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Closed‐loop supply chain activities and derived benefits in manufacturing SMEs
Stéphane Talbot, Élisabeth Lefebvre, Louis‐André LefebvreClosing the loop at the end of products' useful life is earning increased attention from industry and academia. The recent or upcoming enactment of regulations regarding the…
Creation of an e‐business requirements specification model
John Dilworth, A.K. KochharThis paper aims to describe the creation of an e‐business functional requirements definition model using a case study process.
A generic activity‐dictionary‐based method for product costing in mass customization
Zhaoxun Chen, Liya WangEstimating product cost at the design stage, often referred to as product costing, is vitally important in the product configuration process in the mass customization paradigm…
Demystifying data analysis: an alternative approach for managers of manufacturing SMEs
Nicholas O'Regan, Martin SimsEffective decision making is a crucial activity for manufacturing firms of all sizes. To this end, statistical techniques, such as variance theory, cognitive maps, heuristics and…
Team‐based cellular manufacturing: A review and survey to identify important social factors
Kym Fraser, Howard Harris, Lee LuongSocial factors are an under‐researched but important aspect in the success of manufacturing cells. This paper sets out to investigate the impact and importance of various human…
A framework for implementing cost and quality practices within manufacturing
Ashutosh Tiwari, Chris Turner, Peter SackettThe techniques that help organisations implement leading edge cost and quality practices in manufacturing operations management are typically disparate and generic in nature…
Application of hoshin kanri for productivity improvement in a semiconductor manufacturing company
Tsung‐Ming Yang, Chao‐Ton SuThe planning approach used is issue‐based planning or formal strategic planning, leading to local optimization and duplicated redundancy. An approach is presented in the rapid…
ISSN:
1741-038Xe-ISSN:
1758-7786ISSN-L:
1741-038XRenamed from:
Integrated Manufacturing SystemsOnline date, start – end:
2004Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Harm-Jan Steenhuis