International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 35 Issue 12

Decision-making towards achieving world-class total productive maintenance

Ademir Stefano Piechnicki, Antonio Vanderley Herrero Sola, Flávio Trojan

World-class total productive maintenance (TPM) status depends on critical success factors (CSF) to be properly implemented. The relevant literature has identified several CSF;…

Maintenance strategy selection and its impact in maintenance function: A conceptual framework

R S Velmurugan, Tarun Dhingra

This paper aims to synthesize and categorize the published literatures related to maintenance strategies formulation, selection and implementation in various industries. The…

The assurance of food safety in supply chains via relational networking: A social network perspective

Tobias Schoenherr, Ram Narasimhan, Piyas (P) Bandyopadhyay

– Taking a social network perspective, the purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for the assurance of food safety via relational networking.

Best-value supply chains and firms’ competitive performance: empirical studies of their linkage

Xun Li, Qun Wu, Clyde W. Holsapple

Best-value supply chains characterized by agility, adaptability, and alignment, have become a crucial strategic means for firms to create and sustain competitive advantage in…

Linking network targets and site capabilities: A conceptual framework to determine site contributions to strategic manufacturing network targets

Simone Thomas, Maike Scherrer-Rathje, Maria Fischl, Thomas Friedli

To cope with the increasing challenges of globalisation, various manufacturing companies have established intra-company manufacturing networks. The purpose of this paper is to…