Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
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An empirical analysis of the profitability of backshoring initiatives to Europe
Alessandro Ancarani, Carmela Di Mauro, Simone GittoThe study investigates the profitability of manufacturing firms backshoring (BS) to Europe. In particular, the article analyses the relation between BS drivers and…
Industry 4.0: what is the relationship between manufacturing strategies, critical success factors and technology adoption?
Guilherme Tortorella, Sherah Kurnia, Marcelo Trentin, Gilson Adamczuk Oliveira, Dalmarino SettiThis paper examines the relationship between different manufacturing strategies and Industry 4.0's (I4.0) critical success factors (CSFs) and technology adoption.
A maturity model for the effective digital transformation of laboratories
Valentin Kammerlohr, David Paradice, Dieter UckelmannThis paper presents a maturity model for digital transformation effectiveness in laboratories (labs) with education and research purposes.
Effects of inventive capabilities on new product development performance: the knowledge combination view
Luyun Xu, Xin Yin, Hong Gong, Deming ZengA firm's inventions provide technical information for product planning and technical support for new product development (NPD). In the knowledge-based theory, inventing is…
Selective search and new-to-market process innovation
Omid Aliasghar, Venus Kanani MoghadamSearching for knowledge from outside firms' boundaries has been proved to be a critical strategy to develop innovation. However, the existing body of research has mainly…
Managing bids at the engineering–commercial interface: a systems, integration and contingency perspective
Sweet Ling Adeline Wong, Shao Hung GohBid management is an important presales process that involves not just pricing but also determining requirement fit and managing ambiguities. The purpose of this paper is…
Digital transformation maturity model development framework based on design science: case studies in manufacturing industry
Mehmet Kırmızı, Batuhan KocaogluThis study aims to propose a novel maturity model development framework based on design science theory utilizing qualitative and quantitative methods for empirical…
Interplay between lean management and circular production system: implications for zero-waste performance, green value competitiveness, and social reputation
Ebenezer Afum, Yiming Li, Peixiu Han, Zhuo SunThis study explores the interplay between lean management and circular production systems and their implications on zero-waste performance, green value competitiveness and…
Investigating relationships between production transfer management and transfer success
Maria Flavia Mogos, Anna Fredriksson, Erlend Alfnes, Jan Ola StrandhagenThis paper explores the operationalization of production network coordination – the production transfer (PT) – and the relationships between transfer risk sources…
The nature and role of informal resilience practices in the performance of lean production systems
Bruna Dones Gayer, Tarcisio Abreu Saurin, Michel AnzanelloResilience in lean production systems (LPSs) relies on both formal and informal practices. Considering that these latter are relatively less explored, this paper describes…
Drum-Buffer-Rope in an engineering-to-order productive system: a case study in a Brazilian aerospace company
Eduardo Santos Telles, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda, Maria Isabel Wolf Morandi, Rodrigo Ellwanger, Fernando Bernardi de Souza, Fabio Sartori PiranDrum-Buffer-Rope (DBR) is a method to adjust production flows, synchronize the release of materials and enable a process of focused improvement in production systems…
Managerial perspectives on green-lean-six sigma adoption in the flexible packaging industry: empirical evidence from an emerging economy
Amna Farrukh, Sanjay Mathrani, Aymen SajjadThis paper attempts to explore the green-lean-six sigma (GLSS) practices in the continuous process industry particularly in the flexible packaging (FP) industry in an…
Comparing viewpoints of top management, consultants and employees about Lean Six Sigma
Neeraj Yadav, Ali Al OwadDespite extensive research on Lean Six Sigma (LSS), it predominantly remains focussed on organisational aspects. Individual perceptions were often sidelined. Comparative…
Leveraging the potential of a technologically heterogeneous suppliers – a dynamic approach
Andrea Gelei, Zsófia KeneseiIn today’s turbulent environment, it is important that companies effectively leverage resources available both in-house and in their interorganizational ties. The purpose…
Analysing the alignment between the Green Lean and Circular strategies: towards a Circular Lean approach
Florencia Kalemkerian, Javier Santos, Martin Tanco, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Elisabeth VilesGreen Lean tools are aligned with the Circular Economy strategy as they aim at reducing waste, however, they miss the creation of value through waste. Therefore, this…
Buyer-supplier dyad on performance and sustainability
Zirong Hao, Mark Goh, Jinxia Jiao, ChenGuang LiuThis paper investigates how the configuration of a supplier’s sustainable operations practices (SOPs) with a high sustainable performance affects a buyer’s organizational…
The influence of manufacturing contexts on additive manufacturing-enabled competitive capabilities
Mojtaba Khorram Niaki, Fabio Nonino, Keivan Tafakkori, S. Ali Torabi, Iman KazemianThis paper presents a contingency analysis of additive manufacturing's (AM) impacts, proposes a novel form of AM-enabled competitive capabilities and explores…
Drivers and barriers of Industry 4.0 technology adoption among manufacturing SMEs: a systematic review and transformation roadmap
Morteza Ghobakhloo, Mohammad Iranmanesh, Mantas Vilkas, Andrius Grybauskas, Azlan AmranThe present study offers a holistic but detailed understanding of the factors that might affect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) adoption of Industry 4.0…
Are smart contracts too smart for Supply Chain 4.0? A blockchain framework to mitigate challenges
Mohamed Grida, Noha A. MostafaSmart contracts are self-executing computer programmes that have the potential to be used in several applications instead of traditional written contracts. With the recent…
A note on bi-objective optimization for sustainable supply chain network design in omnichannel
Weidong Lei, Dandan Ke, Pengyu Yan, Jinsuo Zhang, Jinhang LiThis paper aims to correct the existing mixed integer programming (MIP) model proposed by Yadav et al. (2019) [“Bi-objective optimization for sustainable supply chain…
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1741-038XRenamed from:
Integrated Manufacturing SystemsOnline date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Harm-Jan Steenhuis
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