...Tinotenda Machingura; Olufemi Adetunji; Catherine Maware Purpose The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of internal and external barriers on Lean-Green manufacturing during its post-implementation phase. Examining the impact of Lean-Green manufacturing on the environmental, economic...

...Alireza Shokri; Jiju Antony; Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes; Anass Cherrafi Purpose Despite the existence of some studies around green outcomes and the green deployment of operational excellence (OPEX) strategies, the analysis of the interaction and prioritisation of their implementation barriers has...

...Naveen Virmani; Rajesh Kumar Singh Purpose Integrating digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain make the agri-food supply chain (ASCM) transparent, resilient and flexible. However, its adoption is quite complex due to various anticipated barriers. So, the presented...

.... With this outlook, therefore, this study aims originally to identify drivers, motivations and barriers for the application of integrated CI system, and then conduct an empirical investigation within the context of Ethiopian manufacturing industries. Design/methodology/approach Justification of the problem...

... safety Quality of health care Quality improvement Patient participation Family Barriers Only about two-thirds of the improvements made in the health care result in sustainable changes that reach the planned objectives (Health Foundation, 2013). There is evidence that the projects developed...

...Janya Chanchaichujit; Sreejith Balasubramanian; Vinaya Shukla Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the barriers associated with the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies in agricultural supply chains. Design/methodology/approach The study initially identified thirteen...

...Chinedu Onyeme; Kapila Liyanage Purpose This study investigates the integration of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies with condition-based maintenance (CBM) in upstream oil and gas (O&G) operations, focussing on developing countries like Nigeria. The research identifies barriers...

.... It is structured around a set of pivotal research questions: First, it seeks to identify the key barriers that impede the adoption of Quality 4.0. Second, it aims to elucidate these barriers' interrelations and mutual dependencies. Thirdly, the research prioritizes these barriers in terms of their significance...

...Alpana Agarwal; Komal Kapoor; Sandeep Walia Purpose The aim of this paper is to explore and analyse the challenges in effective implementation of blockchain by human resource management (HRM) functions. This paper also aims to assess the interplay between the barriers in causing the challenges...

... higher profit. Thus, an effort is made to consolidate various lean perspectives, namely, barriers, principles, tools and performance measures and a framework was proposed on how various lean perspectives can be adopted in a systematic way. Findings A comprehensive analysis of lean from various...

...Vishal Ashok Wankhede; S. Vinodh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report a study on analysis of barriers for cyber-physical system (CPS) adoption in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach In Industry 4.0 scenario, Indian SMEs are struggling to bring...

... associated strategies to raise success rate of TQM implementation. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Total quality management Barriers Continuous improvement Developing countries Factor analysis Readymade garment industry...

... and prioritize the impediments of the technique to be implemented. Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has evolved as one of the most efficacious technique implemented by organizations. The purpose of this paper is to identify and prioritize the barriers of LSS for its productive implementation. Design/methodology/approach...

...Jiju Antony; E.V. Gijo; Vikas Kumar; Abhijeet Ghadge Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the fundamental barriers/challenges, benefits, commonly used tools and techniques, organisational infrastructure and impact on organisational performance in three Indian manufacturing companies...

...Prasanth S. Poduval; V. R. Pramod; Jagathy Raj V. P. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the application of Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) to analyze the barriers in implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). TPM is explained in brief with emphasis...

... with in their attempt to implement TPM initiatives between the production and maintenance departments in order to improve organisational efficiency. The paper concludes that implementing TPM is by no means an easy task, which is heavily burdened by political, financial, departmental and inter‐occupational barriers...

...A.S. Sohal; M. Terziovski Discusses the trends in the adoption of quality management practices in the Australian manufacturing industry and highlights some of the barriers to the adoption of such practices. Furthermore, the paper discusses the factors that are considered to be critical...

...E.W.T. Ngai; T.C.E. Cheng Most quality management researchers make inadequate use of statistical techniques, especially multivariate statistical methods. Applies two multivariate analysis techniques, principal component analysis (PCA) and correspondence analysis (CA), to analyse potential barriers...