... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Industry 4.0 Sociotechnical Technology Small- and medium-sized enterprises Case study Organisational change The increasing digitalisation of the value chain, as stipulated by the well-known Industry 4.0 (I4.0) paradigm, represents...

...Fabiana Pirola; Chiara Cimini; Roberto Pinto Purpose Given the challenges that Industry 4.0 poses, the purpose of this paper is to propose a comprehensive assessment model suitable for evaluating small- and medium-size enterprises’ (SMEs) digital readiness levels, discuss the results...

... printing Technology implementation Additive manufacturing Small- and medium-sized enterprises 3D printing is an additive manufacturing process that builds objects by adding layer upon layer of a material (e.g. ceramics, metals and polymers) (Steenhuis and Pretorius, 2017 ; Wohlers Associates...

...Julian Marius Müller Purpose Industry 4.0 is expected to significantly transform industrial value creation. However, research on business models affected through Industry 4.0, and on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), remains scarce. In response, the purpose of this paper is to address...

... of study conducted by Vanalle et al. (2017) revealed that cost of environmentally friendly packaging is the main issue influencing the studied companies to adopt GSCM. Supply chain management Small- and medium-sized enterprises Furniture industry As environmental resources...

...Vinod Yadav; Rakesh Jain; Murari Lal Mittal; Avinash Panwar; Milind Kumar Sharma Purpose Global competition has intensified pressure on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to implement lean. Recently, the debate has converged to the role of lean implementation barriers (LIBs). The purpose...

... the theoretical setting and the research framework for circular economy business models in a real-world context. Sustainable production Green operations Supply chain management Small- and medium-sized enterprises Circular economy Business model Value creation Value capture This paper...

...@utar.edu.my 08 08 2017 19 01 2018 20 04 2018 17 08 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Environmental management Green manufacturing Manufacturing management Small- and medium-sized enterprises Small...

...Miia Martinsuo; Toni Luomaranta Purpose Adopting additive manufacturing (AM) can be challenging, especially in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and as part of the supply chains of larger firms. The purpose of this paper is to explore SMEs’ perspectives on the adoption of AM...

... sufficient resources to address all the solutions simultaneously. Amine Belhadi can be contacted at: belhadi-9@hotmail.fr Lean production TOPSIS AHP Small- and medium-sized enterprises Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been growing rapidly in regards to their role...

... the EO, TQM and FP that will follow the second section. Also, we have introduced our hypotheses regarding direct and mediating effects in these sections. Total quality management Manufacturing industry Small- and medium-sized enterprises Strategy formulation The process of globalization...

... supply chain measures. Supply chain management Small- and medium-sized enterprises Optimization Supply chain management has gained much attention from academics and practitioners (Wong and Wong, 2007). It emerged as a method to attempt to plan and control all activities across a supply...

... perspective of the importance of LMPs on the sustainability performance of SMEs. Performance Lean Lean manufacturing Sustainable production Small- and medium-sized enterprises Manufacturing firms worldwide are set to confront their sustainability performances to satisfy their multiple...

... development Agile manufacturing Product innovation Small- and medium-sized enterprises Engineering design Product strategy The inevitable growth of competitiveness in the business world has led to the development of different management philosophies. Over many years these management philosophies...

...Malin Löfving Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the choices made in manufacturing decision categories by subcontractor small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and determines if subcontractor SMEs make homogenous manufacturing choices. Design/methodology/approach...

... examined individual companies, while this paper analyses how a programme may be designed to aid MMEs in the adoption of systematic operations improvements. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Continuous improvement Lean Quality management Small- and medium-sized enterprises...

...Qing Hu; Robert Mason; Sharon J. Williams; Pauline Found Purpose – Lean business ideology has been one of the recent dominant research areas in operations management. However, there is a dearth of research focusing on Lean in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The purpose of this paper...

...), organizations which respond effectively to the industry context exhibit better innovation and performance (Sirmon et al., 2007). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Performance Innovation Manufacturing industry Small- and medium-sized enterprises Technology orientation Industry...

.... , Tan, L.B. and Li, D. (2012), “ Pressures on green supply chain management: a study on manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises in China ”, International Business and Management , Vol. 4 No. 1 , pp. 76 - 82...

... taking process and by adopting the DMAIC methodology and reducing the number of mistakes. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Six Sigma Supply chain management Quality management Food service Small- and medium-sized enterprises Logistics management Specifically, the key...