Lean production and TQM: Complementary or contradictory driving forces of innovation performance? by Aoun, Malak, Hasnan, Norlena

“…As a set of tools and standards, Total Quality Management (TQM) tends to focus on individual processes to improve the productivity and efficiency of organizations. …”

The determinants of competitiveness based on porter's diamond model: The case of paddy farming in Kelantan by Yaacob @ Othman, Azmahani, A Malek @ Abdul Malek, Syazwani, Yusop, Zulkornain

“…This study used the Porter’s Diamond Model as the theoretical underpinning to examine the competitiveness of paddy farming in Kelantan.Two (2) different models were used.Model 1 examined only four (4) external factors that were factor conditions, demand conditions, farmers’ strategies and supporting industries while Model 2 include both external and internal factor.The internal factors were chances and government’s roles. Survey questions from prior studies were adopted and customized to collect data.A total of 302 farmers responded to the survey.Partial least Square (PLS) SmartPLS M2 Version 3.0 was used for data analysis.In Model 1, demand conditions was not a factor for the competitiveness but in Model 2, all external factors were significant.Only government’s role (external factor) was not significant. …”
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An Improved Evolutionary Algorithm in Formulating a Diet for Grouper by Cai-Juan, Soong, Abd Rahman, Rosshairy, Ramli, Razamin

“…Subsequently, the novel selection operator embeds the concept of standard deviation in the SR-SD-EA as part of the function in minimizing the total cost of the formulated grouper fish feed. Eventually, the enhanced boundary-based mutation is also introduced in the algorithm to ensure the crucial constraint of the ingredients’ total weight must be met. …”
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Organisational change framework for lean manufacturing implementation by Nordin, Norani, Md Deros, Baba

“…However, several companies have failed in their attempt to implement this system.The transition to lean manufacturing system requires a radical change which involves a total reshaping of purpose, system, and work culture.This paper develops a framework that may assist manufacturing companies to implement lean manufacturing system. …”
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