Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 29 Issue 3

Purchasing manages and optimises existing product variance

Farhad Nabhani, Christian Josef Uhl, Florian Kauf, Alireza Shokri

The purpose of this paper is to present a new optimisation approach for product variance from the purchasing perspective.

Evaluating the investment feasibility and industrial implementation of changeable and reconfigurable manufacturing concepts

Ann-Louise Andersen, Thomas Ditlev Brunoe, Kjeld Nielsen, Mads Bejlegaard

The purpose of this paper is to present a decisions support tool that can be applied in initial stages of design, for evaluating the investment feasibility of changeable and…

An integrated interpretive structural modeling and a graph-theoretic approach for measuring the supply chain complexity in the Indian automotive industry

Kavilal E.G., Shanmugam Prasanna Venkatesan, Joshi Sanket

Easily employable quantitative supply chain complexity (SCC) measures considering the significant dimensions of complexity as well as the drivers that represent those dimensions…

A decision-making model to support the design of a strategic supply chain configuration

Guang Song, Luoyi Sun, Yixiao Wang

The purpose of this paper is to apply an empirically based approach to develop a decision-making model that comprehensively incorporates the potential affecting factors and the…

A hybrid approach for quantifying supply chain risk and prioritizing the risk drivers: A case of Indian petroleum supply chain

Pradeep Kumar Tarei, Jitesh J. Thakkar, Barnali Nag

The purpose of this paper is to identify various risk and sub-risk drivers that affect the supply chain (SC) performance and to propose a framework to quantify the overall SC risk…

A framework for development of advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems in glass container industry

Ramon Faganello Fachini, Kleber Francisco Esposto, Victor Claudio Bento Camargo

The purpose of this paper is to present a new framework for designing and implementing simple but effective advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems in glass container…

Environmental management practices, operational competitiveness and environmental performance: Empirical evidence from a developing country

Samuel Famiyeh, Ebenezer Adaku, Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah, Disraeli Asante-Darko, Charles Teye Amoatey

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between environmental management practices (EMP) and competitive operational performance with respect to reduced cost…

Impacts of supply chain planning and integration on mass customization

Gensheng (Jason) Liu, Weiyong Zhang, Chundong Guo

Effective mass customization (MC) depends on accurately identifying customer needs and procuring appropriate components from supply base to manufacture the required product…