Benchmarking: An International Journal: Volume 27 Issue 5

An innovation management assessment framework

Stanislaus Lobo, Premaratne Samaranayake

This paper proposes an integrated approach for assessing innovation management practices using an innovation management assessment framework, with the application of the…

How do organizations implement an effective LSS initiative? A qualitative study

Michael Sony, Jiju Antony, Subhash Naik

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is one of the most popular and widely used business improvement methodologies. However, many organizations discontinue LSS despite a plethora of studies on…

Benchmarking the relationship between supply chain risk mitigation strategies and practices: an integrated approach

Pradeep Kumar Tarei, Jitesh J. Thakkar, Barnali Nag

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between various risk management strategies and risk management practices in order to design and hence enact a suitable…

Exploring the consequences of judgmental and quantitative forecasting on firms' competitive performance in supply chains

Reza Salehzadeh, Reihaneh Alsadat Tabaeeian, Farahnaz Esteki

The purpose of this study is to examine the impacts of different forecasting methods (judgmental, quantitative and mixed forecasting) on firms' supply chains and competitive…

Foreign versus local firms: implications for environmental sustainability

Sreejith Balasubramanian, Vinaya Shukla

Managing environmental consequences while sustaining economic development necessitate strong commitment and participation of all firms across sectors. However, the…

Understanding the impact of supply-side decisions and practices on supply risk management

Sehrish Huma, Waqar Ahmed, Arsalan Najmi

In the era of market turbulence, sourcing specialists consistently face challenges to keep the availability of the material efficiently and effectively without any disruption…

Social network relationship, supply chain resilience and customer-oriented performance of small and medium enterprises in a developing economy

David Asamoah, Benjamin Agyei-Owusu, Elizabeth Ashun

While the concept of supply chain resilience has received lots of scholarly and policy interest over the past few years, empirical research examining its sources and outcomes…

Synergistic effect of lean practices on lead time reduction: mediating role of manufacturing flexibility

Gusman Nawanir, Kong Teong Lim, T. Ramayah, Fatimah Mahmud, Khai Loon Lee, Mohd Ghazali Maarof

This study scrutinized the synergistic effects of lean manufacturing (LM) on lead time reduction (LR) while investigating the mediating role of manufacturing flexibility (MF) in…

Engaging employees through effective performance management: an empirical examination

Shiva Kakkar, Sanket Dash, Neharika Vohra, Surajit Saha

Performance management systems (PMS) are integral to an organization's human resource management but research is ambivalent on their positive impact and the mechanism through…