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An empirical exploration of TQM, TPM and their integration from Indian manufacturing industry
Authors: Sahoo Saumyaranjan 
Published: July 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to comparatively assess the contributions of total quality management (TQM) and total productive maintenance (TPM) practices, exclusively and collectively, on manufacturing business performance.

Design/methodology/approach
Responses to survey questionnaires were collected using multiple modes of data collection. A total of 269 filled responses were collected and analyzed to ascertain the contribution made by exclusive and collective implementation of TQM and TPM practices on business performance. The respondent firms were grouped into three clusters based on early, in-transition and advanced stages of implementation of either or both TQM and TPM manufacturing practices. Comparative assessment of the impact of standalone TQM, standalone TPM and combined TQM–TPM manufacturing methods on business performance parameters have been evaluated using statistical tools within each cluster.

Findings
Evidences were found to support the supposition that integrated implementation of both TQM and TPM practices over a reasonable period of time contributes in delivering better business performance as compared to the standalone implementation strategy.

Research limitations/implications
The study has its own limitations because of its chosen research approach. As the data in this study were collected from production management personnel on the basis of their subjective evaluations, more comprehensive objective performance indicators shall be employed for comparative assessment of manufacturing practices in future studies. In-depth case studies are needed to further validate the findings of the research study.

Practical implications
The analytical results reveal that an integrated TQM–TPM strategic implementation can systematically contribute toward realization of significant improvement in manufacturing business performance parameters. The results of this study are vital for production managers and senior management personnel of manufacturing firms that have implemented TQM and are considering introducing TPM in their organization (or vice-versa).

Originality/value
This empirical study signifies the need for strategically aligning and managing various production improvement ideologies for realization of an organization’s growth and sustainability in a long run. In particular, this paper invigorates the discussion about improving the synergy between maintenance and quality functions in the organization for meeting the challenges of highly competitive market environment.
Inventory leanness, risk taking, environmental complexity, and productivity
Authors: Zhu Xuechang , Yuan Qigang , Zhang Wei 
Published: July 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of inventory leanness on productivity. In particular, the authors explore the moderating role of environmental complexity and the mediating role of risk taking.Design/methodology/approachIn the mediated moderation analysis of the relationship among inventory leanness, risk taking, environmental complexity and productivity, the authors adopt the instrumental variable method to test the hypotheses based on data collected from 1,709 Chinese listed manufacturing firms.FindingsThe results show that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between inventory leanness and productivity. The authors then demonstrate the role of risk taking in mediating this relationship. Furthermore, the authors find that environmental complexity not only negatively moderates the relationship between inventory leanness and productivity, but also negatively moderates the relationship between risk taking and productivity.Practical implicationsManagers should not be excessively pursuing inventory leanness improvements, so as not to damage the ability to increase productivity.Originality/valueThis paper may be the first study to empirically demonstrate the moderating effect of environmental complexity and the mediating effect of risk taking on the inverted U-shaped relationship between inventory leanness and productivity.
Validation of qualitative aspects of the Lean Assessment Tool (LAT)
Authors: Pakdil Fatma , Toktaş Pelin , Leonard Karen Moustafa 
Published: July 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to test the reliability and validity of the qualitative section of Lean Assessment Tool (LAT) starting from the point where a reliable and valid tool is needed to measure increasing leanness level of business organizations.

Design/methodology/approach
The questionnaire used in this study included the qualitative component of LAT developed by Pakdil and Leonard (2014). The unit of the study was individual employees who work in manufacturing firms participating in this study. This study focused on the data collected from three firms that operate in Turkey and two firms that operate in the USA. The total respondents from Turkish firms were 263 employees, while the 205 employees responded from US firms.

Findings
Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were completed to determine valid and reliable factors that compose LAT’s qualitative component. The statistical analysis showed five distinct factors, namely process, delivery, quality, customer satisfaction and human resource. In addition, the fuzzy logic showed appropriate loadings to make the argument for its use in analysis of the LAT.

Research limitations/implications
This study moves the debate about the success or failure of lean efforts forward. With the debates about lean and its potential, it is necessary to have a scientific determination of success and the areas where further work in the firm is needed. Such measurement is the backbone of management progress, and the authors believe that this paper is useful. Second, the necessity of reliable and valid tools of lean assessment is obvious in the literature and practice. The findings of this study help academicians find reliable and valid tools to measure lean success both in the literature and practice.

