattanayak and Plavini Punyatoya

Parameter optimisation of powder mixed EDM of aluminium-based metal matrix composite using Taguchi and grey analysis pp. 148-168

Smitanjali Behera, Suchismita Satapathy and Surendra K. Ghadai

Using data envelopment analysis to investigate the performance of industrial clusters to utilise resources pp. 169-182

Abdorrahman Haeri, Seyed Mojtaba Moussavi Neghabi, Gholamreza Soleimani and Morteza Anoosheh

Impact of kaizen on firm's competitive advantage in a Japanese owned company in Malaysia pp. 183-210

Suhaiza Zailani, Mohd Rizaimy Shaharudin and Bernard Saw

The need for implementing lean in healthcare organisations pp. 211-230

Adriana Giraldo, William M. Mothersell and Jaideep Motwani

The relation between individual-social factors and conflict management styles: an empirical case study pp. 231-247

Badri Abbasi and Farzaneh Niyazi Ghaziyani

Volume 16, issue 1, 2015

Impact of social capital on corporate entrepreneurship: an empirical investigation pp. 1-16

Mohammad Piran, Hossein Ghafarzadeh, Aghil Ghasemi-Khashab and Saheb Imani

Financial performance evaluation of present petrochemical companies in stock exchange by data envelopment analysis pp. 17-35

Fereshteh Mashhadi, Azam Hosseini Ballam and Hadi Shirouyehzad

Impact of foreign workers on labour productivity: analysis of firm level data pp. 36-53

Rahmah Ismail

Estimation of technical efficiency in banking industry using stochastic frontier analysis pp. 54-69

Farnaz Foroutan, Homayoun Ranjbar and Mehdi Hampaeyan-Miandoab

Monitoring of process mean and variance simultaneously by joint X and R chart for serial correlation pp. 70-91

D.R. Prajapati and Sukhraj Singh

Risk mitigations strategy in supply chain planning and control: an ANP approach pp. 92-113

Mahesh Chand, Tilak Raj and Ravi Shankar

Modelling macroeconomics of quality pp. 114-126

Birhanu Beshah, Ephrem Gidey and Assefa Leta

Volume 15, issue 4, 2015

Impact of challenges and barriers on the success of TQM: an empirical study pp. 407-428

Connie Rokke, Om Prakash Yadav and Brij N. Singh

How to carry out visual inspection more efficiently and more effectively: the characterisation and evaluation of aesthetic anomalies pp. 429-447

Jean-Luc Maire, Maurice Pillet and Nathalie Baudet

Modelling enablers for implementing TQM in autoancillary SMEs pp. 448-468

Rishu Sharma

Emerging trends in cost of quality practices: an overview pp. 469-485

Sanjay G. Mantri and Santosh B. Jaju

Modelling and analysis of an agile supply chain pp. 486-510

P.G. Saleeshya and B. Sachin

Designing a mathematical model for indicators of service quality in the tourism industry based on SERVQUAL and Rembrandt methods pp. 511-527

Amir Karbassi Yazdi

Evaluation of the economic impact of a new high value process for the management of the end of life of thin film photovoltaic modules pp. 528-541

Giancarlo Giacchetta, Mariella Leporini and Barbara Marchetti

Volume 15, issue 3, 2015

World class logistics - south of the border: an analysis of Mexican maquiladora environmentally responsible practices pp. 285-308

Kevin W. Cruthirds, Tom Coyle, Marco Polo Tello Velasco and Blanca G. Marquez

Multi-response optimisation of EDM parameters using data envelopment analysis pp. 309-334

Jambeswar Sahu, Siba Sankar Mahapatra and Chinmaya P. Mohanty

Minimising assembly loss for a complex assembly using Taguchi's concept in selective assembly pp. 335-356

J. Rajesh Babu and A. Asha

Use of intellectual capital as a surrogate for productivity measurement pp. 357-380

Kongkiti Phusavat, Apinat Lertritwittya and Petri Helo

An interpretive hierarchical model for lean implementation in machine tool sector pp. 381-406

Vikram Sharma, Amit Rai Dixit, Mohammad Asim Qadri and Sanjay Kumar

Volume 15, issue 2, 2015

A survey of business network integration: implications for quality and productivity performance pp. 131-152

Paul Hong, Jon H. Marvel and Sachin Modi

The impact of project management assets on the VRIO characteristics of PM process for competitive advantage pp. 153-168

Seung-Chul Kim, Jae-Sung Lee and Kyu-Il Shin

Virtual or vertical? Achieving integrated global supply chains: comparison and analysis of virtual integration and vertical integration in Japanese and Korean steel industry pp. 169-184

Sungwoo Byun and Changmin Lee

Comparative efficiency assessment and strategic benchmarking of smartphone providers with data envelopment analysis pp. 185-202

He-Boong Kwon and Paul Hong

Improving service quality through managing customer contact: case of airlines pp. 203-214

Su-Young Hwang, Eun-Mi Choung, Je-Man Boo and Seung-Chul Kim

Two-stage approach to the mixed-model sequencing problem pp. 215-236

Shusaku Hiraki

A global knowledge transfer network: the case of Toyota's global production support system pp. 237-251

Y. Suh

Managing internal competition in multinational corporations: the role of home bases pp. 252-267

Kiyohiro Oki

Flexible supply capability driving total inventory reduction: an analysis of Omron Healthcare pp. 268-284

Mizuki Kobayashi, Junjiro Shintaku and Daiki Kato

Volume 15, issue 1, 2015

Estimating household electricity consumption by environmental consciousness pp. 1-19

Ali Azadeh, Ali Narimani and Tayebeh Nazari

Evaluation of the suggestions system performance using DEA, the case of Esfahan's Steel Company pp. 20-35

Ehsan Jafarpour, Reza Shafei, Mahnaz Sadeghani and Mahdi Moradi

Optimisation of a machine loading problem using a genetic algorithm-based heuristic pp. 36-56

Shrey Ginoria, G.L. Samuel and G. Srinivasan

Six Sigma management and grey relational analysis to improve performance of tableting process pp. 57-71

Abbas Al-Refaie and Kawther Al-Hmaideen

Effect of various factors for achieving environmental performance in manufacturing industry: a review pp. 72-107

Amit Kr. Tanwer, D.R. Prajapati and Perminder Jit Singh

The critical success factors for successful lean implementation in hospitals pp. 108-126

Behrooz Noori