African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

Full Length Research Paper

Evaluation of performance in manufacturing organization through productivity and quality

Syed Irshad Ali1, Jamil Yousof1, Memmona Rauf Khan1 and Syed Ather Masood2
  1Center for Advance Studies and Engineering, CASE, Islamabad, Pakistan. 2National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Pakistan.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 24 August 2010
  •  Published: 18 March 2011

Abstract

 

Enhancement of productivity in the field of manufacturing production is of very great importance to an organization’s ability to compete and make profits over time. An organization which fails to efficiently utilize its resources in creating value for its customers will not survive in the competitive business environment of today. Key performance indicators are found to affect the productivity of manufacturing organizations, but quality and productivity plays main part in establishing Total Quality Model (TQM). This will be discussed in this work, with special emphasis on processes and equipment in respect of “Evolution of Performance in Manufacturing Organization”. At the same time there will be thorough investigation on used terms like “Productivity and how to improve with respect to Quality” .The benefits have been highlighted. The quality control aspects e.g. error free manufacturing process according to the specification have been discussed at length, which is the main concept of Total Quality Model. During the implementation phase of quality concepts, the sorting techniques have been adopted and suggested in the environment of manufacturing company. The ‘Analysis of study’ has been discussed to summarize the whole paper.

 

Key words: Productivity, quality, Total Quality Model, manufacturing company, process.