DocumentCode :
2226325
Title :
Inventory management performance in Indian machine tool SMEs: What factors do influence them?
Author :
Rajeev, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage. Studies, Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
fYear :
2008
fDate :
8-11 Dec. 2008
Firstpage :
1060
Lastpage :
1062
Abstract :
These instructions give you basic guidelines for preparing papers for the IEEM 2008 Proceedings. Inventory management (IM) plays a decisive role in the enhancement of efficiency for manufacturing enterprise competitiveness. Therefore, major manufacturing industries are following inventory management practices as a strategy to improve efficiency and achieve competitiveness. However, the spread of inventory management culture among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is limited due to lack of initiation, expertise and financial limitations in developed countries, leave alone developing countries. With this backdrop, this paper makes an attempt to ascertain the factors which influence the IM performance of SMEs in the machine tools industry of Bangalore, India. This issue is probed based on primary data gathered from 91 SMEs. The paper brings out that two sets of factors namely organizational support and external pressure have a positive impact on the inventory performance of SMEs.
Keywords :
inventory management; machine tools; machinery production industries; small-to-medium enterprises; Bangalore; Indian machine tool SME; efficiency improvement; expertise limitation; external pressure; financial limitation; inventory management performance; machine tools industry; manufacturing enterprise competitiveness; manufacturing industries; organizational support; small-and-medium enterprises; Appropriate technology; Availability; Financial management; Inventory management; Knowledge management; Machine tools; Management training; Manufacturing industries; Performance analysis; Technology management; Inventory Management; Machine Tool; Small and Medium Enterprises;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2008. IEEM 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2629-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2630-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2008.4738032
Filename :
4738032
Link To Document :
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