JUST-IN-TIME PRODUCTION, AUTOMATION, COST ALLOCATION PRACTICES AND IMPORTANCE OF COST INFORMATION: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION IN NEW ZEALAND-BASED MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZAHIRUL HOQUE
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Cost Allocation ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Cost Information ◽  
Time Production ◽  
Manufacturing Organizations ◽  
Production Automation

scholarly journals On Just-In-Time Production Leveling

10.5772/54994 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Giordano ◽  
Massimiliano M.
Keyword(s):  
Just In Time ◽  
Time Production

A Scheduling System to Achieve Just-In-Time Production and Minimum Changeover Counts in a Polymerization Plant

2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1135-1139
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Takeda ◽  
Akihito Tanaka ◽  
Yoshifumi Tsuge ◽  
Hisayoshi Matsuyama
Keyword(s):  
Just In Time ◽  
Scheduling System ◽  
Time Production

The Effect of Just-in-Time Selling on Organizational Structure: An Empirical Investigation

1994 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Germain ◽  
Cornelia Droge ◽  
Patricia J. Daugherty
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Just In Time

scholarly journals ¿Es mayor la eficiencia productiva en los procesos de trabajo transformados? Una consideración acerca de las consecuencias de la transformación del proceso de trabajo en las condiciones laborales.

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Fairris
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Work Teams ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Labor Process ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Time Production ◽  
Organization Of Production ◽  
Rapid Transformation

Resumen:La organización de la producción ha venido sufriendo una rápida transformación desde hace casi dos décadas, con los cambios de los equipos de trabajo, las técnicas administrativas de calidad total y la producción justo a tiempo. Estas transformaciones han resultado en una mejora en la productividad en el trabajo, pero también en las repercusiones negativas sobre la vida de los trabajadores. Si las consecuencias positivas de la transformación del proceso de trabajo con respecto a la productividad están más que compensadas por las consecuencias negativas en las condiciones de trabajo, es posible que el movimiento de transformación del proceso de trabajo sea nocivo para la sociedad como un todo.Palabras clave : organización de la producción; equipos de trabajo; técnicas administrativas; calidad total; producción justo a tiempo; productividad. Abstract:The organization of production has undergone a rapid transformation for almost two decades, through changes in the work teams, the total-quality administrative techniques, and the just-in-time production. These changes have resulted in a better labor productivity, but also in negative effects on workers' lives. If positive consequences of the transformation of labor process with regard to productivity are more than compensated by the negative impact on working conditions, the labor process's change movement can be harmful to society as a whole.Key words: organization of production; work teams; administrative techniques; total quality; just-in-time production; productivity.

scholarly journals Protecting the Industrial Designs of Today and the Future

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Vladimir Samoylov
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Industrial Design ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Intellectual Property Protection ◽  
The Public ◽  
Design Practices ◽  
Visual Expression ◽  
The Future

<p>This study examines and critiques New Zealand intellectual property protection for industrial designs, taking into account that many New Zealand industrial design owners outsource manufacture of their designs to China.   Industrial design, which refers to improving the aesthetics of products to increase their marketability, is evolving conceptually and practically. In New Zealand, copyright and registered design laws each protect, respectively, the visual expression and the “eye appeal” of an original design. As design practices evolve with advances in technology however, it is increasingly evident that industrial design is about more than just visual expression or “eye appeal”. Many designers are not focusing solely on product stylisation and decoration, but on the provision of a more holistic product experience for the consumer.  The development process of industrial designs from concept to marketable product is also changing, with many New Zealand industrial design owners employing increasingly efficient design development strategies. The fast-paced, cost-effective infrastructure of China is often utilised by New Zealand businesses for the manufacture of industrial designs.   This study therefore sought to determine how to appropriately protect New Zealand industrial designs, in light of: a. foreseeable advances in technology; and  b. the fact that many New Zealand industrial designs are manufactured in China.   To answer these questions, this study examined and analysed New Zealand’s copyright and registered design laws, taking into account not only existing protections, but also factors that are likely to be of significant relevance in the future, such as the impact on industrial design from developments in 3D printing and virtual reality.   The Chinese intellectual property regime for industrial designs was also examined because China is a major trading partner and often, as noted, the locus of manufacture.   The study included an empirical investigation, in the form of interviews with designers and design academics as well as legal practitioners specialising in intellectual property law. The input of the interviewees, together with the legal analysis, informed a series of suggestions and recommendations for New Zealand policy and its law-makers regarding how industrial design protection can be improved.  A key finding of this study was that existing legal protections do not appropriately protect increasingly holistic designs, as well as new types of designs emerging from developing fields such as virtual reality. In assessing the appropriateness of protection, the interests of industrial design owners were balanced against the public interest in protecting the public domain. It is suggested that to achieve equilibrium copyright law should be expanded to protect design expressions for all senses. Moreover, new categories of copyright protected works should be introduced to accommodate emerging design. The definition of design in registered design law should also be reconceptualised in order to acknowledge new types of designs and evolving design practices.  Industrial design owners who outsource manufacturing to China can protect their designs via copyright as well as design patent. However, enforcement of intellectual property protection is unsatisfactory in many areas of China. Therefore, New Zealand industrial design owners should also employ non-legal protection strategies. Interviews with successful businesses, in the course of the empirical investigation for this study, revealed that the leveraging of existing relationships of those with already established operations in China, and intentionally splitting an industrial design’s component parts for manufacture among several factories in different locations, are useful strategies to employ.</p>

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