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The growth rate of fair-size institutions and Organization is directly related to the
implementation of Six Sigma Methodology. This paper consists of detailed analysis regarding application
of six sigma Methodologies in Organizations and Institutions. This paper provides an overview to the
literature into various categories and considers various methods/techniques suggested in the literature.
Based on the review, avenues for further research are also discussed.
In recent years, management and, consequently, supply chain performance measurement, has attracted the attention of a large number of managers and researchers in the field of production and operations management. In parallel with the evolution of organizations from a single approach to a network and supply chain approach, performance measurement systems have also changed and moved towards network and supply chain performance measurement. Therefore, in order to face the storm of great change and transformation and not give in to the wave of competitive aggression, organizations have long had one thing in common, and that is to focus approaches and focus efforts towards achieving results. Results that lead to a competitive advantage and are more effective and decisive in the performance indicators of the organization, including earning more. In this study, in order to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the supply chain in manufacturing companies, using indicators such as cost, timely delivery and procurement time to evaluate the supply chain efficiency is considered. And performance evaluation was performed at the manufacturer level. Therefore, in order to evaluate the performance of the supply chain using the AHP integration approach and the DEA method approach in the fuzzy environment, the suppliers and suppliers of the manufacturing company were evaluated and ranked in terms of performance.
Practical Suggestions to Successfully Adopt the CMMI V2.0 Development for Bet...Dr. Mustafa Değerli
Değerli, M. (2020). Practical Suggestions to Successfully Adopt the CMMI V2.0 Development for Better Process, Performance, and Products. 5th International Conference on Computer Science & Engineering (UBMK 2020). 10.1109/UBMK50275.2020.9219438 - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9212329/proceeding
A BENCHMARK MODEL FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRY USING FUZZY TOPSIS APPR...ijmech
Internal assessment is one of the most important factor of an industry, needs appropriate improvement
planning between the departments with development of Benchmark model among them. The proposed study
applies Fuzzy Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution to rank different alternatives.
The preliminary results indicate that the proposed model is capable of determining appropriate
competition between departments which are Human Resource, Finance, Production, Quality Assurance. To
remove the subjectivity, the linguistic data about the attributes is converted into a crisp score by using
fuzzy numbers and then the different alternatives are evaluated based on attributes by TOPSIS approach to
find the best alternative according to the industry’s requirement. Thus the endeavor has been made by the
authors to give a simple model for the evaluation of internal assessment of an industry
The Six Sigma is an innovative, systematic, data-driven methodology for improving processes that reduce waste and defects/errors. The dynamic measure within Six Sigma is the number of defects and identifying the causes for variation. The variations are agile that creates uncertainty in delivering the desired outcome. Service organizations are offering services at a predetermined level stated in SLA. This paper attempts to standardize, reduce variation in offering service quality through identifying the causes of variations in the project operations by establishing specifications. The study shows the deviations among the projects teams. Analysing the time-variation in resolving the problems encountered in different projects, variation in the projects lapsed the delivery content within the SLA. Results after introducing process capabilities and online auto-triggering system enabled, variation in resolution times dropped. Team members were redeployed to other projects thus time-variations is controlled with multiple business opportunities.
Achieving and Ensuring Business Process Acceptance for Systems and Software E...Dr. Mustafa Değerli
Değerli, M. and Özkan, S. (2014). Achieving and Ensuring Business Process Acceptance for Systems and Software Engineering and Management. In Business Performance Measurement and Management. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. ISBN- 13: 978-1443861397 - ISBN-10: 1443861391 - https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/5yxQBwAAQBAJ
The growth rate of fair-size institutions and Organization is directly related to the
implementation of Six Sigma Methodology. This paper consists of detailed analysis regarding application
of six sigma Methodologies in Organizations and Institutions. This paper provides an overview to the
literature into various categories and considers various methods/techniques suggested in the literature.
Based on the review, avenues for further research are also discussed.
In recent years, management and, consequently, supply chain performance measurement, has attracted the attention of a large number of managers and researchers in the field of production and operations management. In parallel with the evolution of organizations from a single approach to a network and supply chain approach, performance measurement systems have also changed and moved towards network and supply chain performance measurement. Therefore, in order to face the storm of great change and transformation and not give in to the wave of competitive aggression, organizations have long had one thing in common, and that is to focus approaches and focus efforts towards achieving results. Results that lead to a competitive advantage and are more effective and decisive in the performance indicators of the organization, including earning more. In this study, in order to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the supply chain in manufacturing companies, using indicators such as cost, timely delivery and procurement time to evaluate the supply chain efficiency is considered. And performance evaluation was performed at the manufacturer level. Therefore, in order to evaluate the performance of the supply chain using the AHP integration approach and the DEA method approach in the fuzzy environment, the suppliers and suppliers of the manufacturing company were evaluated and ranked in terms of performance.
Practical Suggestions to Successfully Adopt the CMMI V2.0 Development for Bet...Dr. Mustafa Değerli
Değerli, M. (2020). Practical Suggestions to Successfully Adopt the CMMI V2.0 Development for Better Process, Performance, and Products. 5th International Conference on Computer Science & Engineering (UBMK 2020). 10.1109/UBMK50275.2020.9219438 - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9212329/proceeding
A BENCHMARK MODEL FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRY USING FUZZY TOPSIS APPR...ijmech
Internal assessment is one of the most important factor of an industry, needs appropriate improvement
planning between the departments with development of Benchmark model among them. The proposed study
applies Fuzzy Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution to rank different alternatives.
The preliminary results indicate that the proposed model is capable of determining appropriate
competition between departments which are Human Resource, Finance, Production, Quality Assurance. To
remove the subjectivity, the linguistic data about the attributes is converted into a crisp score by using
fuzzy numbers and then the different alternatives are evaluated based on attributes by TOPSIS approach to
find the best alternative according to the industry’s requirement. Thus the endeavor has been made by the
authors to give a simple model for the evaluation of internal assessment of an industry
The Six Sigma is an innovative, systematic, data-driven methodology for improving processes that reduce waste and defects/errors. The dynamic measure within Six Sigma is the number of defects and identifying the causes for variation. The variations are agile that creates uncertainty in delivering the desired outcome. Service organizations are offering services at a predetermined level stated in SLA. This paper attempts to standardize, reduce variation in offering service quality through identifying the causes of variations in the project operations by establishing specifications. The study shows the deviations among the projects teams. Analysing the time-variation in resolving the problems encountered in different projects, variation in the projects lapsed the delivery content within the SLA. Results after introducing process capabilities and online auto-triggering system enabled, variation in resolution times dropped. Team members were redeployed to other projects thus time-variations is controlled with multiple business opportunities.
