..., b) is less clear in the process with no explicit steps for cladogram construction. However, a similar process appears to be followed. Change management Organizational development Evolution Manufacturing systems Knowledge-based systems Cladistic classification Discrete manufacturing...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The purpose of this paper is to propose a three-staged approach to configuration change management that uses a combination of complexity analysis, data visualization, and algorithmic validation to assist in validating configuration changes...

... for achieving sustainable growth through lean systems design (LSD). The paper presents a techno‐economic and technology change management framework, with an application of a holistic set of lean deployment tools that include establishing a strategic and operational plan for implementing CAD/CAM systems...

... of the challenges that organisations undergoing servitization will face (Pawar et al., 2009). This is not unusual in the change management literature, where generic change “rules of thumb” are occasionally articulated, typically in the form of commentary upon the change management process...

..., the paper shows how a set of interlinking BPI programmes are planned and executed to enable comprehensive improvements in business performance. Findings In order to be effective, change management needs to be embedded within a highly active industrial learning organisation. This must substantially...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Business process re‐engineering Change management Learning organizations Systems engineering Project management The universal problem in the face of a recent history of many changes in global market places and the emergence of China...

... of flexibility measurements and evaluations and to integrate this in the companies' internal as well as companies' cross‐organisational processes of change management. Design/methodology/approach The approach consists of two phases: first, a consistent systematics for the production systems flexibility...

... strategies in an engineering change situation. Carl Wänström can be contacted at: carl.wanstrom@chalmers.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Change management Production planning and control Industrial engineering Resource allocation Many authors argue that a poorly managed...

... manufacturing environments. Using this knowledge, similar SMEs could then prioritise the effort and devise suitable buffering or dampening techniques to manage the causes of uncertainty and hence prevent any changes to the ERP system. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Change management...

...Annie Bartoli; Philippe Hermel After the prophetic messages about the contributions of information technologies (IT) on firms, we face warning signals on the unavoidable need for change management, and the perverse side effects of IT improvements when they are not integrated within a strategic...

... Change management Leadership Continuous improvement Process analysis Learning Finland Rapid change has become imperative in business life driven by a number of external and internal forces. Product life cycles have become shorter. Freeing markets and globalization have increased competition...

... in Table I , along with brief examples of supporting activities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Continuous improvement Team working Organizational change Change management Using self‐assessment tools to measure an organization's current status on continuous improvement (CI...

... both the process of change (for example, local implementation strategy and employee responses to change) and change outcomes (for example, operating practices around the new cell arrangements). © MCB UP Limited 2001 Cellular manufacturing Change management Organizational politics Case...