... Supply chain relationship Supply chain management Organizational context Organizations Lean manufacturing (LM) and supply chain management (SCM) are main operational strategies which many firms apply to enhance competitiveness. Basically, LM shares similar goals and practices with SCM...

...Sanjay Bhasin Purpose – The paper aims to reflect upon an in-depth investigation undertaken to decipher whether British organizations embraced Lean as an ideology. Various contributing factors such as the technical considerations and the prevailing cultures were taken into account in order...

.... The purpose of this paper is to explain goal‐oriented and opportunity‐based CN with the help of existing and well‐known organization theories. A detailed overview about frequently mentioned concepts and theories in network studies is given and then a structured selection of theoretical approaches...

... Organizations Taiwan Operations management Following the historical path of human evolution, the materials or tools used by people in different periods can represent the technological level of society in each age. Therefore, human beings have passed through the stone age, the bronze age, the iron age...

... on the relationship itself. To increase the likelihood that the resulting model is realistic, valid and representative, empirical data was combined with a systems‐dynamics approach, and the model is being validated with feedback from study participants. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Organizations...

.... Proposes two new types of competence to complete the model, with illustrative examples from the Management Today/ Cranfield Best Factory Awards database. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Benchmarking Competences Manufacturing Organizations Production Strategy Through the 1990s...

...Martin Putterill; William Maguire; Amrik S. Sohal Argues that as opportunities arise for companies to exploit new markets, a critical issue is how firms should be organized to cope with innovation and competition in a fast moving business environment. Suggests changes to organizational procedures...

... of a model to be useful for management, assesses its validity using the results of 19 case studies,and indicates directions for further research needed to improve the utility of the model for management. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Manufacturing strategy Marketing organization Models Organizations...

... lessens the need for automated storage and retrieval systems. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Flexibility FMS Integration Just‐in‐time Manufacturing Organizations Organizational structure Flexibility in modern manufacturing is a key issue that has drawn increasing attention. Recent trends...