Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 29 Issue 5

Addressing alignment concerns into the design of domain-specific information systems

Oscar Avila, Virginie Goepp, François Kiefer

The purpose of this paper is to find alignment concerns (e.g. requirements, restrictions and issues) and addressing them into the design and development of domain-specific…

A maturity assessment model for manufacturing systems

Jorge A. Vivares, William Sarache, Jorge E. Hurtado

Assessment of manufacturing systems provides a baseline for manufacturing strategy (MS) formulation. The purpose of this paper is to develop and propose a maturity assessment…

Leanness assessment of organizational performance: a systematic literature review

Narpat Ram Sangwa, Kuldip Singh Sangwan

The purpose of this paper is to review various themes of leanness, leanness assessment approaches, leanness assessment areas, and their evolution by a systematic literature review…

Confrontation between techniques of time measurement

Fernanda Assef, Cassius Tadeu Scarpin, Maria Teresinha Steiner

The purpose of this paper is to present a precise comparison between a pre-determined time rules and the evaluation performed with the help of a manual chronometer using data from…

Delays in new product introduction: Experiences of a food processing company in a developing economy

Ebenezer Adaku, Charles Teye Amoatey, Israel Nornyibey, Samuel Famiyeh, Disraeli Asante-Darko

Speed to the market is becoming a key competitive priority in developing countries’ environments even though lack of technology, poor skilled labour and under-developed…

Supply chain performance: how lean practices efficiently drive improvements

Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Ricardo Giglio, Jorge Limon-Romero

The purpose of this paper aims at investigating which lean supply chain management (LSCM) practices efficiently improve the supply chain performance.

Impact of additive manufacturing on aircraft supply chain performance: A system dynamics approach

Abhijeet Ghadge, Georgia Karantoni, Atanu Chaudhuri, Aravindan Srinivasan

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of additive manufacturing (AM) implementation on aircraft supply chain (SC) networks. Additive and conventional manufacturing…

Development of additional indicators for quotation preparation performance management: VSM-based approach

Dorota Stadnicka, R.M. Chandima Ratnayake

The calculation of quotations has been proven to be an extremely challenging matter in customized manufacturing requirements. There are significant wastages, which are attributed…

Empirical assessment of the future adequacy of value stream mