...Taha Jafari; Azim Zarei; Adel Azar; Alireza Moghaddam Purpose The paper aims to explore how business intelligence (BI), integration and agility influence supply chain performance. Design/methodology/approach The study was performed by the exploratory sequential mixed method in two phases...

... the contractor-led supply chain initiatives. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the effects of the client-led supply chain initiatives (reward power and competence trust of the construction clients) and the contractor-led supply chain initiatives (contractor integration and calculative commitment...

...Bryan Rodgers; Jiju Antony; Sandeep Gupta Purpose The purpose of this paper is to utilise the research patterns of the most prolific contributors to Lean and Six Sigma methodologies over a 15-year period to inform the discussion on whether the methodologies should be or are being integrated...

..., change management (CM) and performance management. Findings Results identify the interrelated aspects of project management, CM, and performance management. Conclusions indicate that improved organizational performance and increased productivity would be achieved by adopting an integrative approach...

...Anu Bask; Karen Spens; Nathalie Fabbe‐Costes; Marianne Jahre; Christine Roussat Purpose Considering the importance of supply chain integration (SCI) in literature and the increasing outsourcing of logistics, this paper aims to study the role of logistics service providers (LSPs) in supporting SCI...

...Arash Shahin; M. Ali Mahbod Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrated approach that prioritizes organizational key performance indicators (KPIs) in terms of the criteria of SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time‐sensitive) goal setting. Design/methodology...

... for accurate problem tracing and localisation within maintenance and production processes using a top down approach. The main conclusions are integration of IT and data resources within the enterprise is needed for developing a holistic view of the production process and a well‐formulated and documented...

... in developing a manufacturing strategy, and the identification and implementation of major strategic projects. Manufacturing strategy Globalization Integration Modelling Systems engineering Business development Globalisation has significantly changed the nature of competition (Dicken, 1992; Oman...

... structures such as integrated cells, demands different approaches to facilities design in which supporting services are co‐located with core process value adding product assembly and test operations. Details a particular approach to facilities design in support of integrated cell working. Functional...

... an integrating approach that facilitates listening to the customer and to each other. This team‐based approach ensures that the design and development process is informed by “hidden knowledge” ‐ the knowledge that is known by one individual or department but may not otherwise be communicated through normal...

... management systems. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Computer‐integrated manufacturing Information management Information systems Integration Shopfloor With the huge increase in the use of computers that has taken place within most manufacturing organizations over the last decade, it would be easy...

...‐adding capability. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Integration Just‐in‐time Mindsets United Kingdom Value chain World‐class manufacturing Most commentators would agree that the foreign competitors who emerged in many markets during the last 20 years to offer products manufactured...

...R.P. Mohanty In this article, my intention is to stimulate some discussion on the need for an integrated industrial and economic development policy viewed in the overall perspectives of productivity management. All of us who are interested in social issues in a real sense have some commonalities...

...John Ramsay Considers the phenomenon of contracting out non‐essential services as a process of “disintegration”, in contrast to the fashion for integration and growth in the 1960s. Argues that the identification of core functions is problematic, undermining the concept of disintegration. Concludes...