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Target setting for evolutionary and revolutionary process change
Robert Johnston, Lin Fitzgerald, Eleni Markou, Stan BrignallConsiders the relationship between the types of targets or benchmarks used and reward structures adopted in two contrasting performance improvement strategies – continuous…
Operational efficiency and effectiveness measurement
Ki‐Young Jeong, Don T. PhillipsThe accurate estimation of equipment utilization is very important in capital‐intensive industry since the identification and analysis of hidden time losses are initiated from…
Organisational learning style, competencies and learning systems in small, UK manufacturing firms
I. Chaston, B. Badger, T. Mangles, E. Sadler‐SmithOrganisational learning is increasingly being mentioned in the literature as a mechanism for assisting the market performance of small firms. There exists, however, limited…
Lean indicators and manufacturing strategies
Angel Martínez Sánchez, Manuela Pérez PérezDevelops and tests an integrated check‐list to assess manufacturing changes towards lean production. Using the results from a survey to manufacturing plants located in the Spanish…
A survey on shop floor control techniques in Polish make‐to‐order companies
Marek WermusThis paper focuses on production activity control (PAC) techniques used in Polish manufacturing companies. Investment in Polish plants by Western European, Japanese, Korean, and…
Towards integrated manufacturing planning with common tool and information sets
Frank Dewhurst, Kevin Barber, J.J.B. RogersThe performance of manufacturing systems needs to be continuously reviewed in response to increasingly evolving market conditions. In recent years, a large volume of research has…
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- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen