Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 15 Issue 2

The perceived impact of JIT implementation on firms’ financial/growth performance

Azmi Ahmad, Satish Mehra, Mark Pletcher

This paper argues that solely depending on short‐term financial performance indicators to justify the benefits of JIT implementation is very misleading and could harm a company’s…

The connectance model revisited: a tool for manufacturing objective deployment

Kim Hua Tan, Ken Platts

Much has been written about manufacturing strategy and its role in supporting firms in achieving competitive advantage in the marketplace. However, little is available on the…

Decision support system for machining center selection

B. Gopalakrishnan, T. Yoshii, S.M. Dappili

This paper describes the design and development of a system for the selection and construction of vertical and horizontal machining center packages with a base machine and options…

Manufacturing in the UK: contemporary characteristics and performance indicators

Ahmed B. Abdel‐Maksoud

This paper provides a tentative framework for exploring the relationships between the measurement of non‐financial performance on the shopfloor of manufacturing firms and a range…

Navigating innovation: a diagnostic tool supporting the process

Hannah Noke, Zoe J. Radnor

This paper considers organisations that have adopted the new product development (NPD) process to improve their innovative capabilities. It aims to bring an understanding of the…

The effects of rework on the shopfloor control in wafer fabrication

D.Y. Sha, Sheng‐Yuan Hsu

The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of rework operations on the shopfloor control’s strategies, including order release and dispatching. An attempt is made to…

Dynamic rescheduling using a simulation‐based expert system

Anand S. Kunnathur, P.S. Sundararaghavan, Sriram Sampath

The development of a rule‐based expert system (ES), driven by a discrete event simulation model, that performs dynamic shop scheduling is described. Based on a flowtime prediction…