Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management back issues from January 2001:
GLOGIFT - Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management
Jan 01, 2001; ... Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management acronymed as GLOGIFT has been institutionalized as an annual event The giftjourn@l has been launched to contribute towards a resynthesis of the systems and management disciplines with the bottomline of "flexibility". In order to support ...
Economic Value Added (EVA): A New Flexible Tool for Measuring Corporate Performance
Jan 01, 2001; ... Abstract With increased competition and greater awareness among investors, new and innovative ways of measuring corporate performance are being developed. New tools/techniques provide flexibility to managers in their functions, be it in terms of operational aspects or evaluation ...
Incorporating Flexibility in Manufacturing and Operations - A Case Study in the Indian Context
Jan 01, 2001; ... Abstract The electronics-enabled revolution has brought about rapid changes in not only the corporate and business world but has also resulted in changing the social and cultural patterns globally. The manufacturing industry is no exception and has seen much advancement in manufacturing ...
SAP-LAP Framework
Jan 01, 2001; ... Introduction In order to translate Flexible Systems Management into action, SAP-LAP framework is developed In order to deal with complexity, chaos and contradictions of fast changing business reality, flexibility is becoming a key attribute of the evolving futuristic enterprises ....
New Flexible Paradigms in Equity Valuation: Knowledge Based Enterprises
Jan 01, 2001; ... Abstract The relationship between flexibility and market valuations has recently started attracting attention. Information Technology (IT) industry, by definition, is one of the most flexible industries. The primary assets for this industry are re-deployable human capital and embedded ...
A Flexible Approach for Prioritization in Product Development Process
Jan 01, 2001; ... Abstract Integrated Product Development is the twenty-first century response to global competitiveness. Given the customer awareness and competition, if we don't deliver a quality product fast at least cost to our customer, somebody else will. In such a scenario, it is imperative to ...
Flexibility in an Automobile Manufacturing Enterprise
Jan 01, 2001; ... Abstract The present manufacturing systems have become very complex. This requires the manufacturing system to rapidly adjust itself to changes, complexities, and uncertainties. Therefore, flexibility is needed. At the same time, productivity is also desired due to resource crunch and ...
From Little Acorns Do Olive Trees Grow !
Jan 01, 2001; ... Introduction Paradoxes are actually truisms that force us to be flexible in our perspective. They present to us viewpoints from bipolar ends of a continuum.They also reflect managerial dilemmas and provide insights into how managers think. Acorns actually grow into Olive trees. But then ...