Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 29 Issue 6

The future of manufacturing industry: a strategic roadmap toward Industry 4.0

Morteza Ghobakhloo

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a state-of-the-art review of the ongoing research on the Industry 4.0 phenomenon, highlight its key design principles and technology…

Adopting additive manufacturing in SMEs: exploring the challenges and solutions

Miia Martinsuo, Toni Luomaranta

Adopting additive manufacturing (AM) can be challenging, especially in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and as part of the supply chains of larger firms. The purpose of…

Printing spare parts through additive manufacturing: legal and digital business challenges

Rosa Maria Ballardini, Iñigo Flores Ituarte, Eujin Pei

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the technology, business and intellectual property issues surrounding the production of spare parts through additive manufacturing (AM…

Critical enablers of changeable and reconfigurable manufacturing and their industrial implementation

Ann-Louise Andersen, Jesper Kranker Larsen, Thomas Ditlev Brunoe, Kjeld Nielsen, Christopher Ketelsen

During design of reconfigurable manufacturing systems, manufacturing companies need to select and implement the right enablers of reconfigurability in accordance with the specific…

Reliability analysis of productivity enhancement initiatives

Boyd Alexander Nicholds, John P.T. Mo

Process improvement (PI) projects in manufacturing suffer from high failure rates, often due to management capability overstretch. An organisation’s management may be unaware that…

Contingency factors and reshoring drivers in the textile and apparel industry

Megan E. Moore, Lori Rothenberg, Harry Moser

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between contingency factors and reshoring drivers in the US textile and apparel industry.

Supply chain antecedents of agile manufacturing in a developing country context: An empirical investigation

Ayman Bahjat Abdallah, Israa Hussein Nabass

The purpose of this paper is to determine supply chain practices that contribute most to the success of agile manufacturing (AM), and to examine their effects on its…

A DEMATEL approach for evaluating barriers for sustainable end-of-life practices

Sivakumar K., Jeyapaul R., Vimal K.E.K., Pratthosh Ravi

Sustainable end-of-life (Sus-EoL) practices can be achieved through manufacturing of sustainable products, and recovery and recycling after the use phase. To achieve Sus-EoL, the…