..., error competence and innovation are connected to manufacturing operations. Design/methodology/approach We test the proposed model using survey data collected from 237 managers working in 150 US manufacturing organizations. We use semi-structured interviews (n = 32) to complement the survey...

...Oscar F. Bustinza; Ferran Vendrell-Herrero; Philip Davies; Glenn Parry Purpose Responding to calls for deeper analysis of the conceptual foundations of service infusion in manufacturing, this paper examines the underlying assumptions that: (i) manufacturing firms incorporating services follow...

... of their reciprocal relationships and impact on manufacturing firm performance (MFP). Design/methodology/approach In the study, six hypotheses have been developed and tested through an empirical survey administered to 120 senior executives of Italian manufacturing firms. The data analysis has been carried out via...

.../methodology/approach The co-author from Rolls Royce (RR) illustrates the risks experienced and risk management approaches taken in its manufacturing and supply chain operations both in the earlier stages of the pandemic as well as after the first year of the pandemic. Findings The COVID-19 pandemic...

...Michael Güldenpfennig; Kim Sundtoft Hald; Allan Hansen Purpose The present paper explores the multiple management control systems (MCSs) involved in productivity improvement (PI) in manufacturing and how they interrelate. Research has largely neglected the multiplicity and interrelationships...

...). Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Digital transformation Digital servitization Multilevel theory Since the late 1980s, companies have been described as increasingly offering fuller market packages or “bundles” of customer-focused combinations of goods, services, support, self-service...

... the constructs are generated. Thereafter, using data from 42 industrial and academic raters, the content validity of all items is assessed quantitatively. Finally, using data from 59 manufacturing plants, the dimensionality and factor structure of the instrument are tested. Findings The authors demonstrate...

...Ben Clegg, Jillian MacBryde and Prasanta Dey; Jillian MacBryde; Steve Paton; Ben Clegg Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of high-value manufacturing (HVM) concepts in Scottish SMEs and define how they are being used to gain competitive advantage. Design/methodology...

...Ben Clegg, Jillian MacBryde and Prasanta Dey; Howard Lightfoot; Tim Baines; Palie Smart Purpose – The servitization of manufacturing is a diverse and complex field of research interest. The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrative and organising lens for viewing the various...

...Margaret Webster; David Sugden The paper considers the implementation of a virtual manufacturing system as an alternative to outward technology licensing in a high technology industrial sector. Brief theoretical definition and description of the two strategy options is provided to give background...

...P. Nagaraj; V. Selladurai This paper presents a case study conducted in a sugar mill. The multi‐level lot‐sizing model suggested by Gunasekaran where the whole manufacturing system modelled as a function of total system cost (TSC) is used for this application. This study deals with minimising...

... managers from 98 companies, this study investigates whether manufacturing units pursuing dissimilar strategies are led by manufacturing managers with dissimilar attributes, and whether the strategy‐manager alignment is related to the performance of the manufacturing unit. Results provide evidence...

.... This paper uses data from the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (1996‐98) to examine how these similarities and differences may have impacted on the manufacturing strategies adopted by firms in the two regions. Whilst Australian and European manufacturers seem similar in many respects...

...Alberto Petroni; Maurizio Bevilacqua Most of previous research on manufacturing flexibility has been conceptual by nature and finalized to build analytical models and only a small percentage of the studies have focused on empirical observations of actual industrial practice. In this study, we...

... of these factors. Seven variables – the volume, specificity, technological complexity, essentiality, fragility, variability and economic value of procured products – have been analysed and their effects on JIT purchasing implementation have been tested over a sample of 152 Spanish auto component manufacturers...

...David Tranfield; Stuart Smith The paper argues that the widespread changes in manufacturing industry are best conceptualised as paradigmatic, in that they constitute a patterned reconfiguration of ideas, beliefs and values about manufacturing philosophy, strategy, structure, organisation...

...Amanda J. Davies; Ashok K. Kochhar The number of studies relating to best practice in manufacturing has been increasing at a rapid rate over the last few years. As companies strive to attain world‐class manufacturing status the search for best practice has intensified. Focus has evolved from...

...Frank Dewhurst; Kevin Barber; J.J.B. Rogers The performance of manufacturing systems needs to be continuously reviewed in response to increasingly evolving market conditions. In recent years, a large volume of research has concentrated on improving manufacturing performance. Some research has been...

...G.S. Dangayach; S.G. Deshmukh Manufacturing strategy has attracted serious research attention in the recent past. In this paper, an attempt is made to review the status of literature in manufacturing strategy. A literature classification scheme is suggested. A total of 260 articles from 31 referred...

...Lawrence M. Corbett; D. Clay Whybark Over the last few years, several international studies have independently shown a significant correlation between the number and intensity of manufacturing practices in use and the performance of a firm. The conclusion is an unsettling: “the more the better...