...Ben Clegg; Jill MacBryde; Peter Ball; Donato Masi; Helen Mullen; Stella Despoudi Purpose The purpose of this research is to develop empirically grounded propositions for further research into UK manufacturing productivity. Design/methodology/approach Interviews were conducted with managers...

...Ephrem Negash Shebeshe; Dhiraj Sharma Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices on both competitive advantage (CA) and organizational performance (OP) in the manufacturing sector in Ethiopia. Design/methodology/approach...

...Benny Lianto; Muhammad Dachyar; Tresna Priyana Soemardi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a comprehensive continuous innovation capability (CIC) measurement model in manufacturing sectors. Design/methodology/approach The development of this CIC model was conducted through three...

...Gaurav Kumar Badhotiya; Shwetank Avikal; Gunjan Soni; Neeraj Sengar Purpose The operational activities of manufacturing organizations are continuously degrading the environment. Circular economy adoption can help industries optimize their resources along with minimal waste generation. The purpose...

...Himanshu Seth; Saurabh Chadha; Satyendra Sharma Purpose This paper evaluates the working capital management (WCM) efficiency of the Indian manufacturing industries through data envelopment analysis (DEA) and empirically investigates the influence of several exogenous variables on the WCM...

...Camilla Lundgren; Jon Bokrantz; Anders Skoogh Purpose The purpose of this study is to ensure productive, robust and sustainable production systems and realise digitalised manufacturing trough implementation of Smart Maintenance – “an organizational design for managing maintenance of manufacturing...

...Marc Dorval; Marie-Hélène Jobin; Nadia Benomar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the level of pragmatic ambiguity (PA) lean culture has currently in the manufacturing and service literature. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive systematic review of academic (journals, books...

...Moh’d Anwer AL-Shboul; Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes; Vikas Kumar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the best supply chain management (SCM) practices that are implemented in medium- and large-sized Gulf manufacturing firms (MFs). Design/methodology/approach This study has explored...

... resource effectiveness” (ORE_ft) suitable for manufacturing units. Design/methodology/approach Research methodology consists of three stages: gap identification, development and testing. Through review of academic literature, 40 REMIs are identified and analysed. A survey of manufacturers...

... is to uncover the significance of lean manufacturing technique in manufacturing environments. Lean manufacturing is a management approach focused on incremental improvements in operations. Different lean strategies are being utilized by manufacturing industry to improve the performance of current...

...Nancy Bouranta; Evangelos Psomas The central elements of the prevailing manufacturing strategy framework are the decision categories concerning areas such as layout, production planning, quality control, etc. (Skinner, 1978). These infrastructural and structural decisions translate customer...

...Torbjörn Ylipää; Anders Skoogh; Jon Bokrantz; Maheshwaran Gopalakrishnan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify maintenance improvement potentials using an overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) assessment within the manufacturing industry. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

... of this paper is to define quality, productivity and business performance along with their linkages for home-based brassware manufacturing units. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reviews related academic literature mostly since past ten years. Findings – This paper clarifies meaning...

...Richard McLean; Jiju Antony Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the core themes derived from literature that contribute to the failure of continuous improvement initiatives in the manufacturing industry. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken was to complete...

...Sheikh Zahoor Sarwar; Azam Ishaque; Nadeem Ehsan; Danial Saeed Pirzada; Zafar Moeen Nasir Purpose The purpose of this research is to identify the prevalent condition of productivity in the automotive manufacturing industry of Pakistan and to indicate the possible areas for enhancing productivity...

... from different industrial sectors where the approach has been applied. Findings The approach has proven to be uniformly applicable in all three cases from these different sectors, namely consultancy, health care and manufacturing. Across these applications highly different productivity‐related...

... Awards for agility Keywords: Awards, Agility, Manufacturing © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Awards Agility Manufacturing Agile Software Corporation, a leading provider of collaborative manufacturing commerce solutions, sponsored the recent first annual Agility...

...Kwai‐Sang Chin; Gary K.K. Poon; Kit‐Fai Pun ISO 9000 is now a widespread quality management practice in Hong Kong manufacturing industries. There is a pressing need to investigate the critical success factors that can help those ISO 9000 registered companies to plan for the continuous maintenance...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Manufacturing Steel industry Information technology North Star Steel engineers change in its manufacturing process Keywords Manufacturing, Steel industry, Information technology North Star Steel is saving hundreds of thousands...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Agile production Manufacturing Service industries http://www.mcb.co.uk/ijams.htm Keywords Agile production, Manufacturing, Service industries Editor: Dr A. Gunasekaran, Associate Professor of Operations Management,Dept of Management...