...Xuechang Zhu; Qian Zhao; Xinyan Yao Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between inventory flexibility, digital transformation, supply chain concentration, and productivity in the context of Chinese manufacturing enterprises. Design/methodology/approach Empirical analysis...

...Guilherme Tortorella; Flavio S. Fogliatto; Maneesh Kumar; Vicente Gonzalez; Matthew Pepper Purpose This paper aims to examine the moderating effect of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies on the relationship between socio-technical (ST) practices and workers' health, quality and productivity...

.... This will give rise to a loss of overall system performance, which can be seriously aggravated by ingroup favoritism. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Culture Lean Productivity Management techniques Corporate culture To function...

... nets is very common in cellular manufacturing systems (CMSs) and flexible manufacturing systems (FMS). The use of Petri nets is suitable for synchronization and contention for shared resources. Performance Productivity Manufacturing Job shop Machine loading The study discusses concepts...

... productivity at one of the original equipment manufacturers (OEM) body shops in North America. Design/methodology/approach – This research was driven by a manager’s recommendation from one of the Big Three (GM, Ford, Chrysler LLC) companies in order to improve operational performance. The data utilized...

... stoppages and loss of quality due to decrease in the productivity would be prevented. Practical implications – This paper demonstrates to managers the potential benefits of maintenance policy in terms of productivity, quality and profitability. In this regard, this paper builds on a premise...

...Mohd. Sahar Sauian This paper attempts to highlight the importance of productivity and efficiency in creating wealth or value added, particularly in manufacturing. The essential element is the measuring of “labour productivity” in selected manufacturing sectors in the economy. In essence...

...P. Shurchuluu Globalization and national competitiveness are popular issues in our economic policy debates. This paper seeks to clarify these pressing issues facing government, private sector and trade unions and focuses on alternative productivity and competitive strategies and benchmarking...

...Majorkumar Govindaraju; Arunkumar Pennathur; Anil Mital In the increasingly competitive global economy, survival of an industry depends on catering to customer needs by quickly producing quality products and providing quality service at an affordable price. In production, or in service, ergonomic...

...A.E. Oluleye; K.A. Olajire Work systems usually have to be appraised in relation to set objectives. A primary objective is to increase productivity. Productivity increases help to ameliorate the attendant inflationary pressures that drive the vicious cycle of increasing costs. In this work, we...

... to evaluate a multi‐variant system based on the data collected from, e.g. maintenance, quality, production, etc. In this paper we discussed different approaches of how to keep availability, quality and productivity at high levels. Also, we proposed a new approach for an expert system concept, which...

...Ron McTavish; A. Gunasekaran; Suresh Goyal; Paavo Yli‐Olli Deals with the construction of a strategic framework for improving the productivity of firms. Productivity improvement (PI) has become an important aspect of organizations striving for a major share in international markets. New...

...G. Don Taylor; John R. English; Robert J. Graves In many industries, the success or failure of a new product is largely determined in the design phase of the project. Consequently,manufacturers should strive to develop integrated system design tools to help ensure that new products are readily...

...R. Parkin; F. Cutri The planing and moulding sector of the timber industry is a complex machining environment. The production process is hampered by short tool life, frequent job changes and long set‐up times with a concomitant machine utilization of as little as 30 per cent. Investigates...