title: On the impact of order volatility in the European automotive sector

authors: Childerhouse, Paul

subjects: supply chain audit

abstract: Order volatility is an unfortunate fact of life facing most suppliers of both products and services. In this paper we are concerned with establishing the magnitude of the problem faced by the European automotive sector. The evidence has been acquired via the site-based Quick Scan Audit Methodology (QSAM). Production scheduler strategy is thereby classified according to a new five-set schema as observed via individual value-stream volatilities. System variables have then been codified and correlated with customer order volatility. Powerful statistically significant relationships emerge from this evidence. This generally (but not wholly) supports intrinsic views on what constitutes good practice. A specific interface between supplier and OEM shows the existence of a positive loop that acts as a vicious circle to create unnecessary volatility in material flow.

text: On the impact of order volatility in the European automotive sector Order volatility is an unfortunate fact of life facing most suppliers of both products and services. In this paper we are concerned with establishing the magnitude of the problem faced by the European automotive sector. The evidence has been acquired via the site-based Quick Scan Audit Methodology (QSAM). Production scheduler strategy is thereby classified according to a new five-set schema as observed via individual value-stream volatilities. System variables have then been codified and correlated with customer order volatility. Powerful statistically significant relationships emerge from this evidence. This generally (but not wholly) supports intrinsic views on what constitutes good practice. A specific interface between supplier and OEM shows the existence of a positive loop that acts as a vicious circle to create unnecessary volatility in material flow.

year: 2008

title: New Zealand's 'Abuse in Care' report, childless cat ladies, and narratives of personal experience: A response to Talbi's 'The Epistemic Import of Narratives'

authors: Ulatowski, Joseph W.

subjects: disagreement

abstract: Convincing others to take up a position different from the one that they currently occupy can be extraordinarily difficult when it comes to deeply held social and political commitments. In ‘The Epistemic Import of Narratives’ (2024), Merel Talbi argues that narratives of personal experience can be employed to bridge an epistemic divide that exists between two people who maintain deeply held commitments on different sides of a social and political issue. We build our reaction to Talbi’s work around two main themes:

(1) We argue that the persuasive nature of narratives of personal experience should not be framed as solely the result of the narrative structure, and;

(2) We believe that narratives of personal experience may be persuasive when they mesh well with some part of the audience’s own self-narrative.

text: New Zealand's 'Abuse in Care' report, childless cat ladies, and narratives of personal experience: A response to Talbi's 'The Epistemic Import of Narratives' Convincing others to take up a position different from the one that they currently occupy can be extraordinarily difficult when it comes to deeply held social and political commitments. In ‘The Epistemic Import of Narratives’ (2024), Merel Talbi argues that narratives of personal experience can be employed to bridge an epistemic divide that exists between two people who maintain deeply held commitments on different sides of a social and political issue. We build our reaction to Talbi’s work around two main themes:

(1) We argue that the persuasive nature of narratives of personal experience should not be framed as solely the result of the narrative structure, and;

(2) We believe that narratives of personal experience may be persuasive when they mesh well with some part of the audience’s own self-narrative.

year: 2024

title: ‘Indigenous Rights’ or ‘Racial Privileges’: The rhetoric of ‘race’ in New Zealand politics

authors: Barber, Keith

subjects: indigeneity

abstract: The New Zealand parliamentary election campaign of 2005 was marked by a significant break in the consensus between the two major political parties, Labour and National, in the area of Maori affairs: a consensus that had previously been articulated in terms of a shared commitment to 'biculturalism' and the Treaty of Waitangi. In January 2004, the National Party launched an attack on government policies, describing them as giving unfair privileges to Maori based purely on 'race'. The present paper examines the National Party's adoption of the rhetoric of 'race' and the conceptual, political and ideological considerations behind it. It also examines attitudinal, social policy and socioeconomic factors to explain the widespread acceptability of this rhetoric among the New Zealand public. These events are considered within the context of a growing academic and political critique of 'culturalism' in New Zealand social policy and social science.

text: ‘Indigenous Rights’ or ‘Racial Privileges’: The rhetoric of ‘race’ in New Zealand politics The New Zealand parliamentary election campaign of 2005 was marked by a significant break in the consensus between the two major political parties, Labour and National, in the area of Maori affairs: a consensus that had previously been articulated in terms of a shared commitment to 'biculturalism' and the Treaty of Waitangi. In January 2004, the National Party launched an attack on government policies, describing them as giving unfair privileges to Maori based purely on 'race'. The present paper examines the National Party's adoption of the rhetoric of 'race' and the conceptual, political and ideological considerations behind it. It also examines attitudinal, social policy and socioeconomic factors to explain the widespread acceptability of this rhetoric among the New Zealand public. These events are considered within the context of a growing academic and political critique of 'culturalism' in New Zealand social policy and social science.

year: 2008