Browsing by Author "Wickramasinghe, GLD"

Analysis of strategic factors for the Sri Lankan textile and apparel industry

Wickramasinghe, GLD; Abdullah, N [Conference-Extended-Abstract]

The present study explores the perception of managers on Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) of the Sri Lankan Textile and apparel Industry. It is believed that the success or failure of the strategic ...

Analysis of total productive maintenance practices in textile and apparel export manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka

Wickramasinghe, GLD; Perera, MPA [Conference-Abstract]

Increase in global competition led Sri Lankan textile and apparel export manufacturing firms to rethink their manufacturing management strategies for survival and growth. One of the strategies adopted to achieve operational ...

Behavioral management aspects of organizational effectiveness : a comparison between lean implemented textile firms and apparel firms in Sri Lanka

Wickramasinghe, GLD [Conference-Abstract]

The purpose of this research is to compare behavioral management aspects of the organizational effectiveness between lean implemented textile firms and apparel firms in Sri Lanka. The organizational effectiveness is ...

Effect of nozzle size on texturing performance : comparison between air-jet and steam-jet texturing

Wickramasinghe, GLD; Foster, PW [Article-Abstract]

The objectives of this research work were to investigate the use of steam in order to replace air in the production of spunlike textured yam and to investigate the optimum nozzle size for steam-jet textured yam for the ...

Effect of total productive maintenance practices on manufacturing performance: Investigation of textile and apparel manufacturing firms

Wickramasinghe, GLD; Perera, A [Article-Full-text]

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of total productive maintenance (TPM) practices on manufacturing performance of textile and apparel manufacturing firms. Design/methodology/approach – A ...

Effects of employees’ upward feedback in creating new opportunities to strengthen job performance

Wickramasinghe, GLD; Wickramasinghe, V [Conference-Abstract]

Since the phase-out of the Multi-Fibre Agreement, the worldwide system of managed trade in apparel exports through the quota system, export-apparel manufacturers had to rethink their operations management strategies for ...

Effects of gender on work-related attitudes: study of lean implemented textile and apparel manufacturing firms

Wickramasinghe, GLD [Article-Abstract]

Work related attitudes, such as perceived organizational support, turnover intention, job satisfaction, affective commitment, and job involvement, have received much attention by academics and practitioners for a number ...

Effects of HRM practices, lean production practices and lean duration on performance

Wickramasinghe, M; Wickramasinghe, GLD [Article-Full-text]

The purpose of this research is to investigate the structural relationships between HRM practices, lean production practices, operational performance and firm performance of manufacturing firms that have implemented lean ...

Effects of statistical process control (SPC) practices on quality performance of the apparel firms

Wickramasinghe, GLD; Wijebahu, WMSK [Conference-Abstract]

Manufacturing industries worldwide identified that quality is a major strategy for gaining the competitive advantage in their businesses. Therefore, Statistical Process Control (SPC) has become one of the most popular and ...

Employee participation in decision making on organizational performance : evidence from textile and apparel manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka

Wickramasinghe, GLD; Jayawardana, AKL [Conference-Abstract]

Employee participation in decision making (PDM) is central to lean manufacturing. However, there is surprisingly little research directly addressing the relationship between PDM and organizational performance in Sri Lanka. ...

Enabling the transition from product provider to service provider : an empirical study in the Sri Lankan apparel industry

Mataraarachchi, R; Godsell, J; Wickramasinghe, GLD [Conference-Abstract]

The Sri Lankan apparel industry has played a major role in the country’s development. However this sector's competitiveness is decreasing due to increasing Labour costs. Therefore industry tries to compete in terms of ...

Enabling the transition from product to service provider : an empirical study in the Sri Lankan apparel Industry

Mataraarachchi, R; Godsell, J; Wickramasinghe, GLD

The purpose of this study is to develop an appropriate supply chain configuration fofa' basic product provider that engages with customer in providing the service in terms of the demand requirements. The study uses a ...

Inclusive innovation : lean implementation with shop-floor employees at the base-of-the-pyramid

Wickramasinghe, V; Wickramasinghe, GLD [Conference-Abstract]

Building on the literature on inclusive innovation, we identify shop-floor employees, who are at the basc-of-thepyramid of the organisational hierarchy in industrial firms as the target of concern for inclusive innovation. ...

Inclusive innovation in lean implementation : empowerment of sewing machine operators : a study of Sri Lankan apparel firms

Wickramasinghe, GLD [Conference-Abstract]

Employee empowerment is central to lean implementation. However, there is surprisingly little research directly addressing the relationship between employee empowerment and employee work attitudes. Therefore, the purpose ...

Influence of social and economic exchange perceptions on organizational commitment : evidence from lean manufacturing environment

Wickramasinghe, GLD [Conference-Abstract]

The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between social and economic exchange process and employee effective and continuance commitment in the lean implemented Sri Lankan textile and apparel firms. ...

Influence of enzyme and chemical pretreatment processes on the colours of banana fibres

Balakrishnan, S; Wickramasinghe, GLD; Wijayapala, UGS [Conference-Abstract]

Colour is an important property of textile fibres. The colour of mechanically extracted fibre affects the colour of the fibre textiles products. The focus of this investigation is to compare the colour of different ...

Investigation of physical properties of banana fiber extracted from Ambun (AAA) cultivar

Mumthas, ACSI; Wickramasinghe, GLD; Gunasekera, USW [Conference-Abstract]

The study aims to investigate the physical properties of the banana pseudo-stem fibers extracted from Ambun (AAA) cultivar, representing wet and dry climatic zones in Sri Lanka. Banana stems were subjected to ...

Investigation of the influence of effect-yarn draw and effect-yarn overfeed on texturing performance: comparison between air-jet and steam-jet textured yarn

Wickramasinghe, GLD; Foster, PW [Article-Full-text]

The objective of this research work was to investigate the use of steam as a substitute fluid for air in spun-like textured yarn manufacturing. The new substitute product holds the potential for competitive advantage, ...

Investigation of the use of steam for spun-like textured yarn manufacturing : effect of production speed on yarn properties

Wickramasinghe, GLD; Foster, PW [Article-Abstract]

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of steam in order to replace air in the production of spun-like textured yams. Further, this paper analyse the effect of production speed on process and textured ...

Lean manufacturing as a strategic tool in improving quality performance of the apparel firms

Wickramasinghe, GLD; Wijebahu, WMSK [Conference-Abstract]

Increased competition, reduction of profit margins, pressure on reduction of the leadtime and quality have put pressure on Sri Lankan apparel industry to adopt global nufacturing strategies so as to be competitive in the ...

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