Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 35 Issue 3

The contradictory effect of lean and industry 4.0 synergy on firm performance: a meta-analysis

Diego Biondo, Dalton Alexandre Kai, Edson Pinheiro de Lima, Guilherme Brittes Benitez

While previous operations management literature acknowledges the positive influence of Lean and Industry (I4.0) on performance, recent studies examining the synergy between these…

Unleashing the power of manufacturing flexibility: enhancing performance in Bangladesh's ready-made garment industry

Chowdhury Jony Moin, Mohammad Iqbal, A.B.M. Abdul Malek, Mohammad Muhshin Aziz Khan, Rezwanul Haque

This research aims to investigate how manufacturing flexibility can address the challenges of an ever-changing and unpredictable business environment in Bangladesh’s…

Investigating the impact of smart manufacturing on firms' operational and financial performance

Francesco Arcidiacono, Florian Schupp

Smart manufacturing (SM) lies at the core of Industry 4.0. Uniform adoption of SM across business partners is crucial to exploit its value creation potential. However, firms'…

Achieving sustainability in manufacturing: the nexus of green supplier selection, green performance and outcome and process controls

Nodirbek Bakhromzhon Ugli Anvarjonov, Ki-Hyun Um, DeYu Zhong, Eun-Kyu Shine

The principal research objective entails examining the nexus between green supplier selection and green performance while scrutinizing the moderating role of governance…

Strategic governance dynamics in manufacturing firms: navigating operational performance through contractual and relational mechanisms in the face of product complexity

Ki-Hyun Um

This study aims to (1) validate the efficacy of contractual and relational governance in enhancing operational performance and (2) explore the influence of product complexity on…

Antecedents and consequences of green supply chain management practices in Ghana’s manufacturing sector

Ishmael Nanaba Acquah

The study explores manufacturers' supply chain social capital (SCSC) (structural social capital and relational social capital) and supply chain performance, respectively, as…

Data driven predictive maintenance for large-scale asset-heavy process industries in Singapore

Nanda Kumar Karippur, Pushpa Rani Balaramachandran, Elvin John

This paper aims at identifying the key factors influencing the adoption intention of data analytics for predictive maintenance (PdM) from the lens of the…

SMED 4.0: a development of single minute exchange of die in the era of Industry 4.0 technologies to improve sustainability

Rouhollah Khakpour, Ahmad Ebrahimi, Seyed-Mohammad Seyed-Hosseini

This paper recommends a method entitled “SMED 4.0” as a development of conventional single minute exchange of die (SMED) to avoid defect occurrence during production and improve…

Does lean inventory management alleviate financing constraints?

Jingbin Wang, Xinyan Yao, Xuechang Zhu, Baitong Li

This study explores the intricate relationship between inventory leanness, financial constraints and digital transformation in listed Chinese manufacturing firms.