Browsing by Author "Nambirajan, T."

Filter results by typing the first few letters
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Competitiveness of manufacturing industries in union territory of Puducherry (India): a critical analysis
    (University of Kelaniya, 2010) Nambirajan, T.; Prabhu, M.
    In the present research work, authors aim to evaluate competitive priorities among the manufacturing industries in Union Territory of Puducherry, India. Data were randomly drawn from a sample of 52 executives of manufacturing industries in Union Territory of Puducherry. For the purpose of analysis, authors have considered eight competitive domains consisting of 43 factors. Cronbach’s Alpha is a commonly used procedure to assess the internal consistency reliability of several items or scores that are going to be used to create a summated scale score. To measure scaling performance of competitive priorities in manufacturing industries, we have selected following domains such as Quality, Cost, Delivery, Flexibility, Customer focus, Know- how, Innovation and Image. Our statistical analysis reveals that quality, delivery, cost and customer-focus are the most influencing domains on the competitive priority of manufacturing industries located in Union Territory of Puducherry.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Item
    Measurement of performance of supply chains and their impact on the competitiveness of manufacturing industries in union territory of Pondicherry (India)
    (University of Kelaniya, 2010) Nambirajan, T.; Kumar, C.G.
    The purpose of this research work is to empirically test the measurement of supply chain performance and its impact on competitiveness of manufacturing industries located in Union Territory of Pondicherry, INDIA. In order to find the impact of Supply Chain performance on the competitiveness of the organization, authors collected primary data from a randomly selected sample of 60 manufacturing companies in Union Territory of Pondicherry. Factor analysis is used to analyze data. Initially, attributes which are related to supply chain performance are studied and statistically analyzed. Subsequently, authors have done statistical analysis using Multiple regression to examine whether supply chain performance contributed to the competitiveness of companies with respect to the following factors; (1)market share, (2)sales growth, (3)return on assets and (4) overall competitive position. From the present research work, it is found out that the supply chain performance has significant impact on the overall performance and competitiveness of manufacturing companies situated in Union Territory of Pondicherry