...Patrícia Maria Bozola; Thais V. Nunhes; Luís César Ferreira Motta Barbosa; Marcio C. Machado; Otavio José Oliveira Purpose In 2016, the ISO/TS 16949 quality management standard for the automotive industry evolved to IATF 16949. The update brought new requirements that need to be analyzed before...

... than 500,000 Malaysian ringgit annually. Research limitations/implications The focus of the study is on a framework for implementing a Supplier Kanban System in a small or medium-sized company within the automotive industry. Practical implications This framework is designed to be self...

... Industry 4.0 Readiness factors Readiness index Performance measurement Fuzzy logic Automotive industry Nowadays, the automotive component manufacturing organizations are facing significant challenges due to economic, social and technological advancement toward operational excellence (Bysko et...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Product lifecycle management Product data management Integration Collaboration Product development Case study Automotive industry Globalized competitive environment has pushed the enterprises to improve their operations and supply...

... in the case of MSMEs in the automobiles industry in India. Sustainable development Automotive industry Factor analysis GTMA Benchmarking MSMEs A structured questionnaire was prepared for data collection. The questionnaire consists of 22 items. All items were assessed using a 5-point...

...), as well as their eco-design (Sanyé-Mengual et al., 2014). In addition, it is important to make radical changes in the processes and management systems of companies, particularly those belonging to the automotive industry. This would allow a transition to new forms of environmental sustainability...

...Mohamad Amin Kaviani; Madjid Tavana; Fatemeh Kowsari; Roghayeh Rezapour Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate two supply chain resilience key elements of vulnerability and capability in the automotive industry. Design/methodology/approach We propose a fuzzy approach for statistical...

... hierarchy process to prioritize the indicators of SSC. A numerical analysis of Indian automotive industry is presented to demonstrate the use of the proposed method. This proposed method considered fuzzy framework that can handle impreciseness and uncertainty. Sensitivity analysis is also performed to test...

...; closer line: doors (right and left, back and front); and panel line. Efficiency Automotive industry Direct run loss Injury rate Jobs per hour lost Span of control Table I Organizational levels and descriptions Level Title Requirements and description 1 Technicians...

... management Agility Lean production Industrial performance Lean Green Agile Index Automotive industry Resilient The increased pressure from community and environmentally conscious consumers has lead to rigorous environmental regulations, forcing companies to integrate environmental and social...

... manufacturing (Doolen and Hacker, 2005), Spanish ceramic tile industry (Tomas and Antonio, 2006), Malaysian electrical and electronics industry (Wong et al., 2009), Malaysian automotive industry (Nordin et al., 2010) and across Thailand manufacturing industry (Rahman et al., 2010...

... findings, this paper presents a case that impacts the improvements of the body shop overall performance in relation to reducing the number of spot welding arm and robot designs at the automotive industry in North America. Originality/value – The presented gap analysis on body shop spot welding...

... any decision‐making problem designed under a complex and interconnected set of primary criteria followed by sub‐criteria or more extended elaborate criteria hierarchy. India Automotive industry Operations and production management Decision making Supply chain management Third‐party logistics...

...' stakeholders. In this context, a distribution channel conflict case study may constitute an important empirical source of data for a benchmark strategy. Eric Dorion can be contacted at: edorion@ucs.br © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Brazil Manufacturing industries Automotive industry...

... companies exemplifies how different supply networks in emerging markets are depending on the specific strategies and institutional context. Findings The framework works well with the two case studies presented. A major player in the Indian automotive industry is benchmarked against a newcomer...

...Joseph Sarkis; Breno Nunes; David Bennett Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on investigating and benchmarking green operations initiatives in the automotive industry documented in the environmental reports of selected companies. The investigation roadmaps the main environmental...

... the “appropriate” level of variety. Luiz Felipe Scavarda can be contacted at: lf.scavarda@puc‐rio.br © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Holweg and Pil (2004) and Scavarda et al. (2005) identify that there is no pattern in the automotive industry to the overall variety offered...

... the way towards further development of a benchmarking framework, which hopefully be suitable and useful for SMEs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Benchmarking Competitive strategy Small to medium‐sized enterprises Automotive industry Malaysia As indicated...

... and reducing quality cost. In today's automotive industry a first tier supplier will struggle to win business unless their system is certified to QS 9000 (Bramorski et al., 2000). This situation has now cascaded itself down to the second tier supplier, in as much as the major first tier suppliers...

... an attempt to adopt the concept of supply chain performance to the Indian context and culture. Mohammed Saad can be contacted at: mohammed.saad@uwe.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Supply chain management Performance measures Automotive industry Developing countries India...