Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 111 Issue 1

Perceptions of environmental management systems: An examination of the Mexican manufacturing sector

Jacob A. Massoud, Bonnie F. Daily, James W. Bishop

Over the last several years, there has been a significant increase worldwide in the implementation of environmental management systems (EMS). Yet, few studies have provided…

In‐transit distribution strategy: solution for European factory competitiveness?

Per Hilletofth, Olli‐Pekka Hilmola, Frida Claesson

Research work describes in‐transit distribution strategy by determining and analyzing key principles of it as well as by illustrating its application in practice. Emphasis on…

Comparison of mass customization and generative customization in mass markets

Jack Buffington

Mass customization has yet to fulfill its original purpose as established by marketing researchers to become an alternative to mass production, largely due to its inability to…

Impact of JIT‐selling strategy on organizational structure

Kenneth W. Green, R. Anthony Inman, Laura M. Birou

This study aims to assess the impact of a JIT‐selling strategy on organizational structure by generally replicating the previous work of Germain et al.

A methodology for selecting assembly systems feeding policy

Antonio C. Caputo, Pacifico M. Pelagagge

Assembly systems require uninterrupted components' availability to feed workstations. This paper aims to propose a methodology to help managers in evaluating and selecting the…

Meditation, learning, organizational innovation and performance

Li‐An Ho

This study attempts to investigate: the effect of meditation experience on employees' self‐directed learning (SDL) readiness and organizational innovative (OI) ability as well as…

Implementation of ERP of the Australian manufacturing companies

Maruf Hasan, Nga T. Trinh, Felix T.S. Chan, Hing Kai Chan, Sai Ho Chung

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the reasons for implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems in Australia and the issues encountered during the course of…

Managing one master data – challenges and preconditions

Risto Silvola, Olli Jaaskelainen, Hanna Kropsu‐Vehkapera, Harri Haapasalo

This paper aims to provide a framework of the multidimensional concept of one master data. Preconditions required for successful one master data implementation and usage in large…

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

Rebecca Marsh