Enhancing global competitiveness and developing industry engagement practices

Enhancing Basic Metal Industry Global Competitiveness Through Total Quality Management, Supply Chain Management & Just- In -Time

The selection and implantation of sufficient and appropriate continuous improvement strategy are the key success factors for improving firm performance and enhancement of competitive advantage on manufacturing industries. As a result special role are given to Continuous improvement programs such as Supply Chain Management (SCM), Six-Sigma, Total Quality Management (TQM), Kaizen, Just-in-Time (J...

Global competitiveness, outsourcing, and education in the semiconductor industry

I HAVE EARLIER TALKED about the changing global semiconductor industry (" The Changing Face of IC Design and Its Industry, " IEEE Design & Test, Nov.-Dec. 2003). This is an industry in massive structural transformation , from manufacturing migration to the rise of fabless design houses in a rapidly disaggregating marketplace for semiconductors. And yet, it presents a tremendous potential for ec...

Developing Global Competitiveness in Healthcare: A Thai Healthcare Organization's Perspective

Healthcare is a competitive business in its own right. Global competition in healthcare adds yet another complex dimension to the success of a healthcare organization. Providing state of the art technology along with the manpower and management skills to bridge boundaries and cultures, confronts today’s healthcare organizations with challenges that, while on the surface may appear simple, may a...

HIV research: enhancing engagement to improve ethics

Brazilian Semiconductor Industry: Technological Change and Competitiveness

This paper intends to investigate how process and product technological changes are sought and conducted by Brazilian semiconductor companies. The semiconductor sector (strongly represented by chips) deserves special attention in the set of links composing the various supply chains of the electronic industrial complex, since it is highly strategic in this context. A survey with all semiconducto...