Enhancing the quality and competitiveness of small businesses: A pooled cross-sectional analysis

Parast, Mahour Mellat; Safari, Arsalan

doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108410

Cited by 13 publications

(10 citation statements)

References 89 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This also corroborate with prior published studies (Ali et al. , 2020; Aqlan and Al-Fandi, 2018; Parast and Safari, 2022) on the significance of the competitors in driving the change management programs in many organizations. Thus, Nigerian plastics manufacturing firms can aspire to adopt organizational change strategies such as LSS in their supply chains in an intensely competitive business environment.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Consequently, companies must increase competitive advantage through a dynamic and continuous improvement mechanism that originates from the organizational resources and considers its external and internal status (Buitrago and Camargo, 2021). This also corroborate with prior published studies (Ali et al, 2020;Aqlan and Al-Fandi, 2018;Parast and Safari, 2022) on the significance of the competitors in driving the change management programs in many organizations. Thus, Nigerian plastics manufacturing firms can aspire to adopt organizational change strategies such as LSS in their supply chains in an intensely competitive business environment.…”

Section: Ranking Of Factors Of Lss Implementationsupporting

confidence: 84%

“…Also, the competitive business environment ( IB4 ) is a critical factor for implementing LSS in supply chains. Small- or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as large organizations, are constantly pressured to apply quality management practices to gain a competitive advantage by business efficiency and effectiveness improvement (Aqlan and Al-Fandi, 2018; Parast and Safari, 2022).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Organizational change towards Lean Six Sigma implementation in the manufacturing supply chain: an integrated approach

Orji

U-Dominic

2022

BPMJ

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

PurposeThe topic of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) implementation in a supply chain context is an emerging research stream comprising of diverse objectives and complex processes thereby presenting opportunities for further exploration and organizational process improvement. Thus, this study proposes an integrated multi-criteria decision-making methodology to determine what can facilitate the successful implementation of LSS as an organizational change strategy in the manufacturing supply chain.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed methodology based on Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory and hierarchical Evaluation Based on Distance to Average Solution is employed to ascertain the relative importance and priorities of an identified framework of factors with the aid of opinions of managers in the Nigerian plastics industry.FindingsThe results show a high significance of institution-based factors (e.g. government regulations) and present relevant implications to the policymakers as well as the managers and practitioners of the plastics manufacturing industry.Originality/valueThis study indicates a possible pathway to accurately evaluate a framework of critical factors to integrate and institutionalize LSS in the manufacturing supply chain for organizational performance improvement.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Ranking Of Factors Of Lss Implementationsupporting

confidence: 84%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Organizational change towards Lean Six Sigma implementation in the manufacturing supply chain: an integrated approach

Orji

U-Dominic

2022

BPMJ

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In contrast, the limitations of SMEs in implementing quality improvement are the lack of knowledge or understanding of the system and limited resources (Kumar & Antony, 2008). According to Parast & Safari (2022), information analysis and knowledge management affect customer attention and satisfaction, whereas strategic planning for quality and process quality management considerably and favorably affect customer focus, satisfaction, quality, and operational performance.…”

Section: Bibliometric Analysis Of Abstract and Cluster Topicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quality Improvement on SMEs: Trend and Visualization with Bibliometric Analysis

Thaha

2022

jinav j. inf. vis.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The purpose of this study is to discover the mapping and research trends of quality improvement in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) that Scopus index. A bibliometric analysis was conducted in this study from 1992 to mid-2022. The keywords quality improvement and SMEs are used in the title, abstract, and keywords for further filtering and screening manually. The analysis results yielded 114 relevant articles with the peak publications in 2019. India became the country with the highest quantity of publications, and the United Kingdom became the country with the most citations. Three cluster topics formed: SMEs' adaptation to consumer desires with quality processes and products, companies' challenges in accommodating the market without sacrificing product quality, and impact quality management to improve community outcomes with standardization. This paper provides an updated overview of research related to quality improvement and SMEs.

show abstract

“…So that the role of technology is needed for business resilience and continuity during the Covid-19 period. Technology became the spearhead of business processes at that time and until now (Parast & Safari, 2022), meaning that companies are encouraged to immediately adapt to these changes in order to improve economic performance in a sustainable manner. The ability of businesses to adapt quickly can increase competitive advantage, especially if they are able to adapt with two aspects that are very important nowadays, namely technological and social changes (Jaidi et al, 2022).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

"Not a lot of benefits, but you can survive”, the role of technology in micro business resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic

Gandoriah

Siskawati

Zahara

et al. 2022

esber

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The existence of the Indonesian MSME group is recognized as the backbone of national economic development. However, the limited resources of MSME actors are a challenge for MSME actors in adjusting to environmental changes and adapting to the digital technology used. Therefore, this study aims to see and explore the acceptance model of digital technology in the resilience of micro-enterprises in the city of Padang. This research is a non-positivism research with a phenomenological design. The object of this research is micro-enterprises in the city of Padang, selected purposively with snowball sampling. Data was collected by means of in-depth interviews and naturalistic observations. The results of this study found that digital technology helps micro-enterprises to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the cost of implementing the technology tends to be more economical. The use of technology is able to create a wider target market. This research provides an understanding of the role of digital technology in maintaining the resilience of micro-enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic.

show abstract

Enhancing the quality and competitiveness of small businesses: A pooled cross-sectional analysis

Cited by 13 publications

References 89 publications

Organizational change towards Lean Six Sigma implementation in the manufacturing supply chain: an integrated approach

Organizational change towards Lean Six Sigma implementation in the manufacturing supply chain: an integrated approach

Quality Improvement on SMEs: Trend and Visualization with Bibliometric Analysis

"Not a lot of benefits, but you can survive”, the role of technology in micro business resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About