Authors : K.P. Paranitharan and T. Ramesh Babu
Abstract: Manufacturing excellence is an outcome of optimum utilization of available resources and continual improvement in manufacturing facilities which fulfill the needs of the stakeholders in the business environment. In developing countries like India, there is a lack of quality manufacturing environment which is the root cause for the failure to meet the dynamic demand in industry. To overcome this hurdle a comprehensive model, namely Integrated Manufacturing Business Excellence System (IMBES) is developed based upon examination of literatures. This consists of 10 successful criterions, namely; Visionary Leadership and Management Commitment (VLMC), Systematic Approach to Management (SAM), Customer Focus and Satisfaction (CFS), Continuous Improvement and Innovation (CII), Organization Culture (OC), Workforce Management (WM), Manufacturing Strategy (MS), Resource Planning and System Audit (RPSA), Supplier Quality Management (SQM), Technology Management and Information System (TMIS) which helps for attaining business excellence in manufacturing industry. IMBES is nothing but a bundle of global manufacturing management concepts, namely; Total Quality Management (TQM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Six Sigma (DMAIC Methodology), Lean Manufacturing (LM), Agile Manufacturing (AM) and Sustainable Manufacturing (SM).
K.P. Paranitharan and T. Ramesh Babu, 2014. A Comprehensive Review of Integrated Manufacturing Practice in Global Context-Manufacturing Management Perspective. International Business Management, 8: 369-377.