This paper studies links between firm levels externally validated changes in quality such as certificates, awards, etc. and their impact on productivity. Data Envelopment Analysis approach is used to estimate productivity change for each year during the eleven year period 1993-2003 for a sample of 50 firms in the Indian...
Productivity improvement is a main issue in the context of large-scale developments, where produced software needs to meet quality criteria, both on budget and schedule. This paper explains the introduction of the software factories technique to automate and improve production of complex software systems in the context of Model-Driven Development...
Where outsourcing was once focused on controlling costs, it is now being used by companies looking to gain operational flexibility, productivity improvements and improved effectiveness through improved business focus and access to worldwide capabilities. Whereas a number of other industries have taken bold steps to use outsourcing to achieve high...
The essence of industrial productivity improvement is to reduce or eliminate variation in the output of a job by reducing or eliminating variation in process. As Peter Drucker observes, the defining characteristic of knowledge work is that knowledge workers define their own jobs; moreover, they are expected to define what...
This paper examines the economy-wide impacts of industry specific productivity improvements. The various factors and channels are attempted to identify that enhance or reduce the economy wide impacts from a given productivity shock. To examine industry specific productivity improvements Computable General Equilibrium CGE modelling is used in the form of...
Distributed sensing, a system-wide deployment of sensing devices, has resulted in both temporally and spatially dense data-rich environments. This new technology provides unprecedented opportunities for quality and productivity improvement. This paper discusses the state-of-the-art practice, research challenges, and future directions related to distributed sensing. The discussion includes optimal design of...
In this paper, the effects of China's WTO commitments of reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers are analysed using a Computable General Equilibrium CGE model of China. In particular, this study draws the attention of policy makers to a different regional employment outcome when trade-liberalisation induced productivity improvements are taken into...
Implementing a management buyout MBO is a difficult task. Management and its buyout team should focus on the following issues when trying to price, structure and implement a successful MBO. Thes issues are Market Analysis, Fair Market Value, Facilities and Equipment, Suppliers etc. All these have been discussed in detail....
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Park City Group Reports Pact with International Supermarket RetailerC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Park City Group, a developer and marketer of patented computer software and consulting services for retailers, announced that as a result of its customer experiencing ongoing and...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Monsanto Commits to Double Yield in Three Major CropsC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Monsanto Company announced a three-point commitment to help increase food production in the face of growing demand, limited natural resources and a changing climate. It...
DESPITE an upsurge in human resource development HRD activities in organisations, training departments are still hard put to justify their usefulness and importance to their employers. Part of the reason is that the proliferation of HRD activities has blurred the distinction between what is truly needed by the organisation to...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CORPORATE social responsibility CSR is a concept that frequently overlaps with similar approaches such as corporate sustainability, corporate sustainable development, corporate responsibility, and corporate citizenship. While CSR does not have a universal definition, many see it as the private sector's way of integrating the economic, social,...
INTRODUCTION Technological breakthroughs, especially in information and communication technologies ICT, have brought unprecedented benefits to economies worldwide. The positive benefits created by ICT are observable in all sectors of the economy-in the ICT-producing sector as well as the ICT-using sector. Generally, ICT enhances business efficiency, enables swifter product...
INTRODUCTION The term development denotes the pursuit or the realization of improving the socioeconomic status of people. Local development is the promotion of all economic activities, in which a place presents some advantages, as well as the exploitation of all its wealth-producing sources (1), (3), (4). The main...
The beef supply chain consists of multiple production stages that transfer cattle and beef downstream using market transactions. Qualities, quantities, and prices are established through observation and negotiation. Market inefficiencies can occur because quality assurance efforts of upstream operations are not verifiable by downstream parties and the downstream firms often...
ABSTRACT : The aim of this study was directed at exploring the possible use of muscle fiber characteristics as new selection traits for improving both porcine lean meat production and quality. A total of 174 (114 Yorkshire, 30 Landrace, and 30 Meishan) pigs were used for this study, and lean...
To score wrinkle-free skin fast, look no further than the latest crop of peptide-packed products. "Skincare manufacturers have figured out how to condense peptides. ingredients that firm and lift, into even tinier particles so they sink deeper into your skin and work faster," says Patricia Wexler, M.D., a dermatologist in...
XO Communications (OTCBB: XOHO) today announcedthat XO Anywhere, a powerful service from XO that helps improve workerproductivity with mobility and unified communications features, has beenawarded the 2008 Telephony Innovation Award. XO Anywhere enables employeesto turn any phone into their XO IP Flex office phone, providing an idealsolution for companies...
FIMAC Solutions, LLC ,risk management and profitability experts serving banks and credit unions,announced that Grant W. Doner, who previously served as Vice President ofthe Indian River Federal Credit Union in Vero Beach, Florida, has beenhired as Special Projects Manager. Doner will initially focus on improvement and development of FIMAC's ...
Ronn Motor Company (PINKSHEETS: RNNM) announcedtoday it would begin a research and development program to study the moreefficient use of ethanol and hydrogen blended fuels, including improvedfuel mapping. Ronn Maxwell, CEO, stated, "We will use electronic controls to vary theair/fuel mixture to optimize the efficiency in the process." Ronn Motor...
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