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Supplier performance evaluation: Lessons from a large multinational organization
(2005-07-03)
There are ever-increasing demands from customers for more manufacturing agility in the form of higher product variety, smaller production runs of more customised products and batch sizes with shorter delivery times. To ...
The influence of technology on the development of partnership relationships in the Irish construction industry
(2013)
This paper investigates the potential for improvement in the construction supply chain management (SCM) given the current crisis in the Irish construction industry. The research was undertaken because of the need to improve ...
A scorecard for supporting enterprise knowledge management
(2003)
Enterprise knowledge management is becoming a critical component of competitive success. Managers must ensure that they can successfully generate, leverage and reuse knowledge assets in their organisations. In this view, ...
Idea management for organisational Innovation
(World Scientific, 2003-12)
Modern organisations are under ever increasing competitive pressure to maintain market share, enhance product range, improve efficiency and reduce cost. The process by which organisations attain these improvements is ...
The Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship (ACE) initiative: Creating entrepreneurial graduates for Ireland
(2010)
According to the GEM Ireland Report (2008), in Ireland those that have exposure to entrepreneurship education have an increased propensity to start a new venture. The importance of entrepreneurial skills was picked up by ...
Knowledge sharing in a collaborative networked environment
(2007)
Knowledge is a key resource that must be managed within organisations and across collaborative enterprise networks. In particular, the two major challenges that face such organisations are; ensuring that they have the ...
Technology Transfer for Product Life Cycle Extension: A Model for Successful Implementation
(2009)
This paper examines the logistical and operational issues relating to technology transfer. It documents the specific problems encountered as well as the solution designed to overcome these problems. The paper presents a ...
Supplier performance evaluation: Lessons from a large multinational organisation
(2007)
Purpose - Progressive organisations are developing proactive supplier-based strategies in order to integrate key suppliers into their processes and systems. The purpose of this paper is to present an approach that helps ...
A collaborative knowledge management tool for product innovation management
(Inderscience Publishers, 2003)
Contemporary business systems are becoming increasingly competitive. Faster and smarter technology, although imperative, is not enough to survive in dynamic environments. Modern enterprises must adopt a deliberate and ...
Virtual team environment for collaborative research projects
(2006)
One of the main limiting factors that reduce the potential output the innovation projects, involving different organisations and individuals from different geographical areas, is the poor communication and knowledge sharing ...