Benchmarking: An International Journal: Volume 28 Issue 5

Guest editorial

Carbon management framework for sustainable manufacturing using life cycle assessment, IoT and carbon sequestration

Emission reduction methodologies alone are not sufficient to mitigate the climatic catastrophes caused due to ongoing carbon emissions. Rather, a bidirectional approach is…

Industry 4.0 and supply chain sustainability: framework and future research directions

The evolution of technology from the most recent industrial age to the technology era better known as Industry 4.0 resulted in greater demand for horizontal, vertical and…

Development of Project Risk Management framework based on Industry 4.0 technologies

The purpose of this paper is to identify the risks involved in the construction project based on a literature survey (LS), to develop a project risk management (PRM) framework…

Professionalising family firm through internal HR marketing: a case of Ratnamani Metal and Tubes Ltd.

The paper reports the practices and interventions adopted at a successful business transformation in an Indian family run organization. The firm deployed internal HR marketing and…

Impact of culture on organizational readiness to change: context of bank M&A

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of culture on organizational readiness to change (ORC) within the context of merger and acquisition (M&A) in the banking…

Designing a hybrid cloud for a supply chain network of Industry 4.0: a theoretical framework

Supply chain is the area that requires effective and integrated means of communication, shared risk, collaboration and orchestration in order to work successfully and the cloud…

Role of culture-specific rights, responsibilities and duties in industry 4.0: comparing Indic and Western perspectives

The increasing globalization of business has led to increasing demand for executives who can function in cultural milieus different from their own. This demand has been…

Assessment of a reconfigurable manufacturing system

The purpose of this paper is to develop the methodology which can facilitate the concept of reconfiguration in the manufacturing system.

Reconfiguration of assembly line balancing–an automobile case study solved by the exact solution procedure

Multi-manned assembly lines are designed to produce large-sized products, such as automobiles. In this paper, a multi-manned assembly line balancing problem (MALBP) is addressed…

Critical success factors for next generation technical education institutions

The purpose of this paper is to create a hierarchy of critical success factors affecting the higher technical education institutions, taking a case study of India. Using total…

Evaluation of supply chain coordination index in context to Industry 4.0 environment

Today, most of the manufacturing systems are changing very fast in terms of the adoption of new technologies. New technologies being implemented are Internet of Things, cyber…

A SAP-LAP linkages framework for integrating Industry 4.0 and circular economy

In the recent years, the two increasingly popular topics, namely, Industry 4.0 and circular economy (CE) have attracted the attention of many academicians and practitioners…

Price premium effect, supply contracts and strategic decision making under environmental considerations

The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of collaboration between supply chain entities in a dyadic setting where the manufacturer invests in greening and technology…

Analyzing manufacturing strategies and Industry 4.0 supplier performance relationships from a resource-based perspective

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of manufacturing strategies on Industry 4.0 supplier performance. Suppliers play a crucial role in manufacturing supply…

Industry 4.0 − challenges to implement circular economy

The purpose of this paper is to identify the Industry 4.0 barriers to achieve circular economy (CE). The study focuses on exploring the link between Industry 4.0 and CE. This…

Modelling internet of things driven sustainable food security system

The purpose of this paper is to model the sustainable food security system using various technologies driving internet of things (IoT). The right to food is a fundamental right of…

Industry 4.0 and digital supply chain capabilities: A framework for understanding digitalisation challenges and opportunities

The Industry 4.0 phenomenon is bringing unprecedented disruptions for all traditional business models and hastening the need for a redesign and digitisation of activities. In this…

Supply chain capabilities and competitiveness of high-tech manufacturing start-ups in India

The purpose of this paper is to understand the practices and policies unique to high-tech manufacturing start-ups in emerging economies, such as India. The study analyzes the main…

Modeling supplier selection in the era of Industry 4.0

The problem of evaluating potential suppliers has always been based on finding an optimal tradeoff between supplier’s performance consistently meeting firms’ needs and acceptable…

Content analysis of literature on big data in smart cities

The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic literature review on the technological aspects of smart cities and to give insights about current trends, sources of research…

Industry 4.0: defining the research agenda

Industry 4.0 implies that global challenges exist within the manufacturing sector. Both theoretical and empirical research has been developed to support these transformations and…

Re-designing the business organization using disruptive innovations based on blockchain-IoT integrated architecture for improving agility in future Industry 4.0

Blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have recently gained much attention for Industry 4.0. With the emergence of disruptive technologies, it has become essential…