Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 26 Issue 1

A stage-oriented model (SOM) for e-commerce adoption: a study of Saudi Arabian organisations

Sabah Abdullah Al-Somali, Roya Gholami, Ben Clegg

The purpose of this paper is to construct a new e-commerce innovation and adoption model that takes into account various stages of e-commerce adoption (interactive…

Simulation analysis for managing and improving productivity: A case study of an automotive company

Raed El-Khalil

The current economic crisis increased the demand on management to improve process efficiency. The purpose of this paper is to identify and resolve inefficiencies within the car…

Classification and relationships between risks that affect lean production implementation: A study in southern Brazil

Giuliano Almeida Marodin, Tarcísio Abreu Saurin

The purpose of this paper is twofold: to classify the risks that affect the lean production implementation (LPI) process, and to demonstrate how that classification can help to…

An exploratory survey of green supply chain management in Chinese manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises: Pressures and drivers

Xiangmeng Huang, Boon Leing Tan, Xiaoming Ding

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the pressures and drivers that have been experienced by Chinese manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in terms…

The impact of innovation capability on the performance of manufacturing companies: The Greek case

Dimitrios Kafetzopoulos, Evangelos Psomas

The purpose of this paper is to provide additional evidence of the impact of innovation on three dimensions of a firm’s performance, namely product quality, operational…

Lean implementation in Indian process industries – some empirical evidence

Avinash Panwar, Rakesh Jain, A.P.S. Rathore

In the present era of intense competition, industries are adopting lean manufacturing for successful survival. The concept of lean manufacturing is new for Indian process…