Practical implications
Managerial implications include the development of a way to assess the areas of success and areas requiring further work. Failure to measure success and needs for further work has been the reason for the questionable results found in investigating lean implementation efforts. If there is no way to determine what is needed to improve lean efforts, they will be seen as failure, even if part of the implementation has been successful. This tool has been found to be potentially useful for evaluation of these crucial and time-consuming efforts.

Originality/value
In this study, the qualitative section of LAT has been validated. The results demonstrated that, based on two countries’ data sets, the scale was found to be reliable and valid within itself and across sociocultural boundaries.
A game theory application of a cruise value chain – the case of China
Authors: Wang Grace W.Y. , Zeng Qingcheng , Qu Chenrui , Mileski Joan 
Published: July 2018

Purpose
Regardless of the facts showing a booming Chinese cruise market, cruise operations in China are very different from the current practices of the two major cruise markets – the US and the Mediterranean Sea. This study aims to quantify pricing strategies and possible incentive mechanisms of cruise operations in China.

Design/methodology/approach
Using optimization in economic-based game theory, the complexity of the pricing strategies and interaction and/or possible coordination within the cruise value-added chain can be captured.

Findings
The results show that a coordinative pricing strategy with Shapley profit redistribution within the value-added chain offers benefits to both cruise passengers and service suppliers. With two subsidy scenarios, one to the passenger and the other to the travel agent, a cooperative pricing strategy outperforms other strategies and successfully increases market shares and total revenue.

Originality/value
The advantages of coordination between participants in cruise value chain are quantified. Effective strategies for attracting players participating in cruise value chain are designed. This paper will provide market participants with strategies to enhance their decision-making processes.
Fad and fashion? The relevance of subjective performance measures
Authors: Demartini Maria Chiara , Trucco Sara 
Published: July 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of the use of subjective (objective) performance measures on relevant organisational outcomes, namely perceived managerial discretion (PMD) and manager’s satisfaction with the performance measurement system (PMS). Furthermore, the paper analyses the indirect link between subjective vs objective measures and managers’ satisfaction through PMD.Design/methodology/approachTo test the research hypotheses, a paper-based questionnaire was sent to Italian health care managers in Lombardy. Thus, a PLS-SEM analysis was performed on a data set of 97 Italian health care managers.FindingsEmpirical findings showed that objective measures are more capable of supporting the managerial perception of discretion when compared to more subjective ones such as “fads” and “fashions”, and that managers are more satisfied with the PMS when it is grounded on objective measures rather than subjective ones.Originality/valueThe paper operationalizes and empirically tests the measure of PMD, linking this to antecedents and consequences. It also extends the literature on subjectivity in the PMS, since it develops new knowledge on the choice between subjective and objective measures by applying this choice to a variety of PMS, whereas prior literature on objective vs subjective measures has mainly focussed on performance evaluation.
Implementation of green supplier development process model in Indian automobile industry
Authors: Thakker Shivangi Viral , Rane Santosh B. 
Published: July 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop a green supplier development (GSD) process model and validate the model with a case study in Indian automobile industry.Design/methodology/approachA literature survey of peer-reviewed journal articles, survey reports and paradigmatic books with managerial impact is done for the research. The process of GSD is modeled using stage-gate approach and KPIV and KPOV of the process are determined. The process model is implemented in an Indian automobile components manufacturing industry for validation.FindingsThe industry implemented the model with ten suppliers and was able to successfully convert seven of them into Green suppliers. Remaining three suppliers were asked to repeat the process again or terminate the contracts. Model implementation took around three years starting from planning of resources and finances to actual development of suppliers.Research limitations/implicationsThe model implementation was done with a small automobile industry and hence the validation and implications may be generalized by taking the case study further in different industries. It would be beneficial to test the model with case studies of large-scale industries.Practical implicationsThe process model for implementing GSD activities will help managers in taking complex investment decisions. The stages and process inputs and outputs are clearly defined which helps the managers to successfully develop the suppliers.Originality/valueThis paper puts forward the process model that should be implemented for the successful development of green suppliers. It might represent new opportunities for rigorous and relevant research in the area of green supply chain.
Internationalizing teacher education curricula: opportunities for academic staff development
Authors: Lourenço Mónica 
Published: July 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to understand the impact of a collaborative workshop, aimed to support teacher educators in embedding a “global outlook” in the curriculum on their perceived professional development.Design/methodology/approachThe workshop included working sessions, during a period of 13 months, and was structured as participatory action research, according to which volunteer academics designed, developed and evaluated global education projects in their course units. Data were gathered through a focus group session, conducted with the teacher educators at a final stage of the workshop, and analyzed according to the principles of thematic analysis.FindingsResults of the analysis suggest that the workshop presented a meaningful opportunity for teacher educators to reconstruct their knowledge and teaching practice to (re)discover the importance of collaborative work and to assume new commitments to themselves and to others.Originality/valueThe study addresses a gap in the existing literature on academic staff development in internationalization of the curriculum, focusing on the perceptions of teacher educators’, whose voices have been largely silent in research in the field. The study concludes with a set of recommendations for a professional development program in internationalization of the curriculum.
The “silent assassin” in your organization? Can job insecurity climate erode the beneficial effect of a high-quality leader-member exchange?
Authors: Nikolova Irina , Van der Heijden Beatrice , Låstad Lena , Notelaers Guy 
Published: July 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the possible role of job insecurity climate as a moderator in the relationship between leader–member exchange (LMX) and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs).

