Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 32 Issue 4

Motivations and challenges with the diffusion of additive manufacturing through a non-profit association

Jan Stentoft, Kristian Philipsen, Anders Haug, Kent Adsbøll Wickstrøm

Additive manufacturing (AM) is one technology among the many under the umbrella of Industry 4.0 technologies. AM is developing rapidly, and extant research reveals that the…

Green supply chain management practices and its impact on organizational performance: evidence from Indian manufacturers

Saumyaranjan Sahoo, Lokesh Vijayvargy

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of five dimensions of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices (i.e. internal environmental management, green purchasing…

An improved lean assessment based on employee perception

Zhengyin Huang, Gregory Harris, Nicholas Loyd

The Toyota Production System has been studied for its business success for several decades. Many companies have tried to imitate but have not achieved Toyota-like results. Failure…

Assessing industrial barriers of additively manufactured digital spare part implementation in the machine-building industry: a cross-organizational focus group interview study

Sergei Chekurov, Mika Salmi, Victor Verboeket, Tuomas Puttonen, Tuomas Riipinen, Antti Vaajoki

Although additive manufacturing (AM) has been demonstrated to have significant potential in improving spare part delivery operations and has been adopted to a degree in the…

Robustness assessment in production systems

Christian Stockmann, Herwig Winkler, Martin Kunath

The concept of robustness in manufacturing is not easy to capture and even harder to quantify. This paper elaborates an approach to assess robustness in production systems from a…

Deploying ambidexterity through better management practices: an investigation based on high-variety, low-volume manufacturing

Mile Katic, Dilek Cetindamar, Renu Agarwal

Whilst capabilities in exploiting existing assets and simultaneously exploring new opportunities have proven essential in today's organisations, an understanding of how these…