Prioritisation of operations improvement projects in the European manufacturing industry

Kirkham, Louis; Garza‐Reyes, Jose Arturo; Kumar, Vikas; Antony, Jiju

doi:10.1080/00207543.2014.903345

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“…Managers not only have to consider the scope of an investment, but also firm constraints or competing projects (Kirkham et al 2014). Zhu and Sarkis (2007, 4350) emphasised that environmental projects do 'not typically have the same investment requirements' in terms of resources, time and support.…”

Section: Conceptual Development Of Corporate Green Investment and Itsmentioning

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“…Eesley and Lenox 2006;Klassen and Whybark 1999). First, finite resources and budget constraints force managers to make choices, substituting one project for another, as it does not seem feasible to support each potential green project simultaneously (Kirkham et al 2014). Thus, managers have to choose specific projects that supposedly best support their priorities and fulfil external demands.…”

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Towards a deeper understanding of managerial green investment patterns – a USA–Germany comparison

Schaltenbrand¹,

Foerstl²,

Kach

et al. 2015

International Journal of Production Research

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Green investments are crucial mechanisms for translating green operation strategies into managerial action. We examine the impact of external pressures on green investment patterns in terms of their scope, type and time horizon across 251 German and US managers. A scenario-based experiment was conducted using a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design in which managers were assigned to high and low consumer, community, and resource treatment groups before being asked to make green investment decisions. Our hypotheses are developed based on resource advantage theory and tested in a number of regression models. The results demonstrate that German and US managers respond differently to external pressures in their green investment decisions. Regarding the scope of green investments, German and US managers invest differently if end consumer pressure increases and partially differently if resource scarcity increases, but they act in a similar way if community pressure increases. Moreover, we detected specific variations in the type and time horizon of green investments across US and German managers. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings for green operations management research and for firms operating in multinational settings are explained.

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Section: Conceptual Development Of Corporate Green Investment and Itsmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Towards a deeper understanding of managerial green investment patterns – a USA–Germany comparison

Schaltenbrand¹,

Foerstl²,

Kach

et al. 2015

International Journal of Production Research

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“…Based on comparative studies in similar fields (i.e. Kirkham et al, 2014;Kumar et al 2014;Mitra and Datta, 2014), the sample size of 139 responses used for the analysis was considered acceptable. Table 3 presents the profile of the respondent organisations in terms of their size, geographic location and industrial sector.…”

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An analysis of managerial factors affecting the implementation and use of overall equipment effectiveness

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Garza‐Reyes

Kumar

et al. 2015

International Journal of Production Research

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“…Middle level employees represent one of the most valid sources of information, and they normally participate in and lead the adoption and management of new working methods and practices in their organisations (Carter et al, 1998). This characteristic, and the fact that 80% of the respondents had university education, see Figure 3(c), and significant years of working experience, see Figure 3(d), can be considered factors which support the credibility of this study (Kirkham et al, 2014). Finally, the study was not limited to a specific manufacturing industry but it considered the entire manufacturing spectrum, see Figure 3(e).…”

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Total quality environmental management: adoption status in the Chinese manufacturing sector

Garza‐Reyes

Kumar

et al. 2018

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Methodology/design/approach -A survey-based exploratory study was conducted based on 119 Chinese manufacturing companies and the data obtained was analysed using a combination of descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings -The results revealed that in general, there is less awareness of TQEM in the Chinese manufacturing sector than other environmental and quality/operations improvement approaches such as green supply chain management, reverse logistics, ISO 9000, Six Sigma and lean six sigma. Thus, its degree of implementation is also lower than these approaches as well as ISO 14001. The results also indicate that although a company's size is not associated to the implementation of TQEM, it is mainly large organisations and those that have adopted TQM those which will be mainly aware and have implemented TQEM. The study also reveal the drivers, results and challenges of TQEM implementation. Originality/value -The paper extends the currently limited knowledge on TQEM, and its results are beneficial for managers who aim at effectively adopting TQEM to simultaneously improve the environmental, operational and financial performance of their organisations. The paper can also motivate organisations not currently embarked on the "green wagon" to contemplate the benefits that implementing TQEM, or any other environmental management approach, may bring to their operations and business.

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Prioritisation of operations improvement projects in the European manufacturing industry

Cited by 45 publications

References 50 publications

Towards a deeper understanding of managerial green investment patterns – a USA–Germany comparison

Towards a deeper understanding of managerial green investment patterns – a USA–Germany comparison

An analysis of managerial factors affecting the implementation and use of overall equipment effectiveness

Total quality environmental management: adoption status in the Chinese manufacturing sector

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