Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 9 – 10, 2010 Management of Supply Chain in Petroleum Corporations in India Surajit Roy LPG Operations, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Mumbai 400053, India R. S. Dhalla Microbiological Consultants Mumbai 400007, India Abstract Supply chain initiatives have become a critical part of firms operations. Success is increasingly being dictated by how well a company can control
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model. FADE stands for Focus-define process to be improved, analyze-collect and analyze data, develop-develop action plans for improvement, execute-implement the action plans, and Evaluate-measure and monitor the system to ensure success. Six Sigma is a business strategy that seeks to identify and eliminate causes of errors or defects or failures in business processes by focusing on outputs that are critical to customers (Snee, 1999). It is also a measure of quality that strives for near elimination
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TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST INDEX |NO |DETAILS |PAGES | |1 |INTRODUCTION OF TQM |2 | |2 |PRINCIPLES OF TQM |3 | |3 |THE COST OF TQM
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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR THE LEARNING FACTORY by Harry Barton and Rick Delbridge Cardiff Business School University of Wales, United Kingdom BartonH@Cardiff.ac.uk Paper prepared for International Workshop Lean Production and Labour Force in the Car Industry: The Forms of Implementation of an Epoch-Making Model March 25-27, 2000 University of Calabria – Rende (Italy) 20 Introduction It is conventional wisdom that the factories of the future will be sites of continuous improvement, innovation
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GOAL/QPC Research Committee 1990 Research Report No. 90-12-02 Total Quality Management Master Plan An Implementation Strategy GOAL/QPC 12B Manor Parkway Salem, New Hampshire 03079 Phone: (603) 890-8800 FAX: (603) 870-9122 service@goalqpc.com www.goalqpc.com About GOAL/QPC . . . Founded in 1978 as a nonprofit organization, GOAL/QPC grew from a regional effort to expand jobs in northeastern Massachusetts to an international leader in studying and teaching a business transformation process
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Research on Lean Project Management Summary This report explains theories and assumptions of current project management methods, and compares it to the Lean Production Delivery System (LPDS) by showing advantages and disadvantages of each method. This report also includes how the LPDS is more efficient than other methods by eliminating wastes and save cost and duration. Introduction: Client needs nowadays are getting more stylish due to the continuous new challenges in the
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business processes | Correct Answer: | 1. Less expensive2. More likely to come in under or on budget.3. Easier to implement.4. Uses industry best practices. | | | Response Feedback: | [None Given] | | | | | * Question 2 Needs Grading | | | List 5 tangible benefits with an ERP.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Tangible benefits: 3. Inventory reduction 4. Personnel reduction 5. Productivity improvement 6. Order management improvement 7. Financial
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running a household. There is going to be the members of the family who will resist the change and those who will embrace the change. It is said that managing organisational change involves processes and tools for managing the people within the organisational. It was necessary for Corus to have change management employed as there was the need for becoming more competitive and to reduce or even close the gaps between European competitors and themselves. This deemed to be the main reason behind Corus’s
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Project [Author] [Instructor] [Course] [Date] Project 1. How should the cost of quality be factored in to the project budget process? There are two aspects to find the value of any given product or service. One is the making/functioning of the product and the second is the trust or dependency associated with any specific product or service. Basic functionality of any product will give you the basic reward whereas; the trust or dependency is the value added factor which will give
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Enterprise Change and Configuration Management Plan This document is Intellectual Property of for Internal Use only. It may not be sold or distributed in hard copy or electronic format to any other company and/or association without permission. Document Control This is a controlled document produced by Agency Name. The control and release of this document, including any required amendments, is
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