...Global Journal of Researches in Engineering: G Industrial Engineering Volume 14 Issue 3 Version 1.0 Year 2014 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA) Online ISSN: 2249-4596 & Print ISSN: 0975-5861 Improving Quality and Productivity in Manufacturing Process by using Quality Control Chart and Statistical Process Control Including Sampling and Six Sigma By Ghazi Abu Taher & Md. Jahangir Alam Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh Abstract- The aim of study is to find out the effective way of improving the quality and productivity of a production line in manufacturing industry. The objective is to identify the defect of the company and create a better solution to improve the production line performance. Various industrial engineering technique and tools is implementing in this study in order to investigate and solve the problem that occurs in the production. However, 7 Quality Control tools are the main tools that will be applied to this study. Data for the selected assembly line factory are collected, studied and analyzed. The defect with the highest frequency will be the main target to be improved. Various causes of the defect will be analyzed and various solving method will be present. The best solving method will be chosen and propose to the company and compare to the previous result or production. However, the implementation of the solving methods is depending on the company whether they...
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...words, to be tax compliant individual taxpayers need to possess some basic knowledge on personal taxation such as chargeability of income, exemptions, reliefs, rebates in order to compute tax liability correctly. Taxpayers are less compliant if they do not understand the basic concept of taxation. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of tax knowledge in understanding the tax compliance behaviors. In addition, this study also examined three common demographic variables that may be relevant in explaining tax compliance behavior. A total of 50 questionnaires were distributed to all academicians at Faculty of Management and Muamalah, KUIS. Out of the 50 questionnaires distributed, a total of 39 usable responses were received, which represents response rate of 78 per cent. The results show about 35.8 per cent of the respondents had high level of tax knowledge, 41 per cent had medium tax knowledge and the remaining of 23.2 per cent had low level of basic tax knowledge. Findings also revealed that marital status had significantly affecting on tax compliance. However, the other two variables namely gender and age were insignificant. The present study provides an important insights for tax authorities to obtain knowledge and understanding of the behavioral attitudes of taxpayers toward tax compliance. 1.0 INTRODUCTION The tax system of a country does not only consist of the various taxes but also includes the assessment mechanism practiced by that particular country...
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...ICU. One in four patients die with CLABSI complications. These serious infections usually cause a prolonged hospital stay with an increased cost. The average CLASBI cost an additional 0.6-2.7 billion every year. Some patients may be at higher risk for developing a CLABSI due to their length of hospitalization before catheterization, duration of catheterization, underlying medical conditions, location of catheter placement, or other factors. It is important that both the patient and the healthcare providers take the appropriate steps to help prevent an infection. Rutkoff, G. S. (2014). The Influence of an Antimicrobial Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter on Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in a Hospital Environment. Journal Of The Association For Vascular Access, 19(3), 172-179. doi:10.1016/j.java.2014.06.002 Federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have mandated reduction of hospital acquired infections and recommended...
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...A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF STORE ATMOSPHERIC ATTRIBUTES ON CUSTOMERS’ EXPERIENCES AND THEIR BEHAVIORAL INTENTION AT SIME DARBY AUTO BAVARIA SDN BHD, GLENMARIE, SHAH ALAM AKMAL SYALWANI BINTI IDRIS 2010132513 BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH HONOURS (RETAIL MANAGEMENT) FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA SHAH ALAM DECEMBER 2013 A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF STORE ATMOSPHERIC ATTRIBUTES ON CUSTOMERS’ EXPERIENCES AND THEIR BEHAVIORAL INTENTION AT SIME DARBY AUTO BAVARIA SDN BHD, GLENMARIE, SHAH ALAM AKMAL SYALWANI BINTI IDRIS 2010132513 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours (Retail Management) FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA SHAH ALAM DECEMBER 2013 DECLARATION OF ORIGINAL WORK BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH HONOURS (RETAIL MANAGEMENT) FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA "DECLARATION OF ORIGINAL WORK" I, AKMAL SYALWANI BINTI IDRIS, (I/C Number: 911026105140) Hereby, declare that: This work has not previously been accepted in substance for any degree, locally or overseas, and is not being concurrently submitted for this degree or any other degrees. This project-paper is the result of my independent work and investigation, except where otherwise stated. All verbatim extracts have been distinguished by quotation marks and sources of my information have been...
