...Sara Linderson; John Lars Anders Larsson; Seyoum Eshetu Birkie; Monica Bellgran Purpose This study explores how industrial production companies adjust implementation strategies to deliver value with their company-specific production system (XPS) in a multi-site setting. Implementing an XPS is part...

... be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Manufacturing Production Relocation Offshoring Reshoring Internationalization Location choices Location advantages Longitudinal analysis Drivers Geography Point in time In the last few decades, manufacturing...

...Paraskeva Wlazlak; Kristina Säfsten; Per Hilletofth Purpose Although prior research provides evidence that production ramp-up is often disrupted by supplier-related problems, it fails to discuss how the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and various types of suppliers integrate their functions...

...Jussi Heikkilä; Miia Martinsuo; Sanna Nenonen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent, drivers, and conditions underlying backshoring in the Finnish manufacturing industry, comparing the results to the wider ongoing relocation of production in the international context...

...Phillip Marksberry; Fazleena Badurdeen; M.A. Maginnis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze Toyota's production levelling process in an attempt to understand the various social and technical factors required to produce to a changing market. Unfortunately, most outsiders who explore...

.... 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...

...Domien Draaijer; Harry Boer The aim of many publications on the subject of market‐oriented production systems has been first to help practitioners to withstand the increasing pressure on production, and second to encourage academia to investigate empirically the manufacturing strategy concept...

...Maria Thilander In pace with an increasing awareness of the negative effects, both in terms of productivity and social aspects, of taking the division of work and specialization too far, the question concerning transfer of maintenance work from the maintenance unit to the operators has increasingly...

...; information and control; and painting operations. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Automation Car manufacturers Communications Production Kaizen 18 INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS 3 , 1 M AP has been implemented as a means of reducing the cost of high speed communications between factory floor...

...Hiromichi Nakamura Describes the background to, and development and implementation of a modified JIT method of production. Focuses on: the selection of project team members; the leadership of top management; preparatory work prior to implementation; improvement activities undertaken and results...