Tourism: The Use of Production Management Techniques
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Service Industries Journal
- Vol. 10 (2) , 306-319
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069000000032
Abstract
Manufacturing industry has over many decades achieved enormous improvements in productivity and the quality of goods through applying a wide range of techniques. Many of these techniques can find appropraite uses in a service industry like tourism and bring about the same beneficial effects as in manufacturing. Theresultsofa questionnaire survey to establish whether a selection of these techniques are used by hotels, travel agents and tour operators are presented. The findings indicate that the techniques listed are not generally in use, apparently mainly because of lack of knowledge.Keywords
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- Quality Assurance Audits and Hotel ManagementThe Service Industries Journal, 1986