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The productivity myth in furniture manufacturing

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the problems of productivity which face the European furniture manufacturers and in particular those based in the United Kingdom. It addresses the threats faced by the furniture industry, in light of escalating costs, from a productivity perspective. The pap...

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Main Authors: Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran, Reid, H. F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Maney Publishing 1996
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42392/1/The%20productivity%20myth%20in%20furniture%20manufacturing.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.423922016-04-13T05:12:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42392/ The productivity myth in furniture manufacturing Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran Reid, H. F. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the problems of productivity which face the European furniture manufacturers and in particular those based in the United Kingdom. It addresses the threats faced by the furniture industry, in light of escalating costs, from a productivity perspective. The paper sets out to suggest that contrary to common belief, productivity improvement is often related to an industrial infrastructure as exemplified by the Taiwanese furniture manufacturers. Maney Publishing 1996 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42392/1/The%20productivity%20myth%20in%20furniture%20manufacturing.pdf Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran and Reid, H. F. (1996) The productivity myth in furniture manufacturing. Journal of the Institute of Wood Science, 14 (2). pp. 102-105. ISSN 0020-3203
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description The purpose of this paper is to highlight the problems of productivity which face the European furniture manufacturers and in particular those based in the United Kingdom. It addresses the threats faced by the furniture industry, in light of escalating costs, from a productivity perspective. The paper sets out to suggest that contrary to common belief, productivity improvement is often related to an industrial infrastructure as exemplified by the Taiwanese furniture manufacturers.
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author Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran
Reid, H. F.
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title The productivity myth in furniture manufacturing
title_short The productivity myth in furniture manufacturing
title_full The productivity myth in furniture manufacturing
title_fullStr The productivity myth in furniture manufacturing
title_full_unstemmed The productivity myth in furniture manufacturing
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publisher Maney Publishing
publishDate 1996
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42392/1/The%20productivity%20myth%20in%20furniture%20manufacturing.pdf
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