Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 22 Issue 4

Core competencies of the new industrial organization

Farley Simon Nobre

The contributions proposed in this paper are motivated by principles of incompatibility, and non‐equilibrium states, existing between the continuous growth in the level of…

Design of lean manufacturing systems using value stream mapping with simulation: A case study

Anand Gurumurthy, Rambabu Kodali

Generally, the implementation of lean manufacturing (LM) starts with the development of value stream maps. However, it has been found that value stream mapping (VSM) suffers from…

Using grey relational analysis and TRIZ to identify KSFs and strategies for choosing importers and exporters: An example of the Taiwanese hand‐tool industry

Po‐Yin Lin, Tzong‐Ru (Jiun‐Shen) Lee, Agnieszka M. Dadura

The purpose of this paper is to determine the key success factors (KSFs) of purchasing decision making of overseas importers of Taiwanese products and the Taiwanese exporters; and…

ERP adoption in Chinese small enterprise: an exploratory case study

Yulong Li

The purpose of this paper is to examine a Chinese small enterprise's failed attempt to adopt enterprise resource planning (ERP) and to identify the critical success factors for…

Supply chain management from the perspective of value chain flexibility: an exploratory study

Quah Hock Soon, Zulkifli Mohamed Udin

The purpose of this paper is to investigate supply chain management practices related to flexibility, value chain and capabilities. It describes an exploratory study to examine…

Improving manufacturing process for biomedical products: a case study

Bimal Nepal, Malini Natarajarathinam, Krishna Balla

The purpose of this paper is to design and implement a new manufacturing process for biomedical products by removing an electro‐polishing (EP) operation. The research was…

An investigation into current production challenges facing the Libyan cement industry and the need for innovative total productive maintenance (TPM) strategy

Mustafa Graisa, Amin Al‐Habaibeh

The purpose of this paper is to investigate maintenance and production problems in the cement industry in Libya, with particular emphasis on future implementation of total…

In appreciation of John Parnaby

Denis Towill

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