Design/methodology/approach
Questionnaire data were collected from 466 employees working in 14 organizations from both the private and public sector. Following the core tenets of social exchange theory and occupational stress theories, the authors argue that ideally job insecurity is studied as a climate-level construct, given the fact that intra-group social exchange processes strongly influence the formation of employee perceptions about specific aspects of their work context (e.g. job insecurity).

Findings
In line with one of the hypotheses, multi-level analyses revealed that LMX is significantly and positively related to OCBs. In addition, the authors found support for a negative moderation effect, such that LMX has a less strongly positive relationship with extra-role behaviors that are beneficial to the organization when job insecurity climate is high.

Originality/value
The study contributes to the limited empirical scholarly research on job insecurity climate and its correlates. Management and HR professionals in working organizations are advised to focus on preventive measures (e.g. to invest in the professional development of their employees, that is focus on employability enhancement, in order to reduce job insecurity) as well as on participation-based interventions.
Public accountability reform in a Nigerian ministry
Authors: Sulu-Gambari Waziri , Stafford Anne , Stapleton Pamela 
Published: July 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to address the gap within the public accountability literature with regard to emerging economies and add to knowledge about how accountability is understood and how it plays out in practice in the context of public sector reform. While prior literature has focussed on the resource dependence of emerging nations, this paper examines the practice of public accountability in a non-resource-dependent emerging economy.

Design/methodology/approach
In a non-resource-dependent nation, we used a framework based on institutional theory but also draw upon the notion that international financial institutions act in an imperialist way to maintain their relationship with the country. The paper develops a concept of subtle coercion to explain the findings in relation to public accountability reform. The paper examines three reforms introduced and partially implemented in Nigeria: a local initiative that fits well with local understandings of what public accountability is and two imported initiatives that rely upon Western notions of accountability. The research method is a qualitative case study.

Findings
The paper reveals the ways in which accountability reform is complex and subtle. Local understanding of what accountability is led to perceptions that a locally designed reform had enjoyed some success, even though by its own admission Nigeria’s public sector still has a long distance to travel in terms of international notions of public accountability.

Research limitations/implications
The research is based in a single country which allows for in-depth study but limits the ability to generalise findings.

Originality/value
This case shows that specific and dynamic features of the political and economic environment can influence the nature of public accountability reform in a way which is not predictable or linear.
Calibration of rotating 2D LIDAR based on simple plane measurement
Authors: Gao Zhe , Huang Jun , Yang Xiaofei , An Ping 
Published: July 2018

Purpose
This paper aims to calibrate the mounted parameters between the LIDAR and the motor in a low-cost 3D LIDAR device. It proposes the model of the aimed 3D LIDAR device and analyzes the influence of all mounted parameters. The study aims to find a way more accurate and simple to calibrate those mounted parameters.

