Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 25 Issue 3

Assuring materials availability during the production transfer process: Critical characteristics of the materials planning environment

Anna Fredriksson, Carl Wänström, Lars Medbo

The materials planning (MP) environment sets the prerequisites for the MP process. Before and during production transfer and start-up (PTS) supply chain uncertainty of the MP…

Adaptation of the value stream mapping approach to the design of lean engineer-to-order production systems: A case study

D.T. Matt

The purpose of this research is to examine relevant parts of the case of an Italian steel construction company's green field plant design process to identify best practice…

Mapping supply chain strategy: an industry analysis

Barin Nag, Chaodong Han, Dong-qing Yao

In manufacturing industries, the levels of inventories at all stages (i.e. raw material, work-in-process and finished goods inventories) indicate the firm's competitive…

Product wheels to achieve mix flexibility in process industries

Shellyanne Wilson, Nazma Ali

Mix flexibility is a critical manufacturing flexibility type needed to produce a company's range of products. Oftentimes, multiple products are produced on shared resources which…

Critical success factors for total productive manufacturing (TPM) deployment at Egyptian FMCG companies

Mohamed Sabry Shaaban, Ali H. Awni

In this paper, the authors study the critical success factors for deploying total productive manufacturing (TPM) programs in the Egyptian fast moving consumer goods (FMCG…

Maintenance policy selection model – a case study in the palm oil industry

Siew-Hong Ding, Shahrul Kamaruddin, Ishak Abdul Azid

An optimal maintenance policy is key to the improvement of the availability and reliability of a system at an acceptable level without a significant increase in investment…