together goods that are bought by end consumers like you and I. Such a scene seems reminiscent of the mistreatment of industrial workers that was prevalent during the early 20th century. It is hard to believe then that in today’s day and age the manufacturing sector, primarily in backwards nations, has once again become synonymous with labor rights violations. This phenomenon is largely due to globalization, a movement that has led multinational corporations (MNCs) to invest in cheap labor available
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The inclusion of a brief summary (‘Executive Summary’) is standard reporting practice and is meant to act as a guide to the contents of the report and to highlight major conclusions and recommendations. The Executive Summary derives its name from the practice of providing the executives of an organisation, that is, those responsible for making decisions and taking appropriate action, with a concise outline of the major points in a report to save them time. The detail can be pursued in more
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Pergamon PII: European Management Journal Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 635–643, 1998 © 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain S0263-2373(98)00040-1 0263-2373/98 $19.00 0.00 The Impact of Corporate Outsourcing on Company Value DAVID J. BRYCE, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania MICHAEL USEEM, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Companies worldwide are expanding their use of outsourcing for services and products. This article appraises what
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Task 1 Definitions of quality in terms of business and services provision Quality in business, engineering and manufacturing has a pragmatic interpretation as the non-inferiority or superiority of something; it is also defined as fitness for purpose. Quality is a perceptual, conditional, and somewhat subjective attribute and may be understood differently by different people. Consumers may focus on the specification quality of a product/service, or how it compares to competitors in the marketplace
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4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Quality – Has Many Definitions Evolution of Quality What Quality Gurus Have Said The Concept of Total Quality Management The Business Processes and Quality Vendor Quality Human Aspects of Quality World Class Manufacturing Bibliography Foot Notes 89 CHAPTER 4.0 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 4.1 QUALITY – HAS MANY DEFINITIONS: It is true that Quality has a number of definitions. 4.1.1 Oxford Advanced Learner‟s Dictionary72 defines Quality as “The standard of something
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Abstract-With the global economic competition aggravating, the problem of China manufacturing foundry enterprise transformation upgrading is imminent. To successfully implement the transformation and upgrading, the manufacturing foundry enterprises must have the profound and comprehensive understanding of the various resistances encountered in their upgrading process and its influence. Different from the most exiting studies, this article firstly elaborates the upgrading mode and possible path of the
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Quality Frameworks Quality assurance, or QA for short, refers to a program for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met. It is important to realize also that quality is determined by the program sponsor. QA cannot absolutely guarantee the production of quality products, unfortunately, but makes this more likely. Two key principles characterize QA: "fit for purpose" (the product should be
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increasing interest in both the academic and managerial worlds. This, for the most part, is due to the broadening spectrum of performances required by the present-day competitive environment and the new production paradigm known as Lean Production or World Class Manufacturing (Hall et al., 1991). In addition there is the need to support and verify the performance improvement programmes such as Just-in-Time, Total Quality Management, Concurrent Engineering, etc. (Ghalayini and Noble, 1996). These
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..................5 3.1 Nike Product Development....................................................................................................................5 3.2 Nike’s Manufacturing flow management........................................................................................6 3.3 Lean manufacturing ..................................................................................................................................6 4 NIKE SUPPLY CHAIN ASPECTS..................
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Introduction Over the last twenty years, numerous studies and researches on the companies’ HR system have moved ever more towards the strategic aspect of this function, rather than the operational one. This shift of interest in the direction of the strategic HR has been substantially determined by the major changes occurred in the external environment in which organizations operate and in their internal environment as well. As Ulrich et al (2001) have argued the HR function was traditionally
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