Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Volume 13 Issue 3
Table of contents
Effecting operational improvement through inter‐organisational action learning
Paul Coughlan, David Coghlan, Tony Dromgoole, Dermot Duff, Richard Caffrey, Kevin Lynch, Ian Rose, Paul Stack, Andy McGill, Pat SheridanDescribes the National Action Learning Programme (NALP) and summarises some of the key attributes of the NALP approach that has helped to effect operational improvement in…
Continuous improvement along the supply chain: the impact of customer‐supplier relations
Máire KerrinContinuous improvement (CI) is argued to be a key mechanism in increasing competitive advantage for organisations. Research in this area has predominantly focused on questions…
Something for nothing? A comparison of practice and performance in vulnerable and promising companies
Alex Appleby, Ed MitchellA recent empirical study of over 300 manufacturing organisations in the North East of England supports the findings of previous studies by Hanson et al. and has identified fewer…
Success factors for improvement and innovation of process technology in process industry
Thomas Lager, Sven‐Åke HörteIn a study of the development of process technology in the process industry, 25 potential success factors were developed and later ranked in a survey to R&D managers in the…
The role of CI and learning in an organisational change process: experiences from a longitudinal study of organisational change
Lise Busk Kofoed, Frank Gertsen, Frances JørgensenDescribes a longitudinal single‐case study in which continuous improvement (CI) was implemented during a radical organisational change process. In this case, numerous organisation…
Innovation decision making in British manufacturing SMEs
Simon Mosey, Jeremy N. Clare, David J. WoodcockReports the product innovation activities of 30 British manufacturing SMEs, all with aggressive growth ambitions. Shows that ten of these companies meet their aims by repeatedly…