Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 34 Issue 9

Resilience, complexity and digital transformation: three case studies in the valves industry

Lino Codara, Francesca Sgobbi

This paper shows how the interplay between organisational resilience and environmental complexity justifies the existence of differentiated yet successful approaches to digital…

Strategizing organizational capabilities for industrial digitalization – exploring managers' technological frames

Linnéa Carlsson

This study draws on technological frames to provide an understanding of organizational processes of strategizing by exploring how strategizing organizational capabilities for…

Driving smartness for organizational performance through Industry 4.0: a systems perspective

Temitayo Seyi Abiodun, Giselle Rampersad, Russell Brinkworth

The internationalization of business has grown the production value chains and created performance challenges for industrial production. Industry 4.0, the digital transformation…

Longitudinal study of lean tools in Spanish manufacturing firms

Sergio Palacios Gazules, Gerusa Giménez Leal, Rodolfo de Castro Vila

Lean management is a suitable methodology for companies that want to improve their productive performance and competitiveness. This study aims to research levels of implementation…

Quick changeover design: a new Lean methodology to support the design of machines in terms of rapid changeover capability

Marcello Braglia, Francesco Di Paco, Marco Frosolini, Leonardo Marrazzini

This paper presents Quick Changeover Design (QCD), which is a structured methodological approach for Original Equipment Manufacturers to drive and support the design of machines…

Technology-pushed, market-pulled, or government-driven? The adoption of industry 4.0 technologies in a developing economy

Baoru Zhou, Li Zheng

This study aims to investigate the motivations for the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies among manufacturing firms in developing economies. Specifically, the effects of…

Effects of product complexity on human learning in assembly and disassembly operations

Elisa Verna, Gianfranco Genta, Maurizio Galetto

The purpose of this paper is to investigate and quantify the impact of product complexity, including architectural complexity, on operator learning, productivity and quality…

Exploring challenges in dimensioning safety buffers: an empirical study

Lisa Hedvall, Helena Forslund, Stig-Arne Mattsson

The purposes of this study were (1) to explore empirical challenges in dimensioning safety buffers and their implications and (2) to organise those challenges into a framework.