Quality Innovation Prosperity  

Pasi Hellman,Yang Liu

This research investigates the history of quality and development of quality management systems. History of quality is investigated from Hammurabi’s law all the way to today’s reigning quality initiatives including ISO, Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing. I... see more

Mojmír Prídavok,Radoslav Delina

The purpose of the paper is to analyz wide range of possible auction strategies and configurations of eRA, with respect to the ever changing market conditions. Electronic reverse auction (eRA) represents an electronic sourcing method of competitive biddin... see more

Naci Tolga Saruc,Peter Dorcak,František Pollák

Aim of this paper is highlighting possibilities in effective utilization of Information and Communication Technologies for supporting entrepreneurship (e-business) for Small and Medium enterprises. The core research carried on for duration of twelve month... see more

Jan Kosina

This paper seeks to define the process for the continuous evaluation of the financial benefits during Six Sigma project life time. The financial criteria are critical success factors of a Six Sigma project. The process has been developed as part of the si... see more

David Vykydal,Petra Halfarová,Jaroslav Nenadál

All organizations certified against the ISO 9001 requirements must also measure customer satisfaction. But customer loyalty represents quality management system maturity on higher level of objectivity. An purpose of the article is bring set of information... see more

Peter Michalik,Ján Štofa,Iveta Zolotová

This paper describes how to use the process map to model the MES level of information and control systems. In the practical application, the BPMN standard was used for the design of the function of the management maintenance, which, according MES organiza... see more

Tatiana Ustyugová,Darja Noskievicová

The purporse of this paper is to show the algorithm of the lean and agile manufacturing integration based on the principles from Wikinomics, which will lead to a steady production process and easier growth of company’s success. Lean and agile manufacturin... see more

Jozef Slížik,René Hartanský

This paper is dealing with measurement of a near-field strength in the region around a source, which is supply of radiation. Electromagnetic field is distributed inhomogeneously in this case. The field consists of two components field, vectors of electric... see more

Markus Helfert,Petr Doucek,Miloš Maryška

The paper analyzes role “Enterprise Architect” in Czech companies in the context of current requirements of economic entities. Enterprise Architect is a specific role, which must supervise both the architecture of the whole corporate system and the design... see more

Jaroslava Kádárová,Jozef Mihok,Renáta Turisová

Performance evaluation plays an important role in determining faults and difficulties of any company. Data envelopment analysis (DEA), as a non-parametric method, has been one of the most important and significant management tools for measuring output or ... see more

Maria Madoranova,Matus Horvath

The purpose of this paper is to present an approach for supplier evaluation based on Multi-Criteria Decision Matrix adopted for specific requirements of micro and small sized organizations. Quality management system and its supply chain management are bas... see more

Anna Åslund,Ingela Bäckström

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