Resource conservation is among the major goals of life cycle design. One way to achieve resource ... more Resource conservation is among the major goals of life cycle design. One way to achieve resource conservation is by means of using recycled materials in the manufacture of products. Of course, recycling may also make sense from a purely economic perspective. In this paper an AT&T internal recycling project is discussed in which 100% post-consumer ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) plastic flake derived from scrapped telephone housings is used for making wall mount panels for the MERLIN LEGEND and PARTNER II business telephone systems. Issues pertinent to the use of recycled plastic, such as the material's suitability in view of its somewhat degraded physical properties, and the implications of applicable product standards and regulations, are reviewed as well
This study examines the quality management practices in the manufacturing industry in Ireland on ... more This study examines the quality management practices in the manufacturing industry in Ireland on the performance of companies. The key findings point to the existence of a moderately positive linear relationship with a correlation coeffiecient of 0.694 between practice and performance. All the available multiple comparison tests conducted showed there is a significant difference in competitive ability between firms with 20–50 employees and theother employment group. From the perspective of competitive advantage, firms are better off being big rather than small. Also the local indigenous firms are at a competitive disadvantage unless jointly owned by foreign partners. Foreign owned firms have better quality management practices with a mean total score of 25% higher than local firms. Furthermore, it appears that being a subsidiary or part of a larger organisation and membership to a quality association contributes to better performance. Competitive sectors like Plastics and Rubber, Chemical and Electrical/Electronics have higher mean total scores than the rest and are above industry average. Firms that have larger export markets have better quality management practices. Finally companies accredited with ISO 9000 (66% of respondents) and or had implemented TQM (19% of respondents) exhibit a wide range of performance and statistically are significantly different than those without.
Resource conservation is among the major goals of life cycle design. One way to achieve resource ... more Resource conservation is among the major goals of life cycle design. One way to achieve resource conservation is by means of using recycled materials in the manufacture of products. Of course, recycling may also make sense from a purely economic perspective. In this paper an AT&T internal recycling project is discussed in which 100% post-consumer ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) plastic flake derived from scrapped telephone housings is used for making wall mount panels for the MERLIN LEGEND and PARTNER II business telephone systems. Issues pertinent to the use of recycled plastic, such as the material's suitability in view of its somewhat degraded physical properties, and the implications of applicable product standards and regulations, are reviewed as well
This study examines the quality management practices in the manufacturing industry in Ireland on ... more This study examines the quality management practices in the manufacturing industry in Ireland on the performance of companies. The key findings point to the existence of a moderately positive linear relationship with a correlation coeffiecient of 0.694 between practice and performance. All the available multiple comparison tests conducted showed there is a significant difference in competitive ability between firms with 20–50 employees and theother employment group. From the perspective of competitive advantage, firms are better off being big rather than small. Also the local indigenous firms are at a competitive disadvantage unless jointly owned by foreign partners. Foreign owned firms have better quality management practices with a mean total score of 25% higher than local firms. Furthermore, it appears that being a subsidiary or part of a larger organisation and membership to a quality association contributes to better performance. Competitive sectors like Plastics and Rubber, Chemical and Electrical/Electronics have higher mean total scores than the rest and are above industry average. Firms that have larger export markets have better quality management practices. Finally companies accredited with ISO 9000 (66% of respondents) and or had implemented TQM (19% of respondents) exhibit a wide range of performance and statistically are significantly different than those without.
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