TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving productivity and quality in manufacturing organizations
AU - Gunasekaran, A.
AU - Korukonda, A. R.
AU - Virtanen, I.
AU - Yli-Olli, P.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to two anonymous refereesf or their extremely useful and helpful comments on the earlier version of this manuscript which helped to improve presentation of this paper considerably. Also, the authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support by the Neste Foundation.
PY - 1994/9
Y1 - 1994/9
N2 - Today most firms are interested in a strategic approach for improving productivity and quality in their organizations. Consistent with this thrust, this paper attempts to provide a strategic framework for such efforts. The main focus of this paper is on integrating various functional groups of a manufacturing organization and highlighting the role of new manufacturing concepts and technologies in such integrations. Comparison of earlier and present practices of production operations signifies the importance ofJIT, TQM, and FMS in improving the integration of various functional areas and alignment between business, manufacturing and quality improvement strategies. The role of knowledge workers and support services play a dominant role in improving productivity and quality in manufacturing organizations, especially in advanced manufacturing systems such as JIT, FMS and CIM.
AB - Today most firms are interested in a strategic approach for improving productivity and quality in their organizations. Consistent with this thrust, this paper attempts to provide a strategic framework for such efforts. The main focus of this paper is on integrating various functional groups of a manufacturing organization and highlighting the role of new manufacturing concepts and technologies in such integrations. Comparison of earlier and present practices of production operations signifies the importance ofJIT, TQM, and FMS in improving the integration of various functional areas and alignment between business, manufacturing and quality improvement strategies. The role of knowledge workers and support services play a dominant role in improving productivity and quality in manufacturing organizations, especially in advanced manufacturing systems such as JIT, FMS and CIM.
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U2 - 10.1016/0925-5273(94)90022-1
DO - 10.1016/0925-5273(94)90022-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0028513819
SN - 0925-5273
VL - 36
SP - 169
EP - 183
JO - International Journal of Production Economics
JF - International Journal of Production Economics
IS - 2
ER -