Design/methodology/approach
This method minimizes the coplanarity and area of the plane scanned to estimate the mounted parameters. Within the method, the authors build different cost function for rotation parameters and translation parameters; thus, the parameter estimation problem of 4-degree-of-freedom (DOF) is decoupled into 2-DOF estimation problem, achieving the calibration of these two types of parameters.

Findings
This paper proposes a calibration method for accurately estimating the mounted parameters between a 2D LIDAR and rotating platform, which realizes the estimation of 2-DOF rotation parameters and 2-DOF translation parameters without additional hardware.

Originality/value
Unlike previous plane-based calibration techniques, the main advantage of the proposed method is that the algorithm can estimate the most and more accurate parameters with no more hardware.
City life on fast lanes: Urbanization induces an evolutionary shift towards a faster lifestyle in the water flea Daphnia
Authors: Brans Kristien I. , De Meester Luc 
Published: July 2018

Abstract

Multiple species show significant trait shifts in response to urbanization. Yet, the impact of anthropogenic warming linked to the urban heat island effect is remarkably understudied. In addition, the relative contributions of phenotypic plasticity and genetic change underlying trait shifts in response to urbanization are poorly known.

A common garden study with the water flea Daphnia magna revealed that both genetic differentiation in response to urbanization and phenotypic plasticity in response to higher rearing temperature (24°C) induced significant parallel multivariate shifts in life‐history strategy along the slow–fast pace‐of‐life axis.

Urban animals and animals reared at higher temperatures are characterized by fast maturation, early release of progeny, a smaller size at maturity, increased fecundity and higher performance (given by maximal population growth rate “r”) compared to genotypes isolated from rural ponds and animals reared at lower temperatures, respectively.

Evolution in response to urbanization accounted for 30% of the total observed shift in life history and caused a significant change in mean trait values, while plasticity responses to experimental warming were unaltered between urban and rural populations. The total trait change achieved through both plasticity and evolution ranged from 8% to 56% depending on the trait.

Our results provide clear evidence for evolution underlying an increase in pace of life of populations in response to urbanization. Given the pivotal role of Daphnia in aquatic ecosystems, this shift potentially feeds back to population structure, top‐down control of algae and food web dynamics in urban freshwater ecosystems. In addition, we argue that adaptation to urban heat islands might render these populations preadapted in a context of future climate change.

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Attenuation mechanisms in fractured fluid‐saturated porous rocks: a numerical modelling study
Authors: Caspari Eva , Novikov Mikhail , Lisitsa Vadim , Barbosa Nicolás D. , Quintal Beatriz , Rubino J. Germán , Holliger Klaus 
Published: July 2018

ABSTRACTSeismic attenuation mechanisms receive increasing attention for the characterization of fractured formations because of their inherent sensitivity to the hydraulic and elastic properties of the probed media. Attenuation has been successfully inferred from seismic data in the past, but linking these estimates to intrinsic rock physical properties remains challenging. A reason for these difficulties in fluid‐saturated fractured porous media is that several mechanisms can cause attenuation and may interfere with each other. These mechanisms notably comprise pressure diffusion phenomena and dynamic effects, such as scattering, as well as Biot's so‐called intrinsic attenuation mechanism. Understanding the interplay between these mechanisms is therefore an essential step for estimating fracture properties from seismic measurements. In order to do this, we perform a comparative study involving wave propagation modelling in a transmission set‐up based on Biot's low‐frequency dynamic equations and numerical upscaling based on Biot's consolidation equations. The former captures all aforementioned attenuation mechanisms and their interference, whereas the latter only accounts for pressure diffusion phenomena. A comparison of the results from both methods therefore allows to distinguish between dynamic and pressure diffusion phenomena and to shed light on their interference. To this end, we consider a range of canonical models with randomly distributed vertical and/or horizontal fractures. We observe that scattering attenuation strongly interferes with pressure diffusion phenomena, since the latter affect the elastic contrasts between fractures and their embedding background. Our results also demonstrate that it is essential to account for amplitude reductions due to transmission losses to allow for an adequate estimation of the intrinsic attenuation of fractured media. The effects of Biot's intrinsic mechanism are rather small for the models considered in this study.