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...various occupational groups?”, by investigating the relation of the “Big Five” personality dimensions (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism and Openness) to job performance for three occupational groups (Mangers, Skilled Workers and Sales). Office based employees at Green Curve Interiors were administered a widely acknowledged Big Five personality online test to obtain their personality trait score. Regression line and scatter charts were the tools used in our study to find the relation between the results of personality test score and job performance ratings. In our study we categorised green curve employees according to their occupational groups. From our analysis we found that conscientiousness was the best predictor for overall job performance among different occupational groups. We also found that extraversion and openness traits did not predict overall job performance, but they did predict success in specific occupations like managers and sales staff. We conclude our study by recommending Green Curve to incorporate the “can do” attitude and “continuous improvement” as part of their organisational behaviour. “Can do” attitude relates to the tendency to show self-discipline, act dutifully, and aim for achievement; while “continuous improvement” relates to...
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...Content Page 1. Introduction………………….………………………………………1 2. Literature Review…………….……………………………………...1 3. Aim Statement………………….…………………………...………..3 4. Objectives……………………….…………………………………….3 5. Methodology…………………….…………………………………….4 5.1 Philosophy…………………………….…………………4 5.2 Approach……………………………..………………….4 5.3 Strategy………………………………..…………………5 5.4 Choice…………………………………..………………...5 5.5 Time Horizon…………………………...………………..6 5.6 Techniques and Procedures/Sampling…………………6 6. Ethics and Access…….………………………………………………7 6.1 Academic Integrity………………………………………7 6.2 Data Protection Act……….……………………………..7 7. Time Plan……………………………………………………………..8 8. References…………………………………………………………….9 1. Introduction This paper focuses on workforce diversity management by reviewing past studies and theories and applying it to the UK retail sector. ‘ The basic concept of managing diversity accepts that the workforce consists of a diverse population of people consisting of visible and non-visible differences… and is founded on the premise that harnessing these differences will create a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, where all talents are fully utilized and in which organizational goals are met’ (Torrington et al, 2011: 476). 2. Literature Review According to Ellis and Sonnenfeld (1994) and Brenda (2010), the main purpose of diversity management and its primary function is to increase employee performance and to avoid quick-fix solutions (Trennery and Paradies...
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...Postgraduate ProgramSubject Outline Faculty of Business and Management http://my.uowdubai.ac.ae Subject Code: MGMT949 Subject Name: Management (6cp) Year: 2013 Section: 1 Performance Session: Spring No of Credit Points:6 Pre-requisite(s): NA Co-requisite(s): NA LECTURE INFORMATION Day: Time: Monday 18.00 – 21.00 Location: Block TBA Room TBA Lecturer’s Name: Building & Office No: E-mail Address: Consultation Days and Times: Subject Coordinator: DR. PAYYAZHI JAYASHREE Block 16 Office 21-4 payyazhijayashree@uowdubai.ac.ae SUNDAY : 3 TO 6PM , TUESDAY : 3 TO 6PM DR. PAYYAZHI JAYASHREE 1 SUBJECT DESCRIPTION This subject addresses performance management, which is defined as an ongoing communication process that involves both the performance manager and employee. Key aspects of this process are examined. Topics include: identifying and describing essential job functions and relating them to the mission and goals of the organization; developing performance standards; giving and receiving feedback about performance; writing and communicating constructive performance evaluations, and planning education and development activities to maintain and improve employee work performance. 2 LEARNING OUTCOMES On successful completion of this subject students will be able to : 1. Describe the key concepts and techniques of performance management. 2. Explain the development of performance management as an area of growing importance for managers and employees. 3. Critically...
