2011 Awards for Excellence

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Hong, P.C. (2012), "2011 Awards for Excellence", Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 19 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/bij.2012.13119aaa.002

2011 Awards for Excellence

Article Type: 2011 Awards for Excellence From: Benchmarking: An International Journal, Volume 19, Issue 4

The following article was selected for this year’s Outstanding Paper Award for Benchmarking An International Journal

“Integration of supply chain IT and lean practices for mass customization: benchmarking of product and service focused manufacturers”

Paul C. HongDepartment of Information, Operations, and Technology Management, College of Business, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA

David D. DobrzykowskiDepartment of Computer Information Systems, College of Business, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA

Mark A. VonderembseDepartment of Information, Operations, and Technology Management, College of Business, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of specific supply chain information technologies (IT) for e-commerce, e-procurement, and enterprise resource planning (ERP), when implementing lean practices to achieve mass customization (MC) performance. The study further investigates how these technologies may be deployed differently in product and service focused contexts. “Best practices” of high performing MC firms are also explored.Design/methodology/approach - Survey method was employed to collect data from 711 firms in 23 countries. Exploratory factor analysis was employed to establish simple factor structure and construct validity. Hierarchical multiple regression was used to analyze relationships between lean practices, IT use, and MC performance in aggregated and bifurcated samples of product and service focused manufacturers. T-tests were used to examine differences between the practices employed by high and low MC performers.Findings - Findings suggest that lean practices can reasonably predict MC performance. In this context, of lean practices, e-commerce and e-procurement reasonably predict MC performance. ERP is not shown to predict MC performance. Results suggest that e-commerce use is a better predictor of performance than e-procurement or ERP for service focused manufacturers. E-commerce and e-procurement appear to be reasonable predictors of MC performance in product manufacturers, while ERP is not. “Best practices” related to lean practices, e-commerce, e-procurement, and ERP emerge among high MC performers.Originality/value - This paper describes what is believed to be the first study to examine these three IT approaches in the context of lean practices and supply chain MC performance. This paper also contributes to the growing interest in differences among product and service focused manufacturing firms. Finally, specific “best practices” are provided to add value for practitioners.

Keywords: Best practice, Communication technologies, Electronic commerce, Lean production, Quality improvement, Supply chain management

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This article originally appeared in Volume 17 Number 4, 2010, pp. 561-92, Benchmarking An International Journal

The following articles were selected for this year’s Highly Commended Award

“An empirical study of total quality management in engineering educational institutions of India: perspective of management”

Begum Sayeda, Chandrasekharan Rajendran and Prakash Sai Lokachari

This article originally appeared in Volume 17 Number 5, 2010,Benchmarking An International Journal

“Mitigating resisting forces to achieve the collaboration-enabled supply chain”

Stanley E. Fawcett, Gregory M. Magnan and Amydee M. Fawcett

This article originally appeared in Volume 17 Number 2, 2010,Benchmarking An International Journal

“Benchmarking the service quality of ocean container carriers using AHP”

Vanumamalai Kannan

This article originally appeared in Volume 17 Number 5, 2010,Benchmarking An International Journal