Achieving and Ensuring Business Process Acceptance for Systems and Software E...Dr. Mustafa Değerli
Değerli, M. and Özkan, S. (2014). Achieving and Ensuring Business Process Acceptance for Systems and Software Engineering and Management. In Business Performance Measurement and Management. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. ISBN- 13: 978-1443861397 - ISBN-10: 1443861391 - https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/5yxQBwAAQBAJ
Lean Manufacturing and employee Performance in MalysiakhalidGGG
1. The document discusses a study on the impact of lean practices on flexibility performance in Malaysia's oil and gas sector. The study aims to evaluate the impact of pull systems, setup time reduction, and continuous improvement on flexibility.
2. A survey was conducted of 230 employees across various manufacturing companies in Malaysia's automotive industry. The results of the statistical analysis found a significant positive relationship between lean practices and flexibility performance. Pull systems in particular had a moderate impact on flexibility.
3. The findings indicate that implementing lean practices can improve company performance. Managers can use the results to prioritize which lean tools to adopt based on the performance measures that are most important to their organization. However, the study had some limitations
This document summarizes a study that conducted a gap analysis to assess Indian seafood exporting firms' readiness to implement total quality management (TQM). The study found the largest gaps were in the areas of using statistical process control tools (66.7% gap), benchmarking (65.6%), top management commitment (56.25%), and customer focus (48.1%). Top management was generally supportive of quality programs but lacked awareness of TQM tools and quality incentives for workers. Supplier quality management also showed a gap, though raw material quality was usually satisfactory. Few firms conducted customer satisfaction surveys. Overall the analysis revealed several areas that would need to be improved for firms to fully adopt a TQM system.
IRJET- Ethical Climates as a Moderator on the Relationship between Lean M...IRJET Journal
This document discusses a study that examined the relationship between lean manufacturing practices (LMP), manufacturing performance, and the moderating role of ethical climate among Malaysia's manufacturing organizations. The study collected data from 335 manufacturing organizations and analyzed it using PLS-SEM techniques. The results found a positive relationship between LMP and manufacturing performance. It also found a positive relationship between ethical climate and manufacturing performance. However, ethical climate did not significantly moderate the relationship between LMP and manufacturing performance, though further analysis showed it may do so under different conditions. The study contributes to understanding these relationships in Malaysian manufacturing contexts and the potential moderating role of ethical climate.
TQM is the integration of all functions and processes within an organization in order to achieve continuous improvement of the quality of goods and services. The goal is customer satisfaction.
More about the high-maturity for business processes: Certain distilled practi...Dr. Mustafa Değerli
Değerli, M. and Özkan, S. (2013). More about the high-maturity for business processes: Certain distilled practical implications. 18th International Conference on Transformative Research in Science, Engineering, and Business Innovation (SDPS 2013) Proceedings, 119-124. ISSN: 1090-9389 - https://sdpsnet.org/sdps/documents/sdps- 2013/SDPS_2013_proceedings.pdf
Effect of TQM Practices on Financial Performance through Innovation Performan...IRJET Journal
1) The document examines the direct and indirect effects of total quality management (TQM) practices on financial and innovation performance in Indian manufacturing companies.
2) It identifies 13 key TQM practices based on a literature review, including leadership commitment, customer focus, supplier quality management, and continuous improvement.
3) The study measures organizational performance through financial performance and innovation performance indicators. A conceptual research framework is proposed to analyze the relationships between TQM practices and these two performance measures.
The document provides examples of case studies where Pro Bono O.R. has been applied. The first case study describes how volunteers analyzed data and built a simulation model to recommend new staff shift patterns for a crimestoppers call center, improving performance without increasing costs. The second case study discusses how volunteers identified process improvements and value-adding activities for a charity matching volunteers to organizations. The third case study outlines how volunteers helped a youth venture define risks to sustainability and create a risk management plan.
Development of Model for Quality Costing in a Medium Scale Industry-A Case StudyIOSR Journals
Abstract: Quality c o s t s pl ay s vi tal rol e in improving productivity. These costs are typically
categorized into costs of prevention, appraisal, internal and external failure. Like other activities of
business, quality costs can be programmed, budgeted, measured and analyzed to attain the objective of
better quality at lower cost. Quality costs is the basis by which investments in quality programs may be
evaluated in terms of cost improvement , profit enhancement and other benefits for plants and companies
from these programs. The cost of quality is an increasingly important issue in the debates over quality.
There was a mistaken notion that achievement of better quality requires higher costs. It was the myth that
prevented many Indian companies to invest more on quality cost related programs. In this article the
authors made an attempt to identify the different types of quality costs in a medium scale industry because
the small and medium scale industries pay very little attention towards finding and developing a system for
knowing & optimizing the cost of achieving quality. A model is proposed to identify the different quality
costs in a medium scale industry and is further implemented. It has been found some quality costs are more critical and require greater attention.
Key words: Quality costs, Quality management, Pareto analysis, Model for optimization
Ranking The Refactoring Techniques Based on The External Quality AttributesIJRES Journal
The selection of appropriate decisions is a significant issue that might lead to more satisfactory results. The difficulty comes when there are several alternatives and when all of them have the same chance of being selected. It is important, therefore, to find the kinds of priorities among all of these alternatives in order to choose the most appropriate one. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is capable of structuring decision problems and finding mathematically determined judgments built on knowledge and experience. This suggests that AHP should prove useful in agile software development where complex decisions occur routinely. This paper presents an example of using the AHP to rank the refactoring techniques based on the external code quality attributes. XP encourages applying the refactoring where the code smells bad. However, refactoring may consume more time and efforts. Therefore, to maximize the benefits of the refactoring in less time and effort, AHP has been applied to achieve this purpose. It was found that ranking the refactoring techniques helped the XP team to focus on the technique that improve the code and the XP development process in general. :
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Development (IJERD)IJERD Editor
This document describes research conducted to develop and validate a tool to measure total quality management (TQM) practices in organizations. Through a literature review, 13 critical factors of TQM were identified. A questionnaire with 85 items measuring these factors was developed and tested on 20 organizations to evaluate reliability and validity. Reliability was high based on Cronbach's alpha scores. Validity was confirmed through factor analysis and a multitrait-multimethod matrix. The validated tool was used to survey 104 manufacturing and service organizations in India and compare their TQM practices using the Mann-Whitney U non-parametric test. Significant differences were found between the sectors.
This document summarizes a research paper on the effect of e-procurement, time management, and cost management on inbound logistics. It conducted a survey of 202 employees and supply chain personnel across various industries. The results found that cost management has a significant relationship with inbound logistics, while e-procurement and time management can maximize company profitability. The research concludes that effective e-procurement and time management are important for profitability, though employees currently place more emphasis on cost management in Pakistan.
This document summarizes a study conducted by Suzie Rose to identify process gaps in how Edelweiss Communications helps its customer-facing employees stay up to date on company changes. The study involved measuring the current state, conducting a focus group, assessing employee knowledge, and analyzing the results to determine possible causes of low performance. The purpose was to lay the foundation for improving processes to better support employees. A literature review identified several process improvement methodologies commonly used in corporate settings, including Kaizen, Six Sigma, Lean, and Lean Six Sigma. The study aimed to help Edelweiss Communications select and implement an effective methodology.