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...ACCOUNTING THEORY AND PRACTICE PRE-REQUISITE : BKAF3073 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING IV |Lecturer |Group |Room |Ext. |e-mail | |DR. DHIAA SHAMKI |C & F |3.07 |3740 |dhiaashamki@uum.edu.my | 1.0 SYNOPSIS This course is an advanced level course focusing on financial accounting theory; and as such, it differs from other accounting courses learnt previously. It is designed to further enhance students’ understanding of the concepts and issues in accounting theory and practices. This course involves the study of the practical and theoretical issues involved in the development, implementation and changes in accounting theories and regulatory framework. As this course will be seminal-like, this course will provide students with some generic skills required in the accounting profession such as team working, interaction, leadership, follower-ship, critical and creative thinking skills, decision making skills, analytical skills, communication skills as well as professional demeanor. 2.0 OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course, students are expected: 2.1 to understand the principles, concepts and issues in accounting theory, financial accounting theory and reporting practices, 2.2 to critically evaluate the development...
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...Improving Byzantine Fault Tolerance Using Concurrent Information by FNGenius Abstract Many futurists would agree that, had it not been for the deployment of the lookaside buffer, the understanding of Scheme might never have occurred. In this position paper, we verify the study of the Turing machine. WABBLE, our new solution for extensible epistemologies, is the solution to all of these obstacles. Table of Contents 1) Introduction 2) Related Work 3) Design 4) Implementation 5) Performance Results 5.1) Hardware and Software Configuration 5.2) Experiments and Results 6) Conclusion 1 Introduction Many computational biologists would agree that, had it not been for stable theory, the exploration of symmetric encryption might never have occurred. Given the current status of signed symmetries, systems engineers daringly desire the analysis of gigabit switches, which embodies the significant principles of networking. Further, compellingly enough, indeed, compilers and reinforcement learning have a long history of agreeing in this manner. Contrarily, suffix trees alone can fulfill the need for the producer-consumer problem. Cyberneticists largely study telephony in the place of the deployment of architecture. The usual methods for the visualization of virtual machines do not apply in this area. Nevertheless, this solution is continuously well-received. This is a direct result of the analysis of compilers. Thusly, we see no reason not to use the partition...
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...ANALYSIS OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY Table of Contents Introduction 3 Case Study- Part 1 3 1. Types of Menu 3 1.1 The Lamb- pub 3 1.2 Berners Tavern- restaurant 3 2. Food production system 4 2.1 The Lamb- pub 4 2.2 Berners Tavern- restaurant 4 3 Service systems 5 3.1 The Lamb- pub 5 3.2 Berners Tavern- restaurant 5 4. Implications of staff of different systems (comparison and discussion between two establishments) 5 5. Conclusions in regards to menu suitability and establishment of F & B 6 5.1 The Lamb- pub 6 5.2 Berners Tavern- restaurant 6 6. Recommendations for a better system 6 Case study –Part 2 7 An explanation of the purpose of using a cost of the recipe. 8 Case study -3 10 3. Providing food & beverage in hospitality event 10 3.1 Deciding event for dinner 10 3.2 Event action plan 10 3.3 Sending Invitations 11 3.4 Food & drink menu 11 3.5 Service plan 11 3.6 Table plan 11 3.7 Calculation of event costs 12 3.8 Overall plan 13 3.9 Safety and security 13 3.10 Shopping list 13 3.11 Evaluation 13 3.12 Implementation & delivery 13 Conclusion 13 References: 14 Introduction Food and Beverage is an important part in the hospitality industry. It is through this department where a large amount of business is being transacted on a high note (Park et al. 2014). There should an arranged system to serve the food. There are many different sectors of the food industry that is needed to maintain the total sector...
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...DO FIRMS TARGET CREDIT RATINGS OR LEVERAGE LEVEL IN PAKISTAN SUBMITTED TO: Dr. SOHAIL YOUNIS SUBMITTED BY: JAMSHAID ALI BBS GROUP C IM|SCIENCES, HAYATABAD, PESHAWAR ABSTRACT The topic selected for this study “Do firm Target Credit Ratings or Leverage Level”. In this study 20 Pakistani non-financial firms are proposed to be included to observe the different determinants of capital structure which influence the leverage ratio and the study is also proposed to find out relationship of different explanatory variables with each other whether positive or negative influence exists. The variables taken in this study are Leverage, earnings before interest and tax, business size, fixed asset, depreciation and market to book value. This study also includes expression of different economic and financial analyst about the determinants of capital structure and this study also relates to the theory of capital structure by M.M and all other analyst. TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Section 1 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH PROPOSAL ............................................................................. 4 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Introduction to research question and underpinning theories ................................................................ 4 Introduction to the context ............................................................
