The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
and to present an overview of TPM implementation practices adopted by the manufacturing …

This article taps into the question of the materialized forms of theorizing in strategy: the
strategy tools presented in publications over the past 25 years. This study conducts a …

Purpose–The purpose of this study is to evaluate the challenges before Indian
manufacturing organizations for adapting to proactive total productive maintenance (TPM) …

From the Publisher: Much has been written, from a technical perspective, about the
commercial implications of the Internet and the emergence of the so-called Global …

The processes by which information systems (IS) innovations become institutionalized are
the subjects of much debate within the field of organization theory. Yet few empirical studies …

Competitive pressures on manufacturing organisations have obliged them to look at all
improvement possibilities. Among the most popular and well-documented change …

Research on Japanese management accounting in the past decade has grown but
knowledge of Japanese cost accounting, eg target costing, continuous cost reduction, has …

Abstract Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) describes a synergistic relationship among all
organizational functions, but particularly between production and maintenance, for …

The information systems (IS) and management literature, broadly conceived, is replete with
management innovation and change programmes. All are designed to enhance business …

Information systems (IS) may be seen as a repository for knowledge. The challenge to
practitioners is to use such technological developments as the basis for new working …