Post-Communist Workplace Relations in Hungary: Case Studies from the Clothing Industry

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 743-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carola M. Frege
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Clothing Industry ◽  
Workplace Relations

Validation of a Methodology to Implement Lean Production in Textile and Clothing Industry

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Costa Maia ◽  
Anabela C. Alves ◽  
Celina P. Leão ◽  
Rubén Eira
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Lean Production ◽  
Clothing Industry ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Lean Implementation

Lean Production is considered a management methodology that has been implemented in many industries and services. Nevertheless, Lean experts know that this is not only a management methodology; it is more a philosophy and a new way of life. This is the reason why it is difficult to implement but, even worst, to be successful and to be sustainable. A continuous effort of improvement must always be kept in mind. Attending to these factors, it is important to have a methodology that helps to implement Lean Production effectively. This methodology could be different from industry to industry in order to model the differences between them and, most important, to assure its sustainability. This paper presents the validation of one such methodology for the Textile and Clothing Industry (TCI), based on three case studies (three Textile and Clothing companies located in North of Portugal). To validate it, different field procedures instruments such as interviews, questionnaires, and checklists were used. With these instruments, some validation results of the methodology were obtained, mainly, related with the diagnosis phase of Lean implementation. Results of two case studies were published in previous papers, being the results of a third case presented in this paper. Also, an analysis and discussion of the three case studies results, regarding their attitudes and difficulties are presented.

The supplier perspective: forging strong partnerships with buyers

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Roloff ◽  
Michael S. Aßländer ◽  
Dilek Zamantili Nayir
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Corporate Social Performance ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Clothing Industry ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Supplier Partnerships ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify three commonly observed mistakes made when managing suppliers and describe factors that contribute to successful buyer–supplier partnerships. Design/methodology/approach – Five extensive case studies in the automotive and clothing industry, as well as cases discussed in the literature, are analysed. Findings – Barriers to successful partnerships are a too strong emphasis on cost cutting and a too controlling management approach on the part of the buyer, and the abuse of insider knowledge for faking performances on the side of the supplier. Open communication, willingness to engage in mutual learning and encouraging innovations are observed in successful partnerships. Research limitations/implications – A limited number of case studies in the German automotive industry and the Turkish clothing industry are used. Both industries are subject to significant change which means that generalisations should be made with caution. Therefore, we discuss only problems and solutions that have also been identified in studies conducted in other industries and/or countries. Practical implications – Managers learn how to best manage partnerships with suppliers and what mistakes to avoid. Social implications – Partnerships aiming at improving working conditions are discussed. Findings and recommendations help managers improve their corporate social performance in the supply chain. Originality/value – Partnerships are approached from the perspective of the supplier to identify commonly made mistakes and successful practices of buyers.

Definition of a Protocol for Implementing Lean Production Methodology in Textile and Clothing Case Studies

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Costa Maia ◽  
Anabela Carvalho Alves ◽  
Celina P. Leão
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Lean Production ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Industrial Engineering ◽  
Clothing Industry ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
National Framework

This paper presents a protocol used in case studies with the objective to validate a Lean Production methodology in Textile and Clothing Industry (TCI) in North of Portugal. The methodology was developed under a Doctoral Program on Industrial Engineering and Systems. During the development of the methodology, the TCI contextualization was studied in parallel with the development of a survey applied to the TCI companies. The development of the methodology (structured in three phases) was followed by its validation in case studies. Thus, this paper objective is to describe and explain the case study designed and conducted to attain feedback from companies. These case studies demanded a protocol constituted by an overview of the project, the field procedures (meetings and visits, interviews, questionnaires and checklist form), the preliminary questions of the project and the guide for the reports from the case studies. From the field procedures, the interviews was the first instrument used and it allowed the identification of the needs of change, the workers and management role in this change, the expected and achieved results. These preliminary results are presented in this paper. The questionnaire, adapted from others studies, would be used for a better context in the national framework and it would be applied in a following phase as the checklist. It will enable the data and metrics collection related with several aspects, namely work ergonomic conditions. This protocol will allow the knowledge of the work environment for a good implementation of the Lean Production.

scholarly journals Powerful Times: Flexible Discipline and Schedule Gifts at Work

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1061-1077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex J Wood
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Moral Obligation ◽  
Flexible Scheduling ◽  
Workplace Relations ◽  
Secure Control

This article uses two ethnographic retail case studies to investigate contemporary workplace control. The findings highlight how flexible scheduling has serious consequences for workers and causes insecurity. This provides managers with a powerful and unaccountable mechanism for securing control. The benefits for managers of using flexible scheduling to secure control are shown to be its ambiguity and flexibility. Moreover, flexible scheduling creates an environment where workers must continually strive to maintain managers’ favour. Little evidence is found to suggest that this control is aided by work games obscuring workplace relations. Flexible scheduling does, however, enable misrecognition of workplace relations due to the schedule gifts which it entails. Schedule gifts act to bind workers to managers’ interests through feelings of gratitude and moral obligation.

Settlement Process or Tactical Opportunity? Mediation in Industrial Relations

1999 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 594-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Fells
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Precise Nature ◽  
Alternative Method ◽  
Workplace Relations ◽  
Industrial Disputes

Mediation is often suggested as an alternative method of resolving industrial disputes. However, the precise nature of mediation in the industrial relations context is not clear, and although the emphasis is on a facilitative approach, the evidence from two case studies suggests that a more interventionist approach may be more typical. The case studies also suggest that mediation will be used tactically during the course of a negotiation as well as being a means of bringing the dispute to an end. This opportunity for a tactical recourse to mediation is increased where the legislation seeks to guide or control the conduct of negotiations, as in the case of the proposed amendments to the Workplace Relations Act 1996. Some implications that arise from this tactical opportunity are explored, including tbe development of a motivational perspective to mediation.

Corporate Sustainability: Challenge to Managerial Orthodoxies

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dexter Dunphy
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Marked Contrast ◽  
Sustainability Management

ABSTRACTThis paper addresses the issue of corporate sustainability. It examines why achieving sustainability is becoming an increasingly vital issue for society and organisations, defines sustainability and then outlines a set of phases through which organisations can move to achieve increasing levels of sustainability. Case studies are presented of organisations at various phases indicating the benefits, for the organisation and its stakeholders, which can be made at each phase. Finally the paper argues that there is a marked contrast between the two competing philosophies of neo-conservatism (economic rationalism) and the emerging philosophy of sustainability. Management schools have been strongly influenced by economic rationalism, which underpins the traditional orthodoxies presented in such schools. Sustainability represents an urgent challenge for management schools to rethink these traditional orthodoxies and give sustainability a central place in the curriculum.

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