Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
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Volume 15
Implementing Industry 4.0: assessing the current state
Roland Ortt, Claire Stolwijk, Matthijs PunterThe purpose of this paper is to introduce, summarize and combine the results of 11 articles in a special issue on the implementation of Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 emerged…
Establishing SME–university collaboration through innovation support programmes
Martin Kurdve, Anna Bird, Jens Laage-HellmanThe research purpose is to analyse when and how innovation support programmes (ISPs) can affect collaboration between universities and established small and medium sized…
The sequence of implementation of reconfigurability core characteristics in manufacturing systems
Isabela Maganha, Cristovao Silva, Luis Miguel D.F. FerreiraThe objective of this study is to propose a sequence of implementation of the core characteristics of reconfigurability: modularity, integrability, diagnosability…
Understanding the influence of environmental production practices on firm performance: a proactive versus reactive approach
Charles Baah, Douglas Opoku-Agyeman, Innocent Senyo Kwasi Acquah, Kassimu Issau, Farid Abdel Moro AbdoulayeExploring ways to sustain competitive positions as well as improve firm performance through environmental production initiatives has been a major preoccupying topic for…
Local on-demand fabrication: microfactories and online manufacturing platforms
Jose Orlando Montes, F. Xavier OllerosThis article explores a particular on-demand fabrication unit, the microfactory (MF). It identifies and contrasts several MFs and proposes a taxonomy. This research also…
Does plant role moderate relationship between internal manufacturing network integration, external supply chain integration, operational performance in manufacturing network?
Yang Cheng, Sami Farooq, Muhammad Shakeel Sadiq JajjaThis paper aims to investigate the moderating effects of the role a plant plays in a manufacturing network on the relationships between its level of integration with other…
Application of design thinking to product-configuration projects
Sara Shafiee, Anders Haug, Saeedeh Shafiee Kristensen, Lars HvamProduct configurators are expert systems that support product customization by defining how predefined entities and their properties may be combined. Developers of…
Motives and performance outcomes of mass customization capability: evidence from Chinese manufacturers
Hongyan Sheng, Taiwen Feng, Lucheng Chen, Dianhui Chu, Weijie ZhangThe purpose of this study aims to develop and test a motives-mass customization (MC) capability-performance model by dividing MC capability into product-oriented MC…
Business model innovation and growth of manufacturing SMEs: a social exchange perspective
Jiawen Chen, Linlin Liu, Yong WangThis study investigates business model innovation in small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) and its impact on firm growth.
A topic-based patent analytics approach for exploring technological trends in smart manufacturing
Juite Wang, Chih-Chi HsuSmart manufacturing can lead to disruptive changes in production technologies and business models in the manufacturing industry. This paper aims to identify technological…
Cross-disciplinary innovations by Taiwanese manufacturing SMEs in the context of Industry 4.0
Chun-Liang ChenThe aim of this paper is to explore how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Taiwan employ technology to participate in global supply chains so as to respond to the…
Case-based reasoning for complexity management in Industry 4.0
Peter Schott, Matthias Lederer, Isabella Eigner, Freimut BodendorfIncreasingly, dynamic market environments lead to growing complexity in manufacturing and pose a severe threat for the competitiveness of manufacturing companies…
Relationship follows technology! How Industry 4.0 reshapes future buyer-supplier relationships
Johannes Wolfgang Veile, Marie-Christin Schmidt, Julian Marius Müller, Kai-Ingo VoigtThis study analyzes how technological changes in the context of Industry 4.0 influence buyer-supplier relationships (BSRs).
