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    CO-alignment between technology management and total quality management practices
    (2007) Kuruppuarachchi, D; Perera, HSC
    The emergence of TQM has been one of the major developments in management practice in the last two decades. The recognition of TQM as a source of competitive advantage has been widely promoted around the world, especially in Western countries, and today very few (especially manufacturing) companies can afford to ignore the term (Prajogo, 2005). On the other hand, effective application of technology is a key source of competitive advantage for modem industry. However, the co-alignment between Technology Management systems into established business processes represents a continuing challenge to many firms. It will be valuable for manufacturing organizations to identify this co-alignment and integration between TQM and Technology Management to set successful competitive strategies. Recent research justifies that TQM affects directly as well as indirectly on inventory, quality and financial performance of the organizations (Kaynak, 2003). The integrative effect of marketing and TQM on organizational performance (motivation, marketing, productivity and societal) is also found to be significant. Another research done based on Australian organizations (Prajogo and Sohal, 2006) justifies that TQM and technologylR&D practices moderately co-aligned with each other and this leads to enhance organizational quality and innovative performance.
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    Impact of TQM and technology management on operations performance
    (2016-10-05) Kuruppuarachchi, D; Perera, HSC
    This paper examines the impact of Total Quality Management (TQM) and technology management practices on operations performance of manufacturing organizations. This study contributes to the understanding of the co-alignment between TQM and technology management by bridging the gap between the two areas which are often addressed separately. The study also examines the impact of the two practices: TQM and technology management on operations performance which have been considered as the primary sources of competitive advantage. The required data was drawn from 44 Sri Lankan manufacturing organizations and analyzed using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) technique followed by a detailed path analysis. The study findings indicate that TQM shows a positive predictive power against operations performance, while technology management has no significant direct relationship on operations performance simultaneously with TQM. The findings also reveal a strong interrelationship between TQM and technology management practices, which shows that the organizations with high TQM, also follow technology management practices in a better way. Along with these relationships, both TQM and technology management have interrelationships among their own components as well.
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    In-house development & implementation of ‘corebrain’ warehouse management system: a case study
    Madurapperuma, S; Ebert, LJ; Kuruppuarachchi, D
    In the modern complex business context where the customer needs and wants are changing radically, the fulfillment of these consumer demands were mainly laid on third party logistics. A new business concept which evolved along with the world trade is now managing the product flow from origin to the destination. In order to provide an innovative solution to customers, visibility of information and uninterrupted communication, information communication technology (ICT) plays a significant role in 3PL industry both globally and locally. Advantis 3PL Plus as one of the main Sri Lankan origin leading third party logistics service providers in the Asia Pacific region saw this challenge of adopting low cost digital technology in order to handle vital information along with the product flow to illuminate origin and destination. As a result, an initiative has taken to develop an in-house Warehouse Management System (CoreBrain) by capturing all modern warehousing operational scenarios and standards. This paper illustrates how Advantis 3PL Plus developed ‘CoreBrain’-Warehouse Management System (WMS) to cater ICT facility for industrial sectors such as apparel, pharma and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) to operate in low cost with 100% inventory accuracy and information visibility for decision making.