A systems engineering approach to supply chain auditing

Frimpong²,

Production Planning & Control

et al. 2019

Section: Quick Scan Audit Methodology (Qsam)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Evolution and Adaptation Of Qsammentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of the quick scan audit methodology in an industrial filter production process

Frimpong²,

Production Planning & Control

et al. 2019

Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies

“…An example is the generation of bullwhip across the supplier/original equipment manufacturer interface (Childerhouse, Disney, & Towill, 2008). Further explanation of the QSAM Balanced Score card can be found in Childerhouse and Towill (2011).…”

Section: A Mixed-methods Approach To Supply Chain Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Method for Reconciling Subjectivist and Objectivist Assumptions in Management Research

Böhme

Childerhouse²,

Deakins³

et al. 2012

Application of objectivist methodological assumptions and overreliance on mathematical analysis can cause researchers to oversimplify reality and thereby generate rigorously derived theories and recommendations that lack practitioner relevance. Although mixed-methods approaches to management research have long been heralded, the details remain sparse about how to reconcile apparently disparate approaches. By reflecting on lessons learned over some 15 years of practical experience with a robust mixed-methods approach specifically designed to bridge the academia-practitioner gap, this article demonstrates how inclusion of an interpretive field perspective yields a much more comprehensive picture of the relationship between the organization and its contextual environment. Thus, a key purpose of this article is to stimulate researchers into adopting a more balanced portfolio of research methods that will simultaneously achieve research rigor and generate insightful practitioner-relevant theory.

Production Planning & Control

“…A number of different tools have been developed using different concepts and scope (Table 1). The guidance of the uncertainty circle diagram is the focus of many applications, for example Quick Scan Audit Methodology (QSAM) (Naim et al 2002;Childerhouse and Towill 2011;Böhme et al 2013Böhme et al , 2016. QSAM (Naim et al 2002) is an auditing tool that is based on systems engineering concepts where primary data sources are collected for understanding four sources of uncertainty (supply side, demand side, process side and control side).…”

Section: Background Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enterprise-wide diagnostic in the UK SME: focus beyond tools and techniques

Kumar

Harris

2020

The paper proposes a theoretical framework that integrates the harder aspects of enterprise-wide diagnostic methodology, i.e. tools and techniques, with softer issues to understand and analyse enterprise-wide issues in the UK manufacturing SME. Enterprise-wide diagnostics application that considers hard and soft practices for managing change in a SME context is less evident in the literature and practice. Case study was conducted in the selected SME and data triangulation was achieved through on-site observations, interviews, and company reports. The use of integrated framework, influenced by Watson (1994), led to identification of several gaps between the three levels-enterprise, business, and operations, that were impacting on demand management and capacity planning. The paper demonstrates the benefits of conducting enterprise-wide diagnostic as a first step to enhance better integration between organisational levels and departments when embarking on continuous improvement journey.