Analysis of enablers on the successful implementation of green manufacturing for Irish SMEs
Pezhman Ghadimi, Shane O'Neill, Chao Wang, John W. SutherlandThe purpose of this study is to identify a comprehensive list of main enablers of successful implementation of green manufacturing (GM) practices in small and medium-sized…
Inventory stickiness, environmental dynamism, financial constraints and survival of new SMEs in China
Xuechang Zhu, Jingbin Wang, Bin Liu, Xiaoyi DiAlthough the adoption of lean inventory management for performance improvement has been widely recognized, sticky inventory management is still a stopgap measure for new…
Analyzing barriers of Green Lean practices in manufacturing industries by DEMATEL approach
Charanjit Singh, Davinder Singh, J.S. KhambaGreen Lean concepts offer methods for managing manufacturing organizations with the goal of improving organizational performance. Green Lean practices are good options to…
Condition-based maintenance for major airport baggage systems
Frank Koenig, Pauline Anne Found, Maneesh Kumar, Nicholas RichThe aim of this paper is to develop a contribution to knowledge that adds to the empirical evidence of predictive condition-based maintenance by demonstrating how the…
Interdependency in coordinating networked maintenance and modification operations
Per Engelseth, Jan-Åke Törnroos, Yufeng ZhangThe purpose of this research is to detect, through applying a process-based view, how to manage economisation of the maintenance and modification operations in offshore…
Road to digital manufacturing – a longitudinal case-based analysis
Krisztina Demeter, Dávid Losonci, Judit NagyThe authors’ main objective is to examine the resource alteration underlying the digital manufacturing transformation. The authors rely on the adaptation aspect of dynamic…
Exploring the link between green manufacturing, operational competitiveness, firm reputation and sustainable performance dimensions: a mediated approach
Ebenezer Afum, Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah, Zhuo Sun, Bright Frimpong, Lawrence Yaw Kusi, Innocent Senyo Kwasi AcquahThe aim of this study is to explore the link between green manufacturing practices, operational competitiveness, firm reputation and sustainable performance dimensions as…
Extending lean management along the supply chain: impact on efficiency
José Moyano-Fuentes, Juan Manuel Maqueira-Marín, Pedro José Martínez-Jurado, Macarena Sacristán-DíazThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the contribution to improving the efficiency of the focal firm made by lean management at the internal and supply chain levels.
Industrial practices of collaborative manufacturing involving tool and die development: Malaysian perspective
Suman Selvarajoo, Raja Ariffin Raja Ghazilla, Azuddin MamatThe purpose of this paper is to understand the current practices of tool and die development, particularly in the Malaysian context with respect to collaborative…
Measuring the influence values of lean criteria on leanness
Esra Kurt Tekez, Gökhan TaşdevirenThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of lean criteria on leanness as well as prioritize them, taking the relationships between dimensions into consideration…
Exploring the mediating influences of total quality management and just in time between green supply chain practices and performance
Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah, Ebenezer Afum, Carin Agnikpe, Jiaxin Cai, Esther Ahenkorah, Essel DacostaThe desire for firms to gain competitive advantage and improve performance has resulted in the adoption of several practices. Green supply chain practices (GSCPs), just in…
Blockchain adoption in the supply chain: an appraisal on challenges
Dnyaneshwar Jivanrao Ghode, Vinod Yadav, Rakesh Jain, Gunjan SoniAdoption of blockchain technology (BT) leads to shrinking supply chains, produces a better quality product, saves product development time and increases the customized…
Development of a decision support system for assessing the supply chain risk mitigation strategies: an application in Indian petroleum supply chain
Pradeep Kumar Tarei, Jitesh J. Thakkar, Barnali NagThe purpose of this paper is to develop a decision support system (DSS) to assist supply chain (SC) risk managers to select a suitable risk management (RM) strategy and…
Exploring coordination practices in digital–physical product development
Stine HendlerThe paper explores coordination practices in digital–physical product development and their consequences for companies traditionally relying on physical product development.
Using plant leaders' perspectives to overcome barriers to inter-plant exchange
Michael Wiech, Thomas FriedliThis paper sets out to identify barriers to intra-network exchange within international manufacturing networks (IMNs) from the micro-level perspective of key actors at the…
Consequences of sustainable innovations on the reshoring drivers’ framework
Carmen Martínez-Mora, Fernando MerinoThe purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the introduction of new technologies can lead to reconsidering the division of the production process as well as the…
Proactive risk mitigation strategies and supply chain risk management performance: an empirical analysis for manufacturing firms in Turkey
Yesim Can Saglam, Sibel Yildiz Çankaya, Bulent SezenIn spite of its potential benefits in a wide range of situations, supply chain risk mitigation strategies have received scant attention on the subject of managing the…
Manufacturing network integration and culture: an institution-based view
Maricela C. Arellano, Cristina Sancha, Torbjørn Netland, Cristina Gimenez ThomsenIn pursuit of increased competitiveness, global manufacturers often seek tighter integration among the plants in their production networks. However, this is a challenging…
Smart remanufacturing: a review and research framework
Mairi Kerin, Duc Truong PhamTo review the state-of-the-art in smart remanufacturing, highlighting key elements of an Industry 4.0 (I4.0) future that supports circular economy (CE) principles and…
