... manufacturing network integration” in this paper), its interactions with suppliers/customers (referred as “external supply chain integration” in this paper), and its operational performance. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the data from the sixth version of International Manufacturing...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only International operations Offshore manufacturing International manufacturing Fernando Merino can be contacted at: fmerino@um.es The second phase of the traditional procedure of wearing out jeans consists in washing the garment...

... Advanced manufacturing technology International manufacturing The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between contingency factors and reshoring drivers in the US textile and apparel industry. The textile and apparel industry has been offshoring since the 1960s (Kunz et al...

...Yongjiang Shi; Michael Gregory; Michael Naylor Introduces a practical tool ‐ an international manufacturing configuration “map” ‐ for the identification of international manufacturing network patterns and assessment of related strategic capabilities. Describes the research work and its application...