Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Sha'ri Mohd Yusof (2000) TQM, SME

TQM, Small to medium-sized enterprises, Implementation

Yusof, S.M., Aspinwall, E. (2000), “A Conceptual Framework for TQM Implementation for SMEs”, TQM Magazine, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 31-36, MCB Press. [PDF only for reference]
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Quek, E.E., Yusof, S.M., (2002), ‘Comparison of TQM Implementation Practices in Malaysian Electrical and Electronics Industry – A Survey’, Proceedings 2nd World Engineering Congress- Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Kuching, Sarawak, pp. 117-123 [PDF]
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Yusof, S., “Quality System Assessment in an electrical contracting company based on BS. 5750 “, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol.12 No.8, 1995, pp.64-73, MCB Press. Full Paper in PDF Format (Only for reference)
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Yusof, S.M., Aspinwall, E. (2000), “Total quality management implementation frameworks: comparison and review”, Total Quality Management Journal, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 281-294, Taylor & Francis. Full Paper in PDF Format (Only for reference)
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Yusof, S.M., Aspinwall, E., (2000), “TQM Implementation issues: review and case Study”, Int. Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 20 No. 6, pp. 634-655, MCB Press. Full paper in PDF Format (Only for reference)
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Yusof, S.M., Aspinwall, E., (1999), “Critical Success Factors for Total Quality Management Implementation in Small and Medium Enterprises”, Total Quality Management Journal, Vol. 10, Nos. 4 and 5, pp. S803-S809, Carfax. Full paper in PDF Format (Only for reference)
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Yusof, S.M., Aspinwall, E., (2000), ‘Critical success factors in small and medium enterprises ; survey results’, Total Quality Management, Vol. 11 Nos. 4/5/6 pp. S448-S462, July, Taylor and Francis. Full paper in PDF Format (Only for reference)
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Yusof, S.M., Aspinwall, E., (2001), "Case studies on the implementation of TQM in UK automotive SMEs", International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol 18 No. 7, pp. 722-743 Full paper in PDF Format (Only for reference)
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Quek, E.E., Yusof, S.M., (2003), A Survey of TQM practices in the Malaysian electrical and electronic industry, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, Vol. 14 No. 1, pp. 63-77 Full Paper in PDF (Only for reference)
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Salwani Abdullah (2006) University Timetabling

Abdullah, S., Ahmadi, S., Burke, E.K. and Dror, M., Investigating Ahuja-Orlin's Large Neighbourhood Search Approach for Examination Timetabling. Accepted for publication in OR Spectrum, 2006. [pdf]
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Abdullah, S., Ahmadi S., Burke, E.K., Dror, M. and McCollum, B., A Tabu based Large Neighbourhood Search Methodology for the Capacitated Examination Timetabling Problem. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Operational Research Society, 2006. [pdf]
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Abdullah, S. and Burke, E.K., A Multi-start Large Neighbourhood Search Approach with Local Search Methods for Examination Timetabling., In: The International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2006),Editors: Derek Long, Stephen F. Smith, Daniel Borrajo and Lee McCluskey. Cumbria, UK, 6-10 June 2006, pp 334-337. [pdf]
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Abdullah, S., Burke, E. K. and McCollum, B., An Investigation of Variable Neighbourhood Search for University Course Timetabling, in Proceedings of MISTA 2005: The 2nd Multidisciplinary Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications, pp. 413-427, NY, USA, 18-21 July, 2005. [pdf]
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Abdullah, S., Burke, E. K. and McCollum, B., Using a Randomised Iterative Improvement Algorithm with Composite Neigjhbourhood Structures for University Course Timetabling, in Proceedings of MIC 05: The 6th Meta-heuristic International Conference, Vienna, Austria, 22-26 Aug 2005. [pdf]
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Abdullah, S., Ahmadi, S., Burke, E.K. and Dror, M., Applying Ahuja-Orlin's Large Neighbourhood for Constructing Examination Timetabling Solution , in the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT), pp 413-419, Pittsburgh, PA, August 18-20, 2004. [pdf]
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S. Abdullah. Heuristic Approaches for University Timetabling Problems, PhD Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, UK, June 2006.

Masri Ayob (2004) Printed Circuit Board Assembly

Masri Ayob and Graham Kendall (2004)


Component placement sequencing; tool selection; heuristic; optimisation; printed circuit board assembly.