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Implementing total quality management to improve facilitiesLaukik Raut
This research work aims to understand Total Quality Management concepts and evaluating the extent of TQM
implementation in Mechanical Engineering Department through student feedback survey.
In keeping with the newer demands that have been placed on the self financed educational system by the various
stakeholders, the technical educational system in particular, has been pressured to shift its focus from one in
quantitative expansion to one with emphasis on quality. Growth and survival of these institutes is fully
depending on their competitive working style, opinions of their customers/students about their performance, and
contribution to economic growth. It is being increasingly recognized that high quality of products and services
are associated with customer satisfaction and they are the key points for survival for any organization whether
educational or otherwise. Not oblivious to the need for adaptation to serve the interests of its stakeholders, in
terms of greater responsiveness, the educational system has begun to realize the significance of total quality
management (TQM) in education.
This document provides an overview of operations research (OR). It defines OR as the scientific approach to problem solving and decision making through mathematical modeling and analysis. The document outlines the history, terminology, problem solving process, and applications of OR. Key points include that OR uses scientific methods to help organizations make better decisions, solve complex problems, and optimize performance across various industries and applications such as production, marketing, finance, and research.
Product Recommendation Systems based on Hybrid Approach TechnologyIRJET Journal
This document discusses hybrid recommendation systems for e-commerce. It begins with an introduction to recommendation systems and their use by e-commerce companies. It then discusses different types of recommendation techniques, including content-based filtering, collaborative filtering, and hybrid approaches. Specifically, it describes using a hybrid approach that combines content-based filtering and time sequence collaborative filtering algorithms. The document concludes that this hybrid method can provide more accurate product recommendations by combining time sequence information and content features.
HIDDEN COSTS OF QUALITY: MEASUREMENT & ANALYSIS ijmvsc
This document discusses hidden costs of quality and provides a literature review on previous studies related to measuring and analyzing quality costs. It identifies direct and hidden costs of quality and categorizes them into costs of conformance and non-conformance. The study aims to identify, measure, and quantify all hidden quality costs, like indirect and opportunity costs, across all processes and activities in a manufacturing firm to understand their impact on total quality costs and organizational performance. A methodology is outlined to collect comprehensive cost data and compare traditional quality cost analysis with one including hidden costs.
Operation research is a scientific approach to problem solving that helps executive management make better decisions. It uses interdisciplinary teams and quantitative methods like modeling, data analysis, and optimization. Some key characteristics include a systems perspective, application of the scientific method, and improvement of decision quality. Common models include linear programming and PERT/CPM techniques. The process involves defining the problem, collecting and analyzing data, testing solutions, and making recommendations to management for action. Operation research has applications in various industries like manufacturing, defense, agriculture, and more. Several large Indian companies use these techniques to aid decision making.
The document summarizes the first general meeting of the Undergraduate Economics Association at Boston University. It provides information on upcoming events, the roles and responsibilities of the executive board, and how students can get involved. The semester theme will be on imbalances between importers and exporters, and current data and views on this topic are presented optimistically and pessimistically. Students are encouraged to write articles, participate in competitions, and join committees to further their economic education.
Este documento describe varios conceptos clave relacionados con Internet como TCP, IP, www, HTTP, HTML, URL, DNS y dominios. Explica la diferencia entre IP pública e IP privada y cómo verificarlas. También enumera diferentes tipos de buscadores de Internet como directorios, motores de búsqueda y metabuscadores. Por último, menciona diversos sitios web para descargar música, libros, videos y archivos, así como para comprimir, encriptar y convertir diferentes formatos de archivos.
This document provides an introduction to game theory. It discusses three key elements of any game: (1) players, (2) strategies, and (3) payoffs. An example of an advertising game between AT&T and Verizon is used to illustrate dominant strategies, Nash equilibria, and how contracts can alter incentives. The prisoner's dilemma and challenges of maintaining cartels are also briefly covered.
Lean Manufacturing and employee Performance in MalysiakhalidGGG
1. The document discusses a study on the impact of lean practices on flexibility performance in Malaysia's oil and gas sector. The study aims to evaluate the impact of pull systems, setup time reduction, and continuous improvement on flexibility.
2. A survey was conducted of 230 employees across various manufacturing companies in Malaysia's automotive industry. The results of the statistical analysis found a significant positive relationship between lean practices and flexibility performance. Pull systems in particular had a moderate impact on flexibility.
3. The findings indicate that implementing lean practices can improve company performance. Managers can use the results to prioritize which lean tools to adopt based on the performance measures that are most important to their organization. However, the study had some limitations
This document summarizes a study that conducted a gap analysis to assess Indian seafood exporting firms' readiness to implement total quality management (TQM). The study found the largest gaps were in the areas of using statistical process control tools (66.7% gap), benchmarking (65.6%), top management commitment (56.25%), and customer focus (48.1%). Top management was generally supportive of quality programs but lacked awareness of TQM tools and quality incentives for workers. Supplier quality management also showed a gap, though raw material quality was usually satisfactory. Few firms conducted customer satisfaction surveys. Overall the analysis revealed several areas that would need to be improved for firms to fully adopt a TQM system.
IRJET- Ethical Climates as a Moderator on the Relationship between Lean M...IRJET Journal
This document discusses a study that examined the relationship between lean manufacturing practices (LMP), manufacturing performance, and the moderating role of ethical climate among Malaysia's manufacturing organizations. The study collected data from 335 manufacturing organizations and analyzed it using PLS-SEM techniques. The results found a positive relationship between LMP and manufacturing performance. It also found a positive relationship between ethical climate and manufacturing performance. However, ethical climate did not significantly moderate the relationship between LMP and manufacturing performance, though further analysis showed it may do so under different conditions. The study contributes to understanding these relationships in Malaysian manufacturing contexts and the potential moderating role of ethical climate.
TQM is the integration of all functions and processes within an organization in order to achieve continuous improvement of the quality of goods and services. The goal is customer satisfaction.
More about the high-maturity for business processes: Certain distilled practi...Dr. Mustafa Değerli
Değerli, M. and Özkan, S. (2013). More about the high-maturity for business processes: Certain distilled practical implications. 18th International Conference on Transformative Research in Science, Engineering, and Business Innovation (SDPS 2013) Proceedings, 119-124. ISSN: 1090-9389 - https://sdpsnet.org/sdps/documents/sdps- 2013/SDPS_2013_proceedings.pdf
Effect of TQM Practices on Financial Performance through Innovation Performan...IRJET Journal
1) The document examines the direct and indirect effects of total quality management (TQM) practices on financial and innovation performance in Indian manufacturing companies.
2) It identifies 13 key TQM practices based on a literature review, including leadership commitment, customer focus, supplier quality management, and continuous improvement.
