Table of contents
Supplier alliance success and failure: a longitudinal dyadic perspective
F. Ian StuartMany firms have entered into strategic supplier alliances as a means of leveraging technology and as part of their continuous improvement efforts. The advantages and disadvantages…
Control: a contested concept in TQM research
Graham Godfrey, Barrie Dale, Mick Marchington, Adrian WilkinsonIncreased control of the process through, for example, reduction of special and common causes of variation, is fundamental to total quality management (TQM), yet this is one of…
The role of purchasing/transportation in cycle time reduction
Billy Ng, Bruce G. Ferrin, John N. PearsonReviews the literature of purchasing and transportation management to identify factors in the purchasing and transportation processes that influence a firm’s ability to reduce…
A linear programming model for integrated steel production and distribution planning
Mingyuan Chen, Weimin WangDevelops a linear programming model for integrated production planning based on the practice of a major Canadian steel making company. Considers the entire planning activity in…
Aligning IT applications with manufacturing strategy: an integrated framework
Ravi Kathuria, Magid IgbariaPresents an integrated framework that would help manufacturing managers to select IT applications (manufacturing management systems) that are best suited to a given process…
The limited informativeness of resource discrepancy feedback to designers
J.S. BusbyInvestigates the feedback to product designers of engineering and production costs in five industrial equipment firms. Reports that, despite the ubiquity of cost as an important…
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- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen