... United Kingdom The process of globalisation prevalent in today's manufacturing markets is one of the major forces impacting on an organisation's business. In order to stay competitive, it is necessary for companies to continuously increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their production...

... can be contacted at: sanjay.bhasin@noms.gsi.gov.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Lean Lean audit British manufacturing Organizations Ideology Culture Tools United Kingdom Lean production The fundamental theme of this article attempts to decipher whether British...

.... Originality/value While a significant body of work exists regarding manufacturing strategy in established firms, little work has been found that investigates how manufacturing strategy emerges in start‐up companies, particularly those in emerging industries. United Kingdom Business formation...

... model is used in a novel application to test a change in delivery policy in response to a changing delivery profile of increased retail deliveries. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United Kingdom Distribution management Distribution operations Delivery Simulation Hub and spoke...

... improvement strategies, such as time study, simulation, and trial and error, can help organisations achieve process flow improvements and, as a consequence, a leaner production process. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United Kingdom Lean production Continuous production Process analysis...

... for a new and advanced manufacturing strategy to be developed for UK companies which aims to create economically sustainable manufacturing organisations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United Kingdom Manufacturing industries Industry competitiveness Economic sustainability Key...

... et al., 2008). Buffer management Health services United Kingdom Hospitals Patients TOC‐based time buffer management is applied differently in manufacturing and project environments. The manufacturing approach, entitled drum‐buffer‐rope (DBR), emerging in the late 1980s...

... management Product management Strategic change Manufacturing industries United Kingdom Organizational change In this research, servitization is defined as the journey or transformation process whereby an organisation enables its product‐service offerings. Figure 1 shows the servitization...

... at: Zoe.Radnor@wbs.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 United Kingdom Public sector organizations Business process re‐engineering This paper evaluates the transfer of a Lean approach developed by a global manufacturing and logistics company into a large UK Government department...

... solutions and the potential barriers to their implementation. Supply chain management Small enterprises Integration United Kingdom Supply chain integration systems provide the means to integrate business processes across two or more companies. They aim at reducing costs and improving quality...

... on April 20, 2006 (Brown, 2006): © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Manufacturing industries Environmental management Supply chain management Sustainable development United Kingdom Environmental sustainability is not an option – it is a necessity. For economies to flourish...

... Decision making United Kingdom This paper introduces the development of a tool (Tool for Assessing Decision‐making Systems (ToADS)) which has been developed to assist organizations to assess the configuration and operational efficiency of decision‐making systems (DMS) within their organisations...

... Technology led strategy Integrated manufacturing systems United Kingdom As the global business environment becomes increasingly turbulent and uncertain, deploying computer‐based manufacturing technologies (CMTs [1]) are often a necessity for companies to survive and gain competitive edge...

.... Ramesh Marasini can be contacted at: ramesh.marasini@solent.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Internet Communication technologies Electronic commerce Small to medium‐sized enterprises Manufacturing industries United Kingdom Rapidly changing international markets have...

... Communication technologies Buyers Suppliers United Kingdom The digital revolution on the web/internet is believed to be having a major impact on the performance of firms' purchasing and supply functions. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the use of information and communication...

... Partnership Business formation Large enterprises Knowledge transfer United Kingdom The focus of this paper is to describe how the outputs of academic research on partnerships between large companies and high‐tech start‐ups (“asymmetric partnerships”) have been converted into practitioner...

...@aston.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Operations and production management Distribution management Supply chain management Australia United Kingdom As companies in developed economies face an increasingly competitive world, they are under constant pressure to become more...

... and thus emphasises the benefit brought about by having a standard supplier approach. Supplier relations Supply chain management Globalization Small to medium‐sized enterprises United Kingdom The development and the subsequent implementation of a global area supply chain network (GASCaN...

.... Kay Hooi Keoy can be contacted at: k.h.keoy@bradford.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Corporate strategy Supply chain management Electronic commerce Modelling United Kingdom It is understood now that e‐business is more than just another way to sustain or improve...

... process”, which is the aim and the research question posed by the authors of this paper. This research is conducted in two manufacturing case study organisations (CSOs) based in the UK. Quality standards Organizational culture Environmental management Qualitative research United Kingdom...