Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 27 Issue 2

Servitized manufacturing firms competing through remote monitoring technology: An exploratory study

Tonci Grubic, Joe Peppard

Remote monitoring technology (RMT) is widely acknowledged as an important enabler of servitisation however, there is a dearth of understanding about how RMT is used by…

Operational resilience and lean: in search of synergies and trade-offs

Seyoum Eshetu Birkie

The purpose of this paper is to investigate synergy/trade-off relationship between lean and operational resilience paradigms upon disruption. Lean and resilience are…

Does a firm’s innovation category matter in practising eco-innovation? Evidence from the lens of Malaysia companies practicing green technology

Yudi Fernando, Wen Xin Wah, Muhammad Shabir Shaharudin

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate different types of innovations and their effects on eco-innovation practices by firms practicing green technology in Malaysia.

Analysis of manufacturing strategy in developing countries: A sample survey of Nigerian manufacturers

Ike Ehie, Obinna Muogboh

– The purpose of this paper is to formulate the manufacturing strategy in a developing country with particular reference to Nigeria in sub-Saharan African country.

Homogeneity of manufacturing choices in subcontractor SMEs

Malin Löfving

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the choices made in manufacturing decision categories by subcontractor small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and determines if…

Variable pay and job performance of shop-floor workers in lean production

Vathsala Wickramasinghe, G.L.D. Wickramasinghe

The purpose of this paper is to investigate design features of variable pay plans adopted for shop-floor workers engaged in manufacturing firms that had implemented lean…

Factors related to supply chain network members in SMEs

Abdulghadar Awheda, Mohd Nizam Ab Rahman, Rizauddin Ramli, Haslina Arshad

The purpose of this paper is to give a clear picture of the evidence for small and medium enterprises of what the key factors are affecting the performance of supply chain members…