3) The study measures organizational performance through financial performance and innovation performance indicators. A conceptual research framework is proposed to analyze the relationships between TQM practices and these two performance measures.
The document provides examples of case studies where Pro Bono O.R. has been applied. The first case study describes how volunteers analyzed data and built a simulation model to recommend new staff shift patterns for a crimestoppers call center, improving performance without increasing costs. The second case study discusses how volunteers identified process improvements and value-adding activities for a charity matching volunteers to organizations. The third case study outlines how volunteers helped a youth venture define risks to sustainability and create a risk management plan.
Development of Model for Quality Costing in a Medium Scale Industry-A Case StudyIOSR Journals
Abstract: Quality c o s t s pl ay s vi tal rol e in improving productivity. These costs are typically
categorized into costs of prevention, appraisal, internal and external failure. Like other activities of
business, quality costs can be programmed, budgeted, measured and analyzed to attain the objective of
better quality at lower cost. Quality costs is the basis by which investments in quality programs may be
evaluated in terms of cost improvement , profit enhancement and other benefits for plants and companies
from these programs. The cost of quality is an increasingly important issue in the debates over quality.
There was a mistaken notion that achievement of better quality requires higher costs. It was the myth that
prevented many Indian companies to invest more on quality cost related programs. In this article the
authors made an attempt to identify the different types of quality costs in a medium scale industry because
the small and medium scale industries pay very little attention towards finding and developing a system for
knowing & optimizing the cost of achieving quality. A model is proposed to identify the different quality
costs in a medium scale industry and is further implemented. It has been found some quality costs are more critical and require greater attention.
Key words: Quality costs, Quality management, Pareto analysis, Model for optimization
Ranking The Refactoring Techniques Based on The External Quality AttributesIJRES Journal
The selection of appropriate decisions is a significant issue that might lead to more satisfactory results. The difficulty comes when there are several alternatives and when all of them have the same chance of being selected. It is important, therefore, to find the kinds of priorities among all of these alternatives in order to choose the most appropriate one. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is capable of structuring decision problems and finding mathematically determined judgments built on knowledge and experience. This suggests that AHP should prove useful in agile software development where complex decisions occur routinely. This paper presents an example of using the AHP to rank the refactoring techniques based on the external code quality attributes. XP encourages applying the refactoring where the code smells bad. However, refactoring may consume more time and efforts. Therefore, to maximize the benefits of the refactoring in less time and effort, AHP has been applied to achieve this purpose. It was found that ranking the refactoring techniques helped the XP team to focus on the technique that improve the code and the XP development process in general. :
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Development (IJERD)IJERD Editor
This document describes research conducted to develop and validate a tool to measure total quality management (TQM) practices in organizations. Through a literature review, 13 critical factors of TQM were identified. A questionnaire with 85 items measuring these factors was developed and tested on 20 organizations to evaluate reliability and validity. Reliability was high based on Cronbach's alpha scores. Validity was confirmed through factor analysis and a multitrait-multimethod matrix. The validated tool was used to survey 104 manufacturing and service organizations in India and compare their TQM practices using the Mann-Whitney U non-parametric test. Significant differences were found between the sectors.
This document summarizes a research paper on the effect of e-procurement, time management, and cost management on inbound logistics. It conducted a survey of 202 employees and supply chain personnel across various industries. The results found that cost management has a significant relationship with inbound logistics, while e-procurement and time management can maximize company profitability. The research concludes that effective e-procurement and time management are important for profitability, though employees currently place more emphasis on cost management in Pakistan.
This document summarizes a study conducted by Suzie Rose to identify process gaps in how Edelweiss Communications helps its customer-facing employees stay up to date on company changes. The study involved measuring the current state, conducting a focus group, assessing employee knowledge, and analyzing the results to determine possible causes of low performance. The purpose was to lay the foundation for improving processes to better support employees. A literature review identified several process improvement methodologies commonly used in corporate settings, including Kaizen, Six Sigma, Lean, and Lean Six Sigma. The study aimed to help Edelweiss Communications select and implement an effective methodology.
Determine appropriate behavior in situations requiring ethical decisions.
The #DROOS_FLGAWDA channel is dedicated to providing scientific content that effectively contributes to building knowledge among interested and quality workers as well as manufacturers and service providers so that they can achieve their products better, faster and at the lowest cost.
Simply channel #DROOS_FLGAWDA... will change your life for the better
JOIN-US FOR FREE
https://goo.gl/4S8PQ8
Implementing total quality management to improve facilitiesLaukik Raut
This research work aims to understand Total Quality Management concepts and evaluating the extent of TQM
implementation in Mechanical Engineering Department through student feedback survey.
In keeping with the newer demands that have been placed on the self financed educational system by the various
stakeholders, the technical educational system in particular, has been pressured to shift its focus from one in
quantitative expansion to one with emphasis on quality. Growth and survival of these institutes is fully
depending on their competitive working style, opinions of their customers/students about their performance, and
contribution to economic growth. It is being increasingly recognized that high quality of products and services
are associated with customer satisfaction and they are the key points for survival for any organization whether
educational or otherwise. Not oblivious to the need for adaptation to serve the interests of its stakeholders, in
terms of greater responsiveness, the educational system has begun to realize the significance of total quality
management (TQM) in education.
This document provides an overview of operations research (OR). It defines OR as the scientific approach to problem solving and decision making through mathematical modeling and analysis. The document outlines the history, terminology, problem solving process, and applications of OR. Key points include that OR uses scientific methods to help organizations make better decisions, solve complex problems, and optimize performance across various industries and applications such as production, marketing, finance, and research.
Product Recommendation Systems based on Hybrid Approach TechnologyIRJET Journal
This document discusses hybrid recommendation systems for e-commerce. It begins with an introduction to recommendation systems and their use by e-commerce companies. It then discusses different types of recommendation techniques, including content-based filtering, collaborative filtering, and hybrid approaches. Specifically, it describes using a hybrid approach that combines content-based filtering and time sequence collaborative filtering algorithms. The document concludes that this hybrid method can provide more accurate product recommendations by combining time sequence information and content features.
HIDDEN COSTS OF QUALITY: MEASUREMENT & ANALYSIS ijmvsc
This document discusses hidden costs of quality and provides a literature review on previous studies related to measuring and analyzing quality costs. It identifies direct and hidden costs of quality and categorizes them into costs of conformance and non-conformance. The study aims to identify, measure, and quantify all hidden quality costs, like indirect and opportunity costs, across all processes and activities in a manufacturing firm to understand their impact on total quality costs and organizational performance. A methodology is outlined to collect comprehensive cost data and compare traditional quality cost analysis with one including hidden costs.
