Manufacturing performance: evaluation and determinants

Leachman, Chien; Pegels, C. Carl; Shin, Seung Kyoon

doi:10.1108/01443570510613938

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“…It is suggested that organizational sustainability and success depends in part on the measurement and benchmarking of predictive upstream dimensions, indicators and measures within organizations [3], [4]. "Upstream" refers to developmental organizational areas, functions and networks that are at the conception stage of an organization's activities; for example, new product development (NPD), employee development, or technology development, in contrast to more downstream or output orientated activities such as manufacturing or service delivery [5], [6].…”

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Efficiency of Islamic Institutions: Empirical Evidence of Zakat Organizations’ Performance in Malaysia

Noor¹,

Rasool²,

Ali³

et al. 2015

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Abstract-Measuring performance is an essential element of assessing an organizations ability to meet its goals. Dimensions typically measured are quality, time and cost. The objective of the paper is to propose a multidimensional performance measurement of zakat organizations, incorporating various dimensions such input, process, output and outcome. The model proposes a process approach in measuring the performance of zakat organizations. In the process approach, task accomplished by zakat organizations is cumulative of four components namely input, process, output and outcome. The study employ index as a method of measurement due to its ability to measure magnitude of change over time or place. A total of 303 respondents participated in this survey. The respondents comprise of zakat beneficiaries, staff, and head of departments and stakeholders of two zakat institutions. The finding indicates adequate resources or input were available to organizations. Performances of business zakat assistances showed a remarkable importance of types of programs available. A comparison between the two zakat organizations was also highlighted. In general, this study reports that the concerned zakat organizations through their assistance were able to upgrade their beneficiaries to a better quality of life.

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Section: Benchmarking and Zakat Orgnizationsmentioning

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Efficiency of Islamic Institutions: Empirical Evidence of Zakat Organizations’ Performance in Malaysia

Noor¹,

Rasool²,

Ali³

et al. 2015

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“…Mixed results have been found. While the work of Laugen, Acur, Boer, and Frick (2005) and Pagell and Sheu (2001) found either no effects or very weak but positive effects of outsourcing, the work of Leachman, Pegels, and Shin (2005) and Dabhilkar and Bengtsson (2008) for the most part found a negative performance effect. However, all four studies found very strong performance effects regarding the other manufacturing practices.…”

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“…This can give the buyer the false impression that the supply base is harming performance, when the real problem is the way the buyer manages the supply chain" (Abstract). Leachman et al (2005) found that R&D commitment and the ability to compress production time have a strong positive impact on manufacturing performance. Finally, Dabhilkar and Bengtsson (2008) showed that in comparison to outsourcing, practices related to the enhancement of manufacturing capability had a much stronger ability to predict improvements in operating performance.…”

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“…Three of them (Laugen et al, 2005;Pagell & Sheu, 2001;Leachman et al, 2005) use cost for purchased materials as a share of the total manufacturing cost at a given point in time as the measure of outsourcing. It is not evident from this kind of operationalization that a company has actually contracted out any manufacturing activities that formerly were done in house, which is the definition of outsourcing manufacturing used in the present study.…”

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Supplier selection or collaboration? Determining factors of performance improvement when outsourcing manufacturing

Dabhilkar

Bengtsson

Haartman

et al. 2009

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

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An empirical study was designed to determine factors of performance improvement when outsourcing manufacturing. Findings from a survey of 136 manufacturing plants in Sweden show that most of them achieve their outsourcing motives, but not without tradeoffs. Factors of performance improvements such as economies of scale or operations in low-cost countries can improve one performance dimension, such as product cost, yet negatively impact volume flexibility, speed or product innovation. The results show part characteristics and supplier operating capabilities are more important than supplier relationship strategies when outsourcing manufacturing, meaning that supplier selection trumps supplier collaboration in the make-or-buy decision.

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“…For example, there has long been a recognition of the differences in motivations, interests and priorities of managers from different functional areas (O'Leary-Kelly and Flores, 2002; Rhee and Mehra, 2006) which if not managed appropriately, in terms of strategic alignment (Skinner, 1969), can be a significant detriment to firm performance (Malhotra and Sharma, 2002). This has prompted calls for decision-support tools that increase understanding of the underlying processes in the adoption and implementation of new technologies (Baldwin et (Brown et al, 2007;Leachman et al, 2005). The role and importance of management decision-making in organisational evolution can not be underestimated.…”

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An evolutionary complex systems decision‐support tool for the management of operations

Baldwin

Allen

Ridgway

2010

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

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Purpose -This research aimed to add both to the development of complex systems thinking in the subject area of Operations and Production Management and to the limited number of applications of computational models and simulations from the science of complex systems. The latter potentially offer helpful decision-support tools for operations and production managers.Design/methodology/approach -A mechanical engineering firm was used as a case study where a combined qualitative and quantitative methodological approach was employed to extract the required data from four senior managers. Company performance measures as well as firm technologies, practices and policies, and their relation and interaction with one another, were elicited. The data were subjected to an evolutionary complex systems model resulting in a series of simulations. Research implications -By drawing directly from the opinions and views of managers, rather than from logical 'ifthen' rules and averaged mathematical representations of agents that characterise agent-based and other selforganisational models, this work builds on previous applications by capturing a micro-level description of diversity that has been problematical both in theory and application.Practical implications -This approach can be used as a decision-support tool for operations and other managers providing a forum with which to explore a) the strengths, weaknesses and consequences of different decision-making capacities within the firm; b) the introduction of new manufacturing technologies, practices and policies; and, c) the different evolutionary trajectories that a firm can take.Originality/value -With the inclusion of 'micro-diversity', evolutionary complex systems modelling moves beyond the self-organisational models that populate the literature but has not as yet produced a great many practical simulation results. This work is a step in that direction.

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Manufacturing performance: evaluation and determinants

Cited by 77 publications

References 35 publications

Efficiency of Islamic Institutions: Empirical Evidence of Zakat Organizations’ Performance in Malaysia

Efficiency of Islamic Institutions: Empirical Evidence of Zakat Organizations’ Performance in Malaysia

Supplier selection or collaboration? Determining factors of performance improvement when outsourcing manufacturing

An evolutionary complex systems decision‐support tool for the management of operations

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