Quality management framework for incubation clusters
- Authors: Jura, Dudley
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Business incubators , Total quality management , Business enterprises - South Africa - Quality control , Industrial management - South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/213559 , uj:21168
- Description: Abstract: This research has developed a quality management (QM) framework that incubation clusters can use to grow as well as establish review milestones for their progress. Quality management systems (QMSs) can be used as a vehicle to lead incubators through the various stages of growth. The adoption of a QMS can simplify complexity and ensure success. Small businesses are failing to secure markets due to stringent demands for quality products and compliance issues that can appear unachievable. However, by applying the concepts of QMSs, these problems that restrict market access can be addressed. There must be a progress monitoring tool enshrined in a system for it to realize growth. This tool must be able to trigger the realization that a specific development milestone has been attained. The first two years of this research were spent on developing the framework and in the third year the validation of the framework was the main activity. Data collected during the research was used to validate the developed framework. The sample population comprised incubators in the economic sectors of the South African economy that include construction, mining and mineral processing, jewellers, information technology, floriculture, the motor industry, agriculture, bio fuels, furniture and business development. South African small enterprises and incubators can adopt QMSs to increase sustainability. The need for communities to participate in the economic performance of a country has become urgent. This is as a result of job losses caused by the global economic pressures. Companies are also increasingly being put under pressure to participate in socio-economic development activities of the communities they operate in. At the same time, there is a need to develop the next generation of manufacturing systems in response to the emerging need for manufacturing to be rapidly responsive and customized. Such manufacturing systems need to be able to take advantage of opportunities in global supply chains, and create opportunities for local production, independent of global supply chains. In this way, the economic development of South... , D.Eng. (Engineering Management)
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- Authors: Jura, Dudley
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: Business incubators , Total quality management , Business enterprises - South Africa - Quality control , Industrial management - South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/213559 , uj:21168
- Description: Abstract: This research has developed a quality management (QM) framework that incubation clusters can use to grow as well as establish review milestones for their progress. Quality management systems (QMSs) can be used as a vehicle to lead incubators through the various stages of growth. The adoption of a QMS can simplify complexity and ensure success. Small businesses are failing to secure markets due to stringent demands for quality products and compliance issues that can appear unachievable. However, by applying the concepts of QMSs, these problems that restrict market access can be addressed. There must be a progress monitoring tool enshrined in a system for it to realize growth. This tool must be able to trigger the realization that a specific development milestone has been attained. The first two years of this research were spent on developing the framework and in the third year the validation of the framework was the main activity. Data collected during the research was used to validate the developed framework. The sample population comprised incubators in the economic sectors of the South African economy that include construction, mining and mineral processing, jewellers, information technology, floriculture, the motor industry, agriculture, bio fuels, furniture and business development. South African small enterprises and incubators can adopt QMSs to increase sustainability. The need for communities to participate in the economic performance of a country has become urgent. This is as a result of job losses caused by the global economic pressures. Companies are also increasingly being put under pressure to participate in socio-economic development activities of the communities they operate in. At the same time, there is a need to develop the next generation of manufacturing systems in response to the emerging need for manufacturing to be rapidly responsive and customized. Such manufacturing systems need to be able to take advantage of opportunities in global supply chains, and create opportunities for local production, independent of global supply chains. In this way, the economic development of South... , D.Eng. (Engineering Management)
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The evolution of quality management systems to assist entrepreneurs in incubation clusters
- Jura, Dudley, Oosthuizen, Gert Adriaan, Pretorius, Jan-Harm
- Authors: Jura, Dudley , Oosthuizen, Gert Adriaan , Pretorius, Jan-Harm
- Date: 2015-06-08
- Subjects: Quality management systems , Incubation , Sustainable growth
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5144 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14128
- Description: Quality management systems are important for any organization to sustain growth develop technologies and to manage innovation. However, the cost of quality can make it challenging for start-up enterprises to be competitive. South Africa needs to establish successful incubation models that can assist the country's government to reach key economic development milestones. The transformation of quality management systems in these incubation clusters to assist start-up enterprises is still not clearly understood. This paper investigates key elements to define the life cycle position of an incubation cluster and the phases to grow from a start-up to a large corporation. The benefits for centrally managing quality management system (QMS) are also discussed. Data was collected from existing incubators and small businesses in the manufacturing industry Current best practices are highlighted and future work discussed.
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- Authors: Jura, Dudley , Oosthuizen, Gert Adriaan , Pretorius, Jan-Harm
- Date: 2015-06-08
- Subjects: Quality management systems , Incubation , Sustainable growth
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5144 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14128
- Description: Quality management systems are important for any organization to sustain growth develop technologies and to manage innovation. However, the cost of quality can make it challenging for start-up enterprises to be competitive. South Africa needs to establish successful incubation models that can assist the country's government to reach key economic development milestones. The transformation of quality management systems in these incubation clusters to assist start-up enterprises is still not clearly understood. This paper investigates key elements to define the life cycle position of an incubation cluster and the phases to grow from a start-up to a large corporation. The benefits for centrally managing quality management system (QMS) are also discussed. Data was collected from existing incubators and small businesses in the manufacturing industry Current best practices are highlighted and future work discussed.
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