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Planning for advanced manufacturing technology: A research framework
Injazz J. Chen, Michael H. SmallWhile some reports on successes of advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) have been glowing, many companies have tossed millions of dollars worth of fancy equipment into their…
Manufacturing strategy and performance: A study of the UK engineering industry
Michael T. Sweeney, Marek SzwejczewskiDetails the findings of a search for manufacturing “strategic groups” in the engineering industry, that is a set of firms competing within an industry on the basis of similar…
Operations strategy and organizational performance: an empirical study
Nazim U. Ahmed, Ray V. Montagno, Robert J. FirenzePresents the result of a survey of US firms examining the effect of operations strategies on organizational performance. Seven commonly used operations strategies were considered…
Structuring complexity in scheduling: a study in a food processing industry
Dirk Pieter Van Donk, Peter Van DamManufacturers in the food processing industry cope with an increasing number of demands of their customers with regard to numbers of products, delivery, etc. Therefore, scheduling…
Stress and satisfaction as a function of technology and supervision type
Clifford G. Blake, Shoukry D. Saleh, Harold H. WhormsUsing two car assembly plants, investigates differences in stress and satisfaction based on: the nature of supervision (production vs maintenance); the nature of technology…
A contingency theoretical model of manufacturing strategy
Chin‐Fu HoManufacturing strategy has gained increasing attention in recent years. However, the development of theory is inadequate. In addition, there has been insufficient development and…
Cellular manufacturing using virtual cells
Vijay R. Kannan, Soumen GhoshProposes a virtual cellular manufacturing approach to implementing cellular manufacturing systems that combines the set‐up efficiency typically obtained by traditional cellular…
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- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen