Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 26 Issue 7

The impact of cultural differences on technology transfer: Management practice moderation

Nguyen Thi Duc Nguyen, Atsushi Aoyama

The purpose of this paper is to quantitatively evaluate which of the elements of five management practice constructs – management commitment, quality practice, team-based work…

Developing a quality management system implementation process for a medical device manufacturer

Eduardo Gadotti Martins, Edson Pinheiro de Lima, Sergio E. Gouvea da Costa

The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a quality management system (QMS) implementation process for a medical devices manufacturer, which are covered by ISO 13485:2007…

Lean implementation within SMEs: a literature review

Qing Hu, Robert Mason, Sharon J. Williams, Pauline Found

Lean business ideology has been one of the recent dominant research areas in operations management. However, there is a dearth of research focusing on Lean in small- and…

Trust in manufacturing engineering project systems: an evolutionary perspective

Michel Leseure

The purpose of this paper is to explore the robustness of the emerging body of knowledge about collaborative supply chains in the context of Engineered-to-Order (ETO…

Towards lean transformation: the analysis of lean implementation frameworks

TickFei Chay, YuChun Xu, Ashutosh Tiwari, FooSoon Chay

Failure in engaging shop floor employees (including supervisory staff) in lean, lacking of supervisory skills in leading workers and lacking of lean technical knowhow among the…

A novel model to implement ERP based on dynamic capabilities: A case study of an IC design company

Tsung-Sheng Chang, Hsin-Pin Fu, Cheng-Yuan Ku

The purpose of this paper is to propose an implementation model for enterprise resource planning (ERP) based on resource-based view, and using the dynamic capability theory as its…

Development of a Generic decision support system based on multi-Objective Optimisation for Green supply chain network design (GOOG)

Kanda Boonsothonsatit, Sami Kara, Suphunnika Ibbotson, Berman Kayis

The purpose of this paper is to propose a Generic decision support system which is based on multi-Objective Optimisation for Green supply chain network design (GOOG). It aims to…