Table of contents - Special Issue: Advances in manufacturing operations
Guest Editors: Dr Arijit Bhattacharya, Dr Walid Cheffi and Dr Prasanta Kumar Dey
Strategies for sustaining manufacturing competitiveness: Comparative case studies in Australia and Sweden
Claudine Soosay, Breno Nunes, David John Bennett, Amrik Sohal, Juhaini Jabar, Mats WinrothThe purpose of this paper is to report an investigation of local sustainable production in Australia and Sweden aimed at exploring the factors contributing to survival and…
Towards the strategic adoption of Lean in aviation Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) industry: An empirical study into the industry’s Lean status
Peter Ayeni, Peter Ball, Tim BainesDespite many Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) organisations alluding their positive business performances to the adoption Lean initiatives, there is a paucity of direct…
Is keiretsu really a source of competitive advantage for Japanese automotive suppliers?
Takaya Kato, Breno Nunes, Prasanta Kumar DeyThe purpose of this paper is to examine how firms create and sustain competitive advantage in the inter-firm business relationships from a supplier’s perspective. It also…
Profiling the resiliency and sustainability of UK manufacturing companies
Andrew Thomas, Paul Byard, Mark Francis, Ron Fisher, Gareth R.T. WhiteThe purpose of this paper is to identify the tools, methods and models that UK manufacturing companies adopt and apply in order to achieve resiliency and economic sustainability…
Do manufacturing firms need informality in ERP post-implementation? A study of Chinese manufacturing sites
Yucan Wang, Andrew Greasley, Pavel AlboresEnterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are limited due to their operation around a fixed design production process and a fixed lead time to production plan and purchasing…
The strategic management of manufacturing networks
Marek Szwejczewski, Michael T Sweeney, Alan CousensThe purpose of this paper is twofold; first, to investigate whether the manufacturing specializations of network plants fulfilling similar strategic plant roles (Ferdows, 1997…
ISSN:
1741-038XRenamed from:
Integrated Manufacturing SystemsOnline date, start – end:
2004Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Harm-Jan Steenhuis