QUALITY RELATED PROBLEMS IN LARGE ETHIOPIAN MANUFACTURING FIRMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPETENCY

Authors

  • T. Belai Department of Industrial Engineering, Bahir Dar University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7166/18-1-132

Abstract

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study was conducted in sixteen manufacturing industries in Ethiopia. A structured questionnaire with 52 items (open questions, interviews, and facility observation) was used to collect data. The finding indicates that 55 (about 37%) of the large manufacturing firms are making significant losses. The main challenges to the industries are poor quality management, poor raw material quality, rising raw material prices, outdated technology, quality costs, inefficient systems, limitations of skills training, and low motivation. Excluding the systems, these factors correlated at about 79% with market competency. The study also found the widespread use of inspection as a means of problem detection in the manufacturing industries.

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Published

2011-11-05

How to Cite

Belai, T. (2011). QUALITY RELATED PROBLEMS IN LARGE ETHIOPIAN MANUFACTURING FIRMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPETENCY. The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.7166/18-1-132

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2007)

Section

General Articles

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