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Manufacturing strategy: understanding the fitness landscape
Ian P. McCarthyThis theoretical paper presents, extends and integrates a number of systems and evolutionary concepts, to demonstrate their relevance to manufacturing strategy formulation…
Lean or agile: A solution for supply chain management in the textiles and clothing industry?
Margaret Bruce, Lucy Daly, Neil TowersThe textiles and apparel industry has been neglected in terms of supply chain management research. Recently, the industry has undergone a great deal of change, particularly with…
Manufacturing practices, strategic fit and performance: A routine‐based view
Mikko Ketokivi, Roger SchroederThis article challenges and advances the extant manufacturing practice‐performance research in three ways. First and most fundamentally, the article offers a sound theoretical…
Developing logistics competencies through third party logistics relationships
Árni Halldórsson, Tage Skjøtt‐LarsenThis paper considers third party logistics (TPL) from a resource and competence perspective. New competencies are developed in the relationship between the shipper and the TPL…
Reification and representation in the implementation of quality improvement programmes
Lynne F. Baxter, Constanze HirschhauserThe object of this paper is to explore superficiality in implementing improvement programmes. The reported lack of success of some quality improvement programmes in realising…
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- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen