Until now quality assessment of requirements has focused on traditional up-front requirements. Contrasting these traditional requirements are just-in-time (JIT) requirements, which are by definition incomplete, not specific and might be ambiguous when initially specified, indicating a different notion of ‘correctness’. We analyze how the assessment of JIT requirements quality should be performe...

JIT compilation is a model of execution which translates at run time critical parts of the program to a low level representation. Typically a JIT compiler produces machine code from an intermediate bytecode representation. This paper considers a hardware JIT compiler targeting FPGAs, which are digital circuits configurable as needed to implement application specific circuits. Recent FPGAs in th...

I explore the role of the Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory system in the increase of cash holdings among U.S. manufacturing firms. I first demonstrate the empirical importance of JIT in shaping cash policy. I then develop a model to analyze the mechanism through which JIT affects cash and quantify its impact. In the model, both cash and inventory can serve as working capital. As firms switch from t...

A model for comparing the inventory costs of purchasing under the economic order quantity (EOQ) system and the just-intime (JIT) order purchasing system in existing literature concluded that JIT purchasing was virtually always the preferable inventory ordering system especially at high level of annual demand. By expanding the classical EOQ model, this paper shows that it is possible for the EOQ...

the aim of this study was to survey employees’ readiness working in physical education offices in west and east azerbaijan and ardebil provinces for accepting total quality management (tqm). the study was a descriptive survey and the sample consisted of 125 employees (45 females and 80 males) working in physical education offices of the three mentioned provinces. spinwall (1994) questionnaire i...

This paper discusses the application of Total Quality Management (TQM) in Jordanian Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. Utilising a methodology based upon questionnaires and semi-structure interviews, investigation of Jordanian ICT organisations and their significant stakeholders has revealed that although they have endeavoured to put into practice the strategies, tools and ...

The paper describes the representation and use of three ontologies in a software aiming at the assistance of a virtual team in business process analysis and improvement (BPI), using total quality management (TQM) technology. In comparison with the existing tools for BPI by TQM, this software has two specific features: (1) the ontology-based integration of the TQM tools (verbal diagrams, statist...

There has been a major emphasis for manufacturing firms in Australia and New Zealand to seek certification to the International Quality Standards ISO 9000. These have been rapidly accepted as a standard for documenting processes and procedures. ISO 9000 is a process that typically shifts an organisation’s culture to allow successful Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation. Researchers fou...

The purpose of this paper is to theorise the changes surrounding the introduction of amanagement control innovation, total quality management (TQM) techniques, within Telecom Fiji Limited. Using institutional theory and drawing on empirical evidence from multiple sources including interviews, discussions and documents, the paper explicates the institutionalization of these TQM practices. The fo...

Introduction An increasing focus on quality in the world of business is no longer an option but an absolute requirement in the face of growing competition (Wilkinson et al 1991). Founded over two decades ago by Deming and Juran, the Total Quality Management (TQM) movement has quickly become the most popular program for improving quality. Some say that TQM provides a unique historical approach t...