How do industry 4.0 technologies influence organisational change? An empirical analysis of Italian SMEs
Chiara Cimini, Albachiara Boffelli, Alexandra Lagorio, Matteo Kalchschmidt, Roberto PintoThis article aims to investigate the organisational implications of adopting Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies, giving specific attention to operations. The paper addresses…
Catching the wave: Industry 4.0 in BRICS
Amaya Erro-Garcés, Irene Aranaz-NúñezThis research aims to conduct, to the best of our knowledge, the first systematic review of the implementation of Industry 4.0 in BRICS. This review facilitates the…
The impact of product variety on fill rate, inventory and sales performance in the consumer goods industry
Victor Santos, Mauro Sampaio, Dario Henrique AlliprandiniThe impact of product variety decisions on fill rate, inventory and sales performance in a consumer goods company has been examined. From a marketing perspective, it is…
Linking industrial agglomeration and manufacturers inventory performance: the moderating role of firm size and enterprise status in the supply chain
Xinyu Wang, Yu Lin, Yingjie ShiFrom the intra- and inter-regional dimensions, this paper investigates the linkage between industrial agglomeration and inventory performance, and further demonstrates the…
The influence of lean management and environmental practices on relative competitive quality advantage and performance
Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah, Esther Ahenkorah, Ebenezer Afum, Dallas OwusuFirms are adopting strategies to advance product quality and environmental sustainability to achieve improved profitability and shareholders’ wealth. The study…
Digital production innovation projects – The applicability of managerial controls under high levels of complexity and uncertainty
Sara Johansson, Malin Kullström, Jennie Björk, Anna Karlsson, Susanne NilssonThe purpose of the present study is to assist academics and practitioners in supporting and managing digital production innovation projects using managerial controls. The…
Industry 4.0: a review and analysis of contingency and performance effects
Levente Szász, Krisztina Demeter, Béla-Gergely Rácz, Dávid LosonciThe purpose of this paper is to review the literature and offer a more generalizable empirical investigation on the performance impact of implementing Industry 4.0, and…
Cloud manufacturing: a myth or future of global manufacturing?
Muhammad Haris Aziz, Summyia Qamar, Mohammad T. Khasawneh, Chanchal SahaCloud manufacturing (CMfg) has emerged as a service-oriented paradigm that enables modularization and on-demand servitization of resources in the context of manufacturing…
Interactive research in production start-up—application and outcomes
Martina Berglund, Ulrika Harlin, Kristina SäfstenThe purpose of this paper is to reflect on interactive research as a means to create relevant knowledge in the domain of operations management in general and specifically…
Achieving supply chain resilience: the role of supply chain ambidexterity and supply chain agility
Haris Aslam, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Kamran Rashid, Saif-ur RehmanThis study analyzes the role of supply chain ambidexterity (SC-Ambidexterity) in developing supply chain resilience (SC-Resilience). We describe SC-Ambidexterity as a…
An Industry 4.0 maturity model proposal
Reginaldo Carreiro Santos, José Luís MartinhoIn recent years, the development and application of innovative and disruptive technologies in manufacturing environments is shaping the fourth industrial revolution, also…
Superior position equal to greater influence? The moderating role of technological complexity
Yaowu Sun, Xiaoye GongTechnological standardization can promote the development of complex products and systems (CoPS) (e.g. large aircraft, high-speed trains). Many studies argue that a…
Empirical analysis of enablers and performance outcome of manufacturing flexibility in an emerging economy
Ruchi MishraThe objective of this paper is to empirically test and verify the enablers of volume flexibility and product-mix flexibility and to assess the influence of these…
Challenges of handling assembly information in global manufacturing companies
Pierre Eric Christian Johansson, Lennart Malmsköld, Åsa Fast-Berglund, Lena MoestamThe purpose of this paper is to describe challenges the manufacturing industry is currently facing when developing future assembly information systems. More specific, this…
Industrie 4.0 process transformation: findings from a case study in automotive logistics
Mario Hermann, Isabel Bücker, Boris OttoThe purpose of this paper is to explore the transformation of logistics processes to meet requirements of Industrie 4.0.
Cost-driven motives to relocate manufacturing abroad among small- and medium-sized manufacturers: The influence of Industry 4.0
Jan Stentoft, Kent Adsbøll Wickstrøm, Anders Haug, Kristian PhilipsenThe purpose of this paper is to advance the understanding of how Industry 4.0 related technologies affect the relocation of manufacturing abroad by small and medium-sized…
Digital supply chain model in Industry 4.0
Claudia Lizette Garay-Rondero, Jose Luis Martinez-Flores, Neale R. Smith, Santiago Omar Caballero Morales, Alejandra Aldrette-MalacaraThe purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual model that defines the essential components shaping the new Digital Supply Chains (DSCs) through the implementation…
Digital readiness assessment of Italian SMEs: a case-study research
Fabiana Pirola, Chiara Cimini, Roberto PintoGiven the challenges that Industry 4.0 poses, the purpose of this paper is to propose a comprehensive assessment model suitable for evaluating small- and medium-size…
Exploring the work and competence of interactive researchers
Peter E. Johansson, Andreas WalloThe purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the competence in use when working with interactive research, which is a continuation and elaboration of action research.
