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    • Application of work study to process improvement: fruit nectar case 

      Macías-Jiménez, Mayra A.; Romero-Conrado, Alfonso R.; Acosta Fontalvo, Luis Carlos; Coronado-Hernandez, Jairo R. (Universidad de la Costa, 2019-08-11)
      Work study is an extensively used technique for examining the methods to carry out activities in a company and proposing actions for productivity improvement. This paper presents a work-study application to a fruit nectar ...
    • Assessment of organizational policies in a retail store based on a simulation model 

      Coronado-Hernandez, Jairo R.; Macías-Jiménez, Mayra A.; Chica-Llamas, Joned D.; Zapata-Márquez, José I. (Springer International Publishing, 2021-09-17)
      This paper evaluates three organizational policies in a retail store by a discrete simulation model in Simio®. The policies implemented were using one, two, or three express checkouts, cross-trained workers, and allocating ...
    • Document management practices in SMEs: An information management capability-based approach 

      Macías-Jiménez, Mayra A.; Acosta Fontalvo, Luis Carlos; Jimenez Barros, Miguel Angel (Universidad de la Costa, 2019-09-06)
      Purpose: This research studied the current document management (DM) practices in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of a road freight transport sector in a South American city with the aim to determine strengths and ...
    • Quality improvement in ammonium nitrate production using Six Sigma methodology 

      Ochoa-González, Olmedo; Coronado-Hernández, Jairo R.; Macías-Jiménez, Mayra A.; Romero-Conrado, Alfonso R. (Corporación Universidad de la Costa, 2020)
      Six sigma has been used in different industries to reach operational excellence. However, in the chemical industry, the application of this methodology is limited. This research presents an implementation of the six sigma ...