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Manufacturing strategy: a pictorial representation
John Mills, Andy Neely, Ken Platts, Mike GregoryThis article describes an updateable picture of manufacturing strategy content, called a “strategy chart”. It is based on established manufacturing and business strategy theory…
Applying world class manufacturing to make‐to‐order companies: problems and solutions
Linda C. HendryThe world of manufacturing has recently undergone many major changes leading to guidelines on what is “best practice” or world class manufacturing (WCM) in terms of both methods…
Just‐in‐time and performance measurement systems
David UptonThe objective of this paper is to assess the use of performance measurement systems in firms implementing just‐in‐time (JIT). A mail questionnaire, with a response rate of 85…
A conceptual framework for effective implementation of JIT: An empirical investigation
Marwan A. Wafa, Mahmoud M. YasinThe just‐in‐time (JIT) production and inventory philosophy coupled with manufacturing automation in the form of computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) and its related facets are…
Understanding and implementing CIM through BPR
Shuguang Liu, Rongqiu ChenCIM and BPR are seen as two kinds of means whereby performance can be improved while flexibility is, at the same time, also being enhanced. Highlights similarities as well as…
Use of analytic hierarchy process approach in classification of push, pull and hybrid push‐pull systems for production planning
J. Razmi, H. Rahnejat, M.K. KhanAnalytic hierarchy process (AHP) is a simple decision‐making tool to deal with complex, unstructured and multi‐attribute problems. Selection of the most suitable production…
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- Dr Tobias Schoenherr
- Prof. Constantin Blome
- Robert D. Klassen