Ayob, M. and Kendall, G. "A Nozzle Selection Heuristic to Optimise the Hybrid Pick and Place Machine". Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, Singapore, 1-3 December, 2004, 1259-1264. [PDF1]
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Intelligent Search, Heuristic, Printed Circuit Board Assembly, Optimisation

Ayob, M. and Kendall, G. "A Monte Carlo Hyper-Heuristic To Optimise Component Placement Sequencing For Multi Head Placement Machine". Proc. of the International Conference on Intelligent Technologies, InTech'03, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 17-19 Dec 2003, 132-141. [PDF1]
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Ayob M. and Kendall G. (2005). A variable neighbourhood monte carlo search for component placement sequencing of multi head placement machine. Technical Report at School of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Nottingham, NOTTCS-TR-2005-5. [PDF1] [PDF2]
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Ayob M. and Kendall G. (2005). A triple objective function with a chebychev dynamic point specification approach to optimise the SMD placement machine. European Journal of Operational Research, 164, 609-626. [PDF1]
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Ayob, M. and Kendall, G. "An Investigation of an Adaptive Scheduling for Multi Headed Placement Machines Using a Greedy Search". Proc. of the 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications, MISTA 2003, Nottingham, UK, 13-16 Aug 2003, 363-380. [PDF1]
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Ayob, M. and Kendall, G. "Real-time Scheduling for Multi Headed Placement Machine". Proc. of the 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning (ISATP2003), Besançom, France, July, 10-11, 2003, 128-133. [PDF1]
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Ayob, M. and Kendall, G., "A new dynamic point specification approach to optimise surface mount placement machine in printed circuit board assembly", Proc. of the IEEE ICIT’02, Bangkok, 11-14 Dec. 2002, 486-491. [PDF1]
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Ayob, M., Cowling, P. and Kendall, G.,"Optimisation for Surface Mount Placement Machines", Proc. of the IEEE ICIT’02, Bangkok,11-14 Dec. 2002, 498-503. [PDF1]
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Masri Ayob, Mohd. Faidzul Nasrudin, Khairuddin Omar and Miswan Surip, “The Effect of Return Function on Individual Stock Price (KLSE) Prediction Model Using Neural Networks.” in Proc. of The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IC-AI’2001, Las Vegas, USA, pp 409-415 , Jun 2001. [PDF1]
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Masri Ayob, Kalaivani Chellapan and Nazlena Mohamad Ali, “Intelligent Tutoring Tool For Digital Logic Design Course (ITDiL)”. In Proc. of International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Technology(IEEE TENCON 2001), Singapore, 19-22 August,2001. [PDF1]
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M. Ayob. Optimisation of surface mount device placement machine in printed circuit board assembly, PhD Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, UK, June 2005.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Rosidah Musa, UiTM, PhD - Assessing customer satisfaction: Empirical evidence from Malaysia

Musa, R., Pallister, J., and Robson, M., 2004. Assessing customer satisfaction within the direct sales channel using consumption system approach: Empirical evidence from Malaysia. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC), 27 Nov-1 Dec, Wellington, New Zealand.[Pdf] [Pdf1]
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Musa, R. (2005) A Proposed Conceptual Framework Of Satisfaction—Attitudinal Loyalty—Behavioural Loyalty Chain: Exploring The Moderating Effect Of Trust. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC), 5-7 Dec, Fremantle, Western Australia [Pdf] [Pdf1]
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Rosidah Musa, Nor Asiah Omar, Musramaini Mustapha, (2006) Benefits—Satisfaction—Loyalty Linkages in Retail Loyalty Card Programme Model: Exploring the Roles of Programme Trust and Programme Commitment. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC), 4-6 December, Brisbane, Australia [pdf]

Friday, October 20, 2006

Noor Azuan Hashim UKM, PhD - SME and E-Commerce in Malaysia

Hashim, N. A. (2006) E-Commerce Adoption Issues in Malaysian SMEs. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON E-COMMERCE 2006 (ICoEC2006),19-20th September, Penang, Malaysia.[Pdf]
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Hashim, N. A. (2006) SME and E-Commerce in Malaysia : An Exploratory Study of Effectiveness of Government ICT Assistance Program. SME-Entrepreneurship Global Conference, 17-18 October, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.[Pdf]
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Othman, R. and Hashim N. A. (2002) Organizational Amnesia: The Barrier to Organizational Learning. The Third Eropean Conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities, (OKLC), 5-6 April, Athens, Greece [pdf]