...; nor did they specifically address site location reasons. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Sweden Manufacturing industry Operations management Plant location and layout Empirical research Global production networks Manufacturing plants Operations strategy In order...

... collection tool that can be used to triangulate findings with other tools and techniques that are rigid and structured (e.g. secondary data acquisition). © MCB UP Limited 2003 Organizational change Operations management Manufacturing industry Published research on organisational change...

... of human resources and lack of business‐led CIM strategy. Some strategies and measures are put forward to address Chinese enterprises’ CIM implementation problems. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Manufacturing industry Computers Surveys China Ever since the early 1970s, computer‐integrated...

... factors are grouped into decision categories and discussed from a production and operations management perspective. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Flexibility Operations strategy Manufacturing industry Quality function deployment Most firms share access to the same manufacturing processes...

... brought. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Poland Manufacturing industry Shopfloor Production planning and control On January 1, 1990, a program of radical reforms was introduced to create the institutional and economic basis for a market economy in Poland. The process of privatization...

... statistical abstracts. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Industrial relations Mexico Manufacturing industry Production planning Globalization The work stoppage that began on Tuesday, January 31, 1995 at ABC Consumer Electronics quickly escalated into a fully‐fledged strike. Union representatives...

... to decide on the performance measures which drive and direct their own continuous improvement activities. Employee involvement Kaizen Manufacturing industry Organizational behaviour Performance measurement Teamwork As the drive to become world‐class has progressed and intensified there has...

... were assured anonymity to increase the objectivity of their responses. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Advanced manufacturing technologies Empirical studies Implementation Manufacturing industry Success USA The AMT determinants were classified under four broad factors based...

.... Using data from a large‐scale survey, explores how manufacturing managers attempt to link their decisions in those three components of manufacturing strategy. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Manufacturing industry Manufacturing strategy Operations management USA Although intuitively...

... for the evaluation of manufacturing management performance. The proposed manufacturing strategy and performance matrix provides a practical framework for strategic planning. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Industrial engineering Manufacturing industry Manufacturing strategy Operating performance Performance...

... procedures in place to ensure the output subsystem quality. CADCAM Demand forecasting Manufacturing industry Organizational change Strategic planning TQM USA In today’s manufacturing environment, the manufacturing organization is considered an open, productive, dynamic information system...

..., percentage tardy and mean flowtime measures of performance. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Job shop Manufacturing industry Ordering systems Production scheduling Sequencing Shopfloor Most of the research on job shops has focused on sequencing rules in isolation from order review release (ORR...

...J.K. Porter; P. Jarvis; D. Little; J. Laakmann; C. Hannen; M. Schotten Discusses briefly the impact of MRP on UK manufacturing industry in the context of the next generation of developments. Draws a contrast with production planning and control systems in Germany which derive shopfloor control...

...Terrence Perera; Matthew Shafaghi Presents the results of a survey into the nature and scale of tool management problems within the UK manufacturing industry and outlines strategies to improve the management and control of tooling. Discusses the qualitative and quantitative data collection...

... technologies Classification Implementation Literature Manufacturing industry Selection Progress in human society has been accomplished by the creation of new technologies. The last few years have witnessed unparalleled changes throughout the world. Rapid changes in the markets demand drastically...

... to investigate the performance of the proposed algorithms. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Just‐in‐time Kanban Manufacturing industry Production planning Stochastic modelling The optimal number of kanbans in a manufacturing system with general machine breakdowns and stochastic demands Houmin Yan...

... performance Information systems Manufacturing industry Quality management Surveys H04: There is no relationship between quality performance and the combination of quality management practices,quality information flows and information technologies for quality. This hypothesis...

... Competitive advantage Organizational performance Management Manufacturing industry Operations management Production management Benchmarking is currently a buzzword among the manufacturing community. The first book specifically about the subject was published in 1989[ 1 ]. A recent literature review...

... Advanced manufacturing technologies Competitive strategy Export Global marketing Manufacturing industry Operations management Small firms Technology In the last two decades, several factors have forced US manufacturers to make dramatic changes in their products, markets, and manufacturing...

... 1995 Advanced manufacturing technologies Design for manufacture Manufacturing industry New product development New technology Teamwork Time‐to‐market USA In part 1 of this article (Volume 14 Number 12) the design for manufacturability (DFM) literature was reviewed from different...