Operation research is a scientific approach to problem solving that helps executive management make better decisions. It uses interdisciplinary teams and quantitative methods like modeling, data analysis, and optimization. Some key characteristics include a systems perspective, application of the scientific method, and improvement of decision quality. Common models include linear programming and PERT/CPM techniques. The process involves defining the problem, collecting and analyzing data, testing solutions, and making recommendations to management for action. Operation research has applications in various industries like manufacturing, defense, agriculture, and more. Several large Indian companies use these techniques to aid decision making.
The document summarizes the first general meeting of the Undergraduate Economics Association at Boston University. It provides information on upcoming events, the roles and responsibilities of the executive board, and how students can get involved. The semester theme will be on imbalances between importers and exporters, and current data and views on this topic are presented optimistically and pessimistically. Students are encouraged to write articles, participate in competitions, and join committees to further their economic education.
Este documento describe varios conceptos clave relacionados con Internet como TCP, IP, www, HTTP, HTML, URL, DNS y dominios. Explica la diferencia entre IP pública e IP privada y cómo verificarlas. También enumera diferentes tipos de buscadores de Internet como directorios, motores de búsqueda y metabuscadores. Por último, menciona diversos sitios web para descargar música, libros, videos y archivos, así como para comprimir, encriptar y convertir diferentes formatos de archivos.
This document provides an introduction to game theory. It discusses three key elements of any game: (1) players, (2) strategies, and (3) payoffs. An example of an advertising game between AT&T and Verizon is used to illustrate dominant strategies, Nash equilibria, and how contracts can alter incentives. The prisoner's dilemma and challenges of maintaining cartels are also briefly covered.
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LEAN LEVEL OF AN ORGANIZATION ASSESSED BASED ON FUZZY LOGIC csandit
To determine the lean level of an organization a methodology was developed. It was based on a
qualitative assessment approach, including quantitative basis, whose development was
supported using fuzzy logic. Recourse to the use of fuzzy logic is justified by its ability to cope
with uncertainty and imprecision on the input data, as well as, could be applied to the analysis
of qualitative variables of a system, turning them into quantitative values. A major advantage of
the developed approach is that it can be adjusted to any organization regardless of their nature,
size, strategy and market positioning. Furthermore, the proposed methodology allows the
systematically identification of constraint factors existing in an organization and, thus, provide
the necessary information to the manager to develop a holistic plan for continuous
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- Causes of high and low turnover vary by industry and economic conditions. Innovative companies often see lower rates while fast food sees higher, up to 50-75%.
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- Calculation of turnover rate involves comparing number of replacements to
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Leanness Assessment using Fuzzy Logic Approach: A Case of Indian Horn Manufac...IIRindia
Lean principles are being implemented by many industries today that focus on improving the efficiency of the operations for reducing the waste, efforts and consumption. Organizations implementing lean principles can be assessed using the some tools. This paper attempts to assess the lean implementation in a leading Horn manufacturing industry in South India. The twofold objectives are set to be achieved through this paper. First is to find the leanness level of a manufacturing organization for which a horn manufacturing company has been selected as the case company. Second is to find the critical obstacles for the lean implementation. The fuzzy logic computation method is used to extract the perceptions about the particular variables by using linguistic values and then match it with fuzzy numbers to compute the precise value of the leanness level of the organization. Based on the results obtained from this analysis, it was found that the case study company has performed in the lean to vey lean range and the weaker areas have been identified to improve the performance further.
This document discusses the design of performance measurement systems. It begins by defining performance measurement as quantifying the efficiency and effectiveness of actions. It then discusses issues around designing performance measurement systems at three levels: individual measures, the set of measures (system), and how the system relates to the environment.
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A STUDY ON SC PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY THROUGH BALAN...Sabrina Baloi
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Evaluation of employee performance is an important element in enhancing the quality of the work and
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Customer and Stakeholder Perspective using Analytical Hierarchy Process Metho...sececonf
The measurement of the higher education
performance is a complex issue and becoming
increasingly important. Currently, performance
measurements have been changed. It is no longer
evaluated from the classical financial indicators.
Instead, the customer satisfaction has been proposed
as the basis for a ‘management strategic’ within
organizational. This paper presents performance
measurement at the higher education concerning in
customers and stakeholders’ perspective using the
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. AHP is a
quantitative method which can deal with complicated
decision-making problem for evaluation. Total of four
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significant to the customers and stakeholders’
perspective. This empirically finding is suggested to
be a good performance measurement for solving the
problem multi criteria and contributes strategic goal
in higher education.
Keywords— Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP),
Performance Measurement, Customer and Stakeholders
Perspective
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a mechanism that arises to meet these new needs, giving the company the flexibility to develop their business
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authors affirm that a high percentage of process management initiatives fail. Therefore, the aim of this study is
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people responsible for the implementation were and which phases or steps they followed. In order to achieve
this aim, a survey was conducted among companies over 20 employees from Cantabria (a region in the North
of Spain) which practised process management. Results show that a high percentage of companies sought
external consultancy when implementing process management, especially during the initial stages.
Concerning the implementation stages, an implementation methodology is proposed. Results show that it may
be considered as appropriate due to the fact that all the stages are frequently used. Overall, we consider that
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because of the empirical case. From the obtained result managers could learn what other companies did when
implementing process management. And, specially, they can identify what other companies did wrong in
order not to repeat it.
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3. What is organisational effectiveness?.
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6. Organisational Analysis Cycle
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b. Likert’s Management System Model;
c. McKenzie’s 7S Model;
d. Weisbord 6-Box Model
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b. Organisational Capacity Assessment Process;
c. Application of an OCAT Tool
Writing an Organisational Assessment Report.
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Electric vehicle and photovoltaic advanced roles in enhancing the financial p...IJECEIAES
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Introduction- e - waste – definition - sources of e-waste– hazardous substances in e-waste - effects of e-waste on environment and human health- need for e-waste management– e-waste handling rules - waste minimization techniques for managing e-waste – recycling of e-waste - disposal treatment methods of e- waste – mechanism of extraction of precious metal from leaching solution-global Scenario of E-waste – E-waste in India- case studies.
Iron and Steel Technology Roadmap - Towards more sustainable steelmaking.pdf
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Abstract— Despite the growth of the service sector in the global
economy and extensive research in the field of Lean but there
isn't an appropriate scale for the measurement of Lean service.
Lean is making a transition from the manufacturing sector to
the public sector because Lean management promises to
eliminate waste, reduces costs, and improves product or service
quality.
The purpose of research presenting a scale for
measuring lean service that included five steps: pilot items,
measurement of expert validity, Extraction of factors via EFA,
Confirmation of extracted factors via CFA and determine
reliability. Lean Service Scale (LSS) included 27 items in six
dimensions: lean structure, lean inventory, lean Maintain and
Repair (MR), lean movement and lean staff.
Index Terms— lean thinking - Principal components analysis
– service management.
I. INTRODUCTION
In recent years, Globalization accompanying with increasing
competition have forced companies to seek new production
and management systems that eliminate waste and control
costs [1]. that Lean System is one of those cases.
