In todays competitive world, higher productivity has become a necessity for companies and organizations to survive. With narrower margins, companies must thrive to find new ways to profit and many times the answer falls on productivity improvement. In order to be successful in the global market, organizations and partnering firms should dedicate themselves for improving productivity in a timely and collaborative manner. To this end, companies have undergone numerous changes over the years in terms of implementing new operations strategies, methods and technologies. The objective of the...