Decision-making approaches in process innovations: an explorative case study
Erik Flores-Garcia, Jessica Bruch, Magnus Wiktorsson, Mats JacksonThe purpose of this paper is to explore the selection of decision-making approaches at manufacturing companies when implementing process innovations.
The impacts of Industry 4.0: a descriptive survey in the Italian manufacturing sector
Ting Zheng, Marco Ardolino, Andrea Bacchetti, Marco Perona, Massimo ZanardiniThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how much the Italian manufacturing companies are ready to be concretely involved in the so-called “Industry 4.0” (I4.0…
Industry 4.0: coherent definition framework with technological and organizational interdependencies
Katarzyna Nosalska, Zbigniew Michał Piątek, Grzegorz Mazurek, Robert RządcaThe purpose of this paper is to introduce coherent Industry 4.0 definition via a rigorous analysis framework, and provide a holistic view of technological, organizational…
What matters in implementing the factory of the future: Insights from a survey in European manufacturing regions
Elena Pessot, Andrea Zangiacomi, Cinzia Battistella, Valerie Rocchi, Alessandro Sala, Marco SaccoThis paper aims to study the extent of the transformation of European manufacturing companies towards the factory of the future (FoF) and related concepts, e.g. Industry…
Development of a lean assessment tool and measuring the effect of culture from employee perception
Nicholas Loyd, Gregory Harris, Sampson Gholston, David BerkowitzFew companies have had the success that Toyota Motor Corporation has experienced over the past 70 years. Many give credit for Toyota's success to the company's famous…
Towards the proposition of a Lean Automation framework: Integrating Industry 4.0 into Lean Production
Guilherme Tortorella, Rapinder Sawhney, Daniel Jurburg, Istefani Carisio de Paula, Diego Tlapa, Matthias ThurerThe objective of this research is twofold. First, we aim at identifying the pairwise relationships between Lean Production (LP) practices and Industry 4.0 (I4.0…
A review of Industry 4.0 in supply chain management studies
Chetna Chauhan, Amol SinghThe purpose of this paper is to assess how the emergent theme of Industry 4.0 is considered in the context of supply chain management (SCM) and to identify important areas…
Industry 4.0 and Lean Manufacturing: A systematic literature review and future research directions
Marcos Pagliosa, Guilherme Tortorella, Joao Carlos Espindola FerreiraThe purpose of this paper is to aim at identifying the relationships between Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies and Lean Manufacturing (LM) practices.
Lessons learned from Industry 4.0 implementation in the German manufacturing industry
Johannes W. Veile, Daniel Kiel, Julian Marius Müller, Kai-Ingo VoigtIndustry 4.0 is assumed to yield extensive industry-spanning opportunities. However, exploiting these opportunities requires a targeted implementation of Industry 4.0. The…
Exoskeletons: Comprehensive, comparative and critical analyses of their potential to improve manufacturing performance
Stephen Fox, Olli Aranko, Juhani Heilala, Päivi VahalaExoskeletons are mechanical structures that humans can wear to increase their strength and endurance. The purpose of this paper is to explain how exoskeletons can be used…
Business model patterns for 3D printer manufacturers
Patrick Holzmann, Robert J. Breitenecker, Erich J. SchwarzThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the business models that 3D printer manufacturers apply to commercialize their technologies. The authors investigate these business…
How manufacturing firm characteristics can influence decision making for investing in Industry 4.0 technologies
Lisa Bosman, Nathan Hartman, John SutherlandInvesting in Industry 4.0 is an important consideration for manufacturing firms who strive to remain competitive in this global economy, but the uncertainty and complexity…
Industry 4.0 as a data-driven paradigm: a systematic literature review on technologies
Cristina Orsolin Klingenberg, Marco Antônio Viana Borges, José Antônio Valle Antunes JrThe purpose of this paper is to identify current technologies related to Industry 4.0 and to develop a rationale to enhance the understanding of their functions within a…
Drones in manufacturing: exploring opportunities for research and practice
Omid Maghazei, Torbjørn NetlandAlthough the industrial application of drones is increasing quickly, there is a scarcity of applications in manufacturing. The purpose of this paper is to explore current…
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Integrated Manufacturing SystemsOnline date, start – end:
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- Prof Harm-Jan Steenhuis
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