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...Table of Contents 1- Question 1 3 1.1 Justification 3 2 Question 2 3 2. Justification 3 3- Question 3 4 3.1 Justification 4 4- Question 4 4 4.1 Justification 4 5 Question 5 5 5.1 Justification 5 6 Question 6 5 6.1 Justification 5 6- Reference List 6 Question 1 Dmitrij, L & Vida, D 2013 “Influence of Information Systems on Business Performance” Science:Future of Lithuania, Vol. 5, issue1, p38-45 This article examines the influence of information system on business performance. The author gather the data through the use analysis of scientific literature and research synthesis in order to identify benefits of information system and the influence of business performance. The authors explain that information system can be viewed differently however system in most cases are most often grouped in five categories; office information systems, transaction processing systems, management information systems, decision support systems, and executive support systems. (Dmitrij & Vida, 2013) 1.1Justification This article will be useful as it clearly define what an information system is and explain how it is crucial for any business in the modern society. Furthermore it discusses the five classifications of information systems and explains how these system...
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...This case study of Kodak has face several challenges in order to compete with other photographic film businesses. Besides, the tremendous growth in technology has intimidate the company's core business, producing photographic products. In this case study, Kodak has gone through a transition stage in the late 80s to 90s. The motive behind of this transition was due to the prologue of new technology where during those years, people are more likely to use digital photography instead of the old traditional photography films. Kodak were well-known in developing photographic products and the company has developed most of the components of digital photography, nevertheless the effort has lead to a severe impact on the company business. Question 1 What is your analysis of what has gone wrong so far? In the recent years, Kodak has undertaken a transformation from being the traditional film business to a new digital photography business but the effort was not acceptable which lead to sales decline in the United States ("TECHNOLOGY; Advice to Help Kodak" 2004). It is said that, by recruiting in two CEOs from different industries was not a good idea for Kodak (Rise and Fall 2014). Kodak thought that, the CEOs from a dissimilar industry would present in new ideas which might help Kodak to maintain its position in the industry and also to make profits (Rise and Fall 2014). Based on the case study, Kodak had borrowed some amount of money just to finance the purchase of Sterling Drug, Inc...
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...Course Study Guide 2011–12 International Business Management BUSI 1493 [pic] Contents 1. Welcome 3 2. Introduction to the Course 4 2.1 Aims 4 2.2 Learning Outcomes 4 2.2.1 Knowledge and understanding of: 4 2.2.2 Intellectual Skills: 4 2.2.3 Subject practical skills: 5 2.2.4 Transferable skills: 5 2.3 Learning and teaching activities 5 3. Contact Details 5 4. Course Content 6 4.1 Session Reading 20 5. Assessment Details 21 5.1 Summary of assessment 21 5.2 Detailed description of assessment 21 6. Other Details 23 1. Welcome Welcome to the exciting world of International Business Management! In this era of globalization, there are very few companies that can say that they are not part of a global network. Every firm has to think of itself as a global company, if for no other reason than because it has to meet competition from global companies. This changes the entire strategy of the firm. In the future, we expect that all of you will be involved in managerial decision making that will take you beyond the realms of your geographical territory. This course on International Business Management will have the focus on helping you make better international decisions. Aside from the opportunities offered by globalisation, there are also many risks in entering into the global market. This course will attempt to address, in a structured format, the ways and possibilities of addressing...
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...|UNIT -17 |Strategic Planning |Course |Edexcel BTEC Level 7 Extended | | | | |Diploma | |LECTURER |Shameem |Verifier |Rizwan Mahmooth | |HAND OUT DATE |15th Nov 2011 |SUBMISSION DATE |15th of Feb2012 | |NAME OF STUDENT | |Term |Sep-Dec | | | |ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES | | | | | |This Assignment is designed to help you achieve good results. | |In your answer, write about the key concepts highlighted...
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