...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...

... in emerging technologies of I4.0 will make sustainable competitive advantage for organizations enhancing product quality, cooperation skills, reduced cost and responsiveness. Industry 4.0 Readiness factors Readiness index Performance measurement Fuzzy logic Automotive industry Figure 1...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Product lifecycle management Product data management Integration Collaboration Product development Case study Automotive industry RQ2. Which are different enterprise applications that need to be integrated with PLM...

... system. Sustainable development Automotive industry Factor analysis GTMA Benchmarking MSMEs Competition in the globalized era has pressurized the manufacturers to adopt state-of-the-art technologies and strategies to survive in a competitive landscape. MSMEs are required to produce high...

... Circular economy Automotive industry Since the 1960s, the concept of circular economy has been adopted in various countries and industries (e.g. Korhonen et al., 2018 ; Navarro Ferronato et al., 2019 ; Talens Peiró et al., 2019 ; Kumar et al., 2019b...

...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...

... Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Efficiency Automotive industry Direct run loss Injury rate Jobs per hour lost Span of control Driven by globalization and the fall of the Soviet Union, the 1990s witnessed growth of new markets which...

... 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...

... and electronics industry (Wong et al., 2009), Malaysian automotive industry (Nordin et al., 2010) and across Thailand manufacturing industry (Rahman et al., 2010). The survey questionnaire was divided into two parts: part A and part B. Part A of the survey questionnaire captures...

... 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. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 India Automotive industry Operations and production management Decision making...

...; and 3. to solve them; Brazil Manufacturing industries Automotive industry Brazilian manufacturing Distribution channels and markets Distribution management Conflict management Organizational performance Benchmark strategy The aspects and the trends that influence consumers...

... 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...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Automotive industry Benchmarking Supply chain management Product variety proliferation is a trend in many industry sectors worldwide (Bils and Klenow, 2001 ; Er and MacCarthy, 2006). Product variety is an effective strategy to increase...

... effort. Sha'ri Mohd Yusof can be contacted at: shari@fkm.utm.my © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Benchmarking Competitive strategy Small to medium‐sized enterprises Automotive industry Malaysia In the past, many writers and authors have used the term “framework...

... that any industrial nation that does not anticipate and enclose the next paradigm shift in manufacturing, risk's losing ground in manufacturing dominance. The need for productivity in the automotive industry and within its suppliers is due to the high level of worldwide competition in this sector...

... tangible and non‐financial measures in performance measurements. This research focuses on the performance measurement of supply chain within the Indian automotive industry. As shown in Figure 1 , it is underpinned by a large body of literature which includes development and organization studies...