The term lean was not coined till the 1990s. Lean
manufacturing is a philosophy that considers the expenditure
of resources for any process that doesn’t add value to the final
customer as a non-value added process and hence is a waste
that has to be eliminated from the system [2].
Lean theory is rooted in the scientific method and the
Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle originally developed by
Walter A. Shewhart, a Bell Laboratories scientist who was
Deming’s friend and mentor. Lean thinking helps define both
what has to be done to solve a problem and how work is
performed [3].
Lean system is an approach focusing on eliminating
non-value-added activities from processes by applying a
robust set of performance change tools, and emphasizing
excellence in operations to deliver superior customer services
[4].
Lean production encompasses a wide variety of
practices or tools including just in time, total quality
management, total productive management, kaizen etc. but
Today, lean tools are not solely for use by the manufacturing
industry, more organizations in the service sector such as
healthcare and telecommunications etc. are adopting lean
tools in order to streamline services and reduce time spent on
non-value added activities. [2] that Figure 1 reveals that
several lean techniques invented in manufacturing are
Manuscript received Feb. 08, 2014.
Farzad Movahedi Sobhani Department of industrial engendering, science
and research, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
Zahra Gharib Department of industrial engendering, science and research,
Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Zahra Esfandiary Department of industrial engendering, science and
research, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
becoming popular in services. Several researchers argue that
lean tools and techniques are interrelated and complementary
[5].
Lean program described as a success key inside of an
company and its implementations can bring amazing results
after only a few years that many benefits among them we
enumerate the most important ones: efficient use of resources,
rapid product development cycle, higher quality at lower cost,
greater flexibility, and environmentally sustainable
production[6].
Through several authors attempted to examine the
validity of lean to services but there is yet a strong lack of
scale for measuring lean service so the aim of the study is to
develop scale for measuring lean in service sectors.
II. LITERATURE REVIEW:
A. Lean service:
The perspectives of Lean are very much depending upon the
industry, the source, how long the organization has been
learning about Lean, and what that organization's real
objectives are for adopting Lean[6].
From viewpoint of some researchers, Lean system is
perceived to consist of two levels: lean philosophy and lean
practices while to others it is a three-level system, lean
Lean service scale: developing and validating a scale
Farzad Movahedi Sobhani, Zahra Gharib, Zahra Esfandiary
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philosophy, lean principles and lean practices [5]. that shown
in table1.
Levels Descriptive
lean
philosophy
focuses on improving the value from
customer perspective by eliminating
waste from processes
lean
principles
involves the five principles introduced
by Womack and Jones (1996) which are
a roadmap to achieve the first level
lean
practices
is necessary to reflect the previous two
levels practically and subsequently, it
represents the actions to be taken
Table (1): Lean system levels
Lean is basically all about getting the right things to the right
place, at the right time, in the right quantity while minimizing
waste and being flexible and open to change. As it stands the
method is resultfull, comparatively with the investments, but
as it involves all employees all of these concepts have to be
understood, appreciated and embraced by them. Being
directed for performance, lean is the way for the continuous
growth of a business [6].
Lean approaches help managers recognize and
reduce the waste in processes. Wastes are activities that add
no value from a customer perspective, including [7]:
Waiting—waiting for the next event to occur or next work
activity
Motion—unnecessary movement by employees in the system
Transportation— unnecessary movement of the product in a
system (patient, specimens, materials)
Defects—time spent doing something incorrectly, inspecting
for errors, or correcting errors
Over processing—doing work that is not valued by the
customer or caused by definitions of quality that are not
aligned with patient needs
Overproduction—doing more than what is needed by the
customer or doing it sooner than needed
In the following, Munteanu and Olteanu (2007) will
summarize an example of a lean implementation program.
The main steps would be:
1. Senior management to agree and discuss their lean vision;
2. Management brainstorm to identify project leader and set
objectives;
3. Communicate plan and vision to the workforce;
4. Ask for volunteers to form the Lean Implementation team
(5-7 works best, all from different departments);
5. Appoint members of the Lean Manufacturing
Implementation Team;
6. Train the Implementation Team in the various lean tools -
make a point of trying to visit other noncompeting
businesses which have implemented lean;
7. Select a Pilot Project
8. Run the pilot for 2-3 months - evaluate, review and learn
from your mistakes;
9. Roll out pilot to other factory areas;
10. Evaluate results, encourage feedback; Once you are
satisfied that you have a habitual program; consider
introducing the next lean tool. Select the one which will
give you the biggest return for your business[6].
B. Factor analysis:
In many instances, researchers are interested in variables that
cannot be directly observed, such as achievement,
intelligence, or beliefs. In research methodology, authors use
terms such as latent variables or factors to describe
unobserved variables. They attempt to gain information about
latent factors through observable variables. Factor analysis is
statistical technique that one can use [8].
While factor analysis has origins dating back 100 years
through the work of Pearson and Spearman, the practical
application of this approach has been suggested to be in fact a
modern occurrence [9].
Factor analysis is a multivariate statistical procedure that has
many uses, three of which will be briefly noted here. Firstly,
factor analysis reduces a large number of variables into a
smaller set of variables (also referred to as factors). Secondly,
it establishes underlying dimensions between measured
variables and latent constructs, thereby allowing the
formation and refinement of theory. Thirdly, it provides
construct validity evidence of self-reporting scales [9].
There are two major classes of factor analysis:
Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), and Confirmatory Factor
Analysis (CFA). In EFA, the investigator has no expectations
of the number or nature of the variables and as the title
suggests, is exploratory in nature. That is, it allows the
researcher to explore the main dimensions to generate a
theory, or model from a relatively large set of latent constructs
often represented by a set of items[9].
CFA is a confirmatory technique—it is theory driven.
Therefore, the planning of the analysis is driven by the
theoretical relationships among the observed and unobserved
variables. When a CFA is conducted, the researcher uses a
hypothesized model to estimate a population covariance
matrix that is compared with the observed covariance matrix.
Technically, the researcher wants to minimize the difference
between the estimated and observed matrices [8]. in fact, in
CFA the researcher uses this approach to test a proposed
theory (CFA is a form of structural equation modeling), or
model and in contrast to EFA, has assumptions and
expectations based on priori theory regarding the number of
factors, and which factor theories or models best fit[9].
III. METHODOLOGY:
As we said, the main objective of research is development and
validation a scale for measurement lean service. Therefor the
researchers follow five steps:
Step1: items pool
Step2: measurement of expert validity
Step3: Extraction of factors via EFA
Step4: Confirmation of extracted factors via CFA
Step5: determine reliability
In first step, for determination of initiative items, we
study different articles and books in field of lean that two
major sources include Liker (2004)[10] and AlemTajbriz
(2009)[11].
