Project and Quality

The organizations are interacting with suppliers, customers and even competitors in order to achieve the customer satisfaction as well as the greater success and profitability in the new commercial environment. Supply chain management is the most important part of the company’s strategy to optimize the planning and implementation of the processes to respond to the market changes and it will not be possible without the efficient and effective internal process. Certainly, to ensure effectiveness of the integrated processes, they should be periodically evaluated by some indicators. Therefore, this study has discussed the effectiveness of supply chain management using the balanced scorecard methodology, to do which a goal programming model is presented to minimize sum of deviations. In this study, first, the indices affecting the four perspectives (financial, customer, internal process and learning and growth) of balanced scorecard in ISACO Corporation are identified. Then, the weight and prioritization of the indices affecting the four perspectives of balanced scorecard are calculated, and then, the distance of performance of each one of the perspectives of balanced scorecard from the goals of the studied company has been measured. In addition, the goal programming model is presented to evaluate the effectiveness of supply chain in order to minimize sum of absolute deviations using the goal programming model.

There is an optimum time for implementing field operation of various crops in each region. If the operation is accomplished sooner or later, it will cause a reduction in yield quantity and quality. The cost of this reduction is named “timeliness cost”. Annual timeliness cost is estimated by an equation reported in ASAE standards. MF285 tractors have low reliability in Iran. Generally, low tractor reliability has an uncertainty in implementation of farm operation which it is not considered in ASAE equation for calculating of timelines cost. This uncertainty causes a cost being a part of timeliness cost and is produced due to tractor failure within farm operation. The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability function of MF285 tractors operated in Debal Khazaei Agro-Industry Co. in Khuzestan province of Iran. Thus, in this study a function-fit model for reliability of farm tractors was determined. Afterwards, tractors working times to a failure (hours) in tenth year of tractor life were fitted with normal, exponential, lognormal, poisson and weibull age distribution functions using moment estimation. Depending on Chi square test, the best reliability function for this given situation was exponential distribution function with ? = 0.025.

In this study, we sought to know what led to the creation of links between industry and academia in the Knowledge Based Economy for this purpose, a questionnaire was prepared to read relevant literature and the industry elite, elite university After collecting the necessary data parameters were identified

In today’s globalize economy, competition is becoming ever more intense. Many companies are trying very hard not only to satisfy their customer’s needs but where possible exceed them. This can only be achieved through cost reduction, improvement in product performance, increased customer satisfaction and a constant effort towards world class organizations. In order for companies to survive and grow in the future, it is essential that they deliver high quality goods and services. Those that can deliver quality are the ones that will prosper in the next century (Ross, 1994). The main aim of this research focused on a set of concerns regarding HR initiatives focused on employees’ commitment and quality awareness, developed in smaller firms. These concerns gave rise to the research’s main focus and got materialized through the following purpose: the study HR initiatives focused on employees’ commitment and consciousness/awareness about the importance of quality improvement in firms’ competitiveness.

This paper aims to provide a portrait of female entrepreneurship in Tunisia to raise difficulties in the Proceedings of the creation and management of enterprises created by women. And, through the description of the characteristics of women entrepreneurs and leaders of their companies. The data analysis of the study was done using the SPSS software relying.Through this study, we identified key factors that promote the growth of women's entrepreneurship.

It is the quality and excellence that matters. These are deciding factors in any organization. Quality is what makes the difference between things being excellent or run of the mill. Quality Circles or Quality Control Circles as they are called in Japan, is a participative philosophy woven around Quality Control and problem solving at the bottom level. It exemplifies the policy of people building, respect for human beings and creates participative management culture.

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous institution of U.G.C., New Delhi, having the responsibility of assessment and accreditation of colleges and universities in India has redesigned its methodology of assessment and accreditation on the basis of its own field experience, shared knowledge with international quality assurance agencies and quality imperatives in the changing global scenario in higher education. The new methodology has come into effect from 1st April 2007, with a view to enhance its rigor, reliability and validity. The sample has been taken from 44 institutions of higher education in Haryana. 7 teachers from each institution who were the members of the IQACs were included in the sample. These 44 institutions include 19 urban aided institutions (13 co-ed. And 6 women colleges), 8 urban government institutions (5 co-ed. and 3 women colleges), 11 rural aided institutions (3 co-ed. and 8 women colleges) and 6 rural government institutions (3 co-ed. and 3 women colleges).

Human being is now living in the technology era and is experiencing the economy of the pioneer technologies, consumer-based economy and eventually economy of the services. People are now benefiting from the fast information exchange and facile transportations and the progress in technology made all these possible. This phenomenon has raised the expectation of the public concerning standard services. In addition to that, the competitive market provided a positive attitude for the improvement of the services and keeping the customers satisfied. This study tried to apply Kano and SERVQUAL models and by synthesizing the two models resolves their shortcomings and proposes new capacities for improving the services. Aseman Airlines is one of the most important service organizations in providing airlines. Results of the study show that the quality if the services provided by Asemn Airlines does not meet the customer’s expectations and there is a negative gap in all the five factors of service quality. The biggest gap was related to the insufficient time of the employees for handling the passengers’ requests and the narrowest gap was related to the courtesy of the employees. It can be concluded that the focus of the company’s managers should be placed on the improvement of the services whose gaps are bigger and the customers are less satisfied with, otherwise the company will face huge challenges for providing the services.

By refusing to separate the management and workforce into water-tight compartments, the concept of Quality Circles made a radical departure from the western style of management. In the Quality Circle approach, the task performers at the grass-root level are given the privilege of participation in progress and to have a say in the work they do. Similarly, when we apply in academics, we suppose that people performing the tasks can rise to the occasion, solve their problems and recommend solutions provided the knowledge to analyze their problems is given. Ownership and responsibility towards the task are passed to the teachers and students doing the job. Quality Circles in academics do not segregate management, teachers and students into different blocks but treat them all as seekers of truth, together treading the path of knowledge. This in essence is the conceptual frame of the Quality Circles when we apply them in education.

Household Investment into energy efficient light bulbs is low in Nigeria despite its proven benefits. This paper seeks to examine the factors determining the decision of households to invest in Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) and Incandescent bulbs. A multinomial logit model was used to estimate these determinants among 1,253 households in Kosofe and Ikorodu Local Government Areas of Lagos State. The model shows that household decision to invest in energy efficient CFLs is determined by factors such as household income, education level of the household head, presence of a technically skilled person in the household, use of prepaid meter, formally employed household head and male household head. Households that reside in tenement buildings are found to be less likely to invest in CFLs for lighting and number of bulbs in apartment was also found to reduce the odd in favour of investment in energy efficient bulbs. Awareness of energy saving benefits as a factor predicting investment was though found to increase the likelihood of investment in CFLs but not statistically significant. The paper recommends the promotion of energy efficient light bulbs in old buildings as recently built houses have been observed to be using them.