According to Liker (2004)[10] there are eight major types of
non-value-adding activities in business or manufacturing
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processes identified, included: Overproduction , Waiting
(time on hand), Transportation or conveyance, Over
processing or incorrect processing, Excess inventory,
Unnecessary movement, Defects and Unused employee
creativity. Liker (2004)[10] points out that the application is
also valid for other processes other than manufacturing
processes, such as information or service processes. Also,
AllemTajbriz (2009)[11] noted that other three important
wastes can exist in organizations that included:
Environmental waste, maintenance and repair (M.R),
Organizational problem. In the step was prepared 87 items as
pilot items.
For measurement of expert validity is used CVR that
was developed by C. H. Lawshe. Lawshe (1975)[12] provided
a table of critical values for the CVR by which a test evaluator
could determine, for a pool of the subject matter expert raters
(SMEs) of a given size, the size of a calculated CVR
necessary to exceed chance expectation. CVR before hitting
its ceiling value at the case of 7 SMEs is minimum value =
.99. in the research is used five experts that eliminated 29
items.
For Extraction of factors via EFA (step3), 58 items
setting out the form of a questionnaire and distributed in the
ports and maritime organization (PMO) Margin of Caspian
Sea in Iran.
In this research, from 187 questionnaires that had been
distributed in the ports and maritime organization (PMO)
Margin of Caspian Sea in Iran., 13 of them (6.95 %) hadn’t
been returned, 6 of them (3.20 %) weren’t completed and 98
of them were completed that were ready for analyzing a rate
equal with 89.84 % that is a good rate. The samples of 98
respondents were 92.9 percent male and 7.1 percent female,
and most of them were below 40 year of age.
In step 4, PLS Smart software used for Confirmation of
extracted factors via CFA that the results shown in next
section. Finally, Alpha Cronbach examined for determination
of reliability via SPSS19.
Findings:
This stage, after validating of Experts and obtain 58 items, is
Extraction of factors via EFA by using SPSS 19. Exploratory
Factor Analysis includes four steps:
Step 1: Is the data suitable for factor analysis?
Before doing Factor analysis, should be done items
purification that is used from Corrected Item-Total
Correlation (CITC) are used. If the items value was less than
0.3 must be eliminated from the analysis. According to the
results from the 54 items, 8 items will be removed. To ensure
first whether factor analysis in this study is permitted and fit
there or not sampling, KMO and Bartlett's Test of Sphericity
was calculated. The KMO index ranges from 0 to 1, with 0.50
considered suitable for factor analysis. The Bartlett's Test of
Sphericity should be significant (p<.05) for factor analysis to
be suitable [8].
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling
Adequacy.
.727
Bartlett's Test of
Sphericity
Approx.
Chi-Square
8288.16
1
df 1431
Sig. .000
Table (2): the results of Measure of Sampling Adequacy
Step 2: How will the factors be extracted?
Principal components analysis (PCA) used for extraction
factors because some researchers suggested using PCA in
establishing preliminary solutions in EFA [13].
The aim of rotation is to simplify the factor structure of a
group of items, or in other words, high item loadings on one
factor and smaller item loadings on the remaining factor
solutions.
For Recognizing the contribution of factors in explaining the
variance of each item is used eigenvalues that if item was
eigenvalues less than 0.3, so that option will be removed from
the exploratory factor analysis, the next step will be. In the
research any items wasn't less than 0.3.
Table (3): the contribution of factors in explaining the
variance of each item
Step 3: What criteria will assist in determining factor
extraction?
The aim of the data extraction is reduce a large number of
items into factors. In order to produce scale
unidimensionality, and simplify the factor solutions several
criteria are available to researchers. One of the extraction
rules include Kaiser's criteria that should eigenvalue > 1. In
the research a total of 10 components (factors) having an
eigenvalue >1
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Component
Initial Eigenvalues
Extraction Sums of Squared
Loadings Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings
Total
% of
Variance Cumulative % Total
% of
Variance Cumulative % Total
% of
Variance
Cumulative
%
1 14.779 32.129 32.129 14.779 32.129 32.129 5.649 12.281 12.281
2 4.699 10.215 42.344 4.699 10.215 42.344 5.575 12.121 24.402
3 3.092 6.723 49.066 3.092 6.723 49.066 5.018 10.908 35.310
4 2.395 5.207 54.274 2.395 5.207 54.274 4.294 9.334 44.644
5 2.249 4.889 59.163 2.249 4.889 59.163 2.701 5.871 50.515
6 1.622 3.525 62.688 1.622 3.525 62.688 2.676 5.817 56.333
7 1.355 2.946 65.635 1.355 2.946 65.635 2.286 4.969 61.302
8 1.302 2.830 68.464 1.302 2.830 68.464 2.177 4.732 66.034
9 1.157 2.516 70.980 1.157 2.516 70.980 1.818 3.951 69.985
10 1.107 2.406 73.386 1.107 2.406 73.386 1.565 3.401 73.386
Table (4): Total Variance Explained
Step 4: Selection of Rotational Method:
Another consideration when deciding how many factors you
will analyses your data is whether a variable might relate to
more than one factor. Rotation maximizes high item loadings
and minimizes low item loadings, therefore producing a more
interpretable and simplified solution. The research is used
Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.
Component
1 2 3 4 5 6 9
Item8 0.543
Item21 0.446
Item32 0.488
Item41 0.595
Item43 0.697
Item49 0.649
Item50 0.813
Item51 0.798
Item52 0.528
Item53 0.672
Item54 0.66
Item6 0.625
Item7 0.701
Item11 0.751
Item19 0.663
Item24 0.493
Item25 0.703
Item27 0.696
Item44 0.509
Item12 0.686
Item13 0.768
Item14 0.717
Item15 0.78
Item16 0.629
Item17 0.503
Item18 0.547
Item 37 0.727
Item 38 0.769
Item40 0.306
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Item5 0.773
Item26 0.624
Item29 0.462
Item46 0.791
Item47 0.794
Item48 0.73
item4 0.531
Item23 0.418
Item34 0.556
Item42 0.723
Item9 0.584
Item10 0.759
Item22 0.618
Item31 0.446
Item32 0.484
Item2 -0.711
Item35 0.629
Item36 0.533
Table (5): Rotated Component Matrix
For determining validity, convergent validity was assessed for
all indicators. For this purpose is applied from confirmatory
factor analysis (CFA) by using PLS Smart. Factor loadings
should were higher than 0.7. The results of factor loadings
shown in table ( 5 ). From remaining 47 items, 19 items were
eliminated.
1 2 3 4 5 6 9
Item8 0.646
Item21 0.716
Item32 0.689
Item41 0.608
Item43 0.696
Item49 0.811
Item50 0.814
Item51 0.711
Item52 0.675
Item53 0.749
Item54 0.813
Item6 0.736
Item7 0.836
Item11 0.803
Item19 0.791
Item24 0.671
Item25 0.738
Item27 0.823
Item44 0.540
Item12 0.808
Item13 0.738
Item14 0.686
Item15 0.839
Item16 0.756
Item17 0.742
Item18 0.696
Item 37 0.518
Item 38 0.486
Item40 0.531
Item5 0.550
Item26 0.676
Item29 0.731
Item46 0.813
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Item47 0.845
Item48 0.791
item4 0.661
Item23 0.797
Item34 0.893
Item42 0.732
Item9 0.642
Item10 0.769
Item22 0.865
Item31 0.759
Item2 0.306
Item35 0.659
Item36 0.855
Table (6 ): The results of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) by using PLS Smart software
For determining reliability of the scale in this research, used
Cronbach's alpha. Total Cronbach’s alpha was 0.939 .So the
questionnaire reliability is acceptable. Only thirty six item
eliminated because Cronbach's Alpha is increased if the item
Deleted.
.
Items
Scale Mean if
Item Deleted
Scale Variance
if Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total
Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha
if Item Deleted
S21 78.2917 288.615 .688 .935
S49 78.4167 283.909 .682 .935
S50 78.3333 293.505 .534 .937
S51 78.3929 300.096 .425 .938
S53 78.1548 292.012 .549 .937
S54 78.2143 284.577 .653 .936
S6 78.1786 293.333 .577 .937
S7 78.0417 289.441 .720 .935
S11 78.0357 287.819 .642 .936
S19 78.1071 288.899 .686 .936
S25 77.9821 292.221 .544 .937
S27 77.9345 285.930 .713 .935
S12 78.2917 292.004 .538 .937
S13 78.6964 298.991 .388 .939
S15 78.7083 296.136 .503 .938
S16 78.3631 298.891 .392 .939
S17 77.9821 287.838 .664 .936
S29 78.6190 293.004 .564 .937
S46 78.1905 292.047 .542 .937
S47 78.3333 295.529 .526 .937
S48 78.0536 294.171 .556 .937
S23 78.2440 290.461 .639 .936
S34 78.4464 290.141 .714 .935
S42 78.2381 293.823 .520 .937
S10 78.4286 297.085 .488 .938
S22 78.6071 292.923 .621 .936
S31 78.4345 290.606 .606 .936
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Items
Scale Mean if
Item Deleted
Scale Variance
if Item Deleted
Corrected Item-Total
Correlation
Cronbach's Alpha
if Item Deleted
S21 78.2917 288.615 .688 .935
S49 78.4167 283.909 .682 .935
S50 78.3333 293.505 .534 .937
S51 78.3929 300.096 .425 .938
S53 78.1548 292.012 .549 .937
S54 78.2143 284.577 .653 .936
S6 78.1786 293.333 .577 .937
S7 78.0417 289.441 .720 .935
S11 78.0357 287.819 .642 .936
S19 78.1071 288.899 .686 .936
S25 77.9821 292.221 .544 .937
S27 77.9345 285.930 .713 .935
S12 78.2917 292.004 .538 .937
S13 78.6964 298.991 .388 .939
S15 78.7083 296.136 .503 .938
S16 78.3631 298.891 .392 .939
S17 77.9821 287.838 .664 .936
S29 78.6190 293.004 .564 .937
S46 78.1905 292.047 .542 .937
S47 78.3333 295.529 .526 .937
S48 78.0536 294.171 .556 .937
S23 78.2440 290.461 .639 .936
S34 78.4464 290.141 .714 .935
S42 78.2381 293.823 .520 .937
S10 78.4286 297.085 .488 .938
S22 78.6071 292.923 .621 .936
S31 78.4345 290.606 .606 .936
S36 78.5833 298.221 .466 .942
Table (7): the results of Cronbach's Alpha
IV. CONCLUSION
Lean management has been applied across many different
sectors and organizations and todays Lean is making a
transition from the manufacturing sector to the public sector
because Lean management promises to eliminate waste,
reduces costs, and improves product or service quality [14].
Despite the growth of the service sector in the global economy
and extensive research in the field of Lean but there isn't an
appropriate scale for the measurement of Lean service. After
doing 5 Steps in the ports i maritime organization, derived
scale is consists of 6 dimensions and 27 items. A brief
description of each of the factors is given below.
Factor1- lean processing: Included items that increase the
speed of doing task to provide services. The amount of
explained variance (12.281) was maximum amount among
other factors. Lean processing included:
-To use scientific and effective methods for organizing office,
place of teams, equipment, tools and stocks
-Mechanized the office operations, to avoid the slow handling
process of customer affairs environmental and sound
pollution ... at office
-The tendency of organization to resolving the different kinds
of sound pollution
-Speed of repairing and rebuilding the faulty equipment
The tendency of staffs to mechanize the operations in the
organization-
-The tendency of organization to remove the obstacle
instructions
Factor2- lean structure: included Factors that are related to
organizational structure in order that different sectors could
do activities better. Six items of lean structure included:
To provide the ways of staff's job promotions-
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-Contributing the results of analyzing employee morale in
strategic plan scientificlity and systematically.
-provide appropriate rewards for good and applicative ideas
-to ensure the rapid implementation of ideas by agencies
-fit between salaries and incomes of staffs accordance with
type of their activity
-performing unnecessary handling by workers or more
ordinary equipment instead of using special and more
advanced equipment
Factor3- lean inventory: Set of factors included to get better
warehousing and inventory management. lean inventory
included five items :
-Sorting and queue up the goods in warehouses based on
certain principles
-Counting and delivery of goods systematically during
deliver them to a public warehouse (open-closed)
-The timely delivery of goods from warehouses and access to
them at the time desired by customers
-The amount of not damaging (staying safe) goods in
warehouses, based on current styles
- To reconsider the wrapping (packaging) in case of failure of
goods packing in.
Factor4- lean Maintain and Repair (MR): Factors that caused
Maintain and Repair to be done properly up to avoid
duplication.
-Choosing the right type of employed equipment for correct
loading - unloading
-Accuracy in repairing damaged equipment to avoid
duplication
-monitoring and regular inspection of equipment to prevent
failure
-Control of unnecessary traffic in the range of operational
agencies
Factor5- lean movement: Including transportation between
parts and reducing the waiting time is.
-To avoid unnecessary goods transportation (between
warehouses and pier)
-To Observe the distance between the place of loading goods
(dock) to the unloading location (warehouse)
-To use flexible equipment (multi-purpose) to avoid time
using.
Factor6- lean staff: Including factors related to employees to
determine to what extent they have the ability and motivation
to reduce waste. The amount of explained variance was
minimum amount among other factors (5.817).
-To rebuild and make more speed in port's operations
accordance with current facilities
-Notice to customers, priorities and needs of customers in the
services that offer by staffs
-The tendency of staffs to eliminate destruction in the system
One of limitation to this study should be noted is scale
generalizability. The sample, which seemed appropriate for
this particular study, was in Caspian Sea margin, Iran.
Therefore suggest future researchers that use and apply Lean
Service Scale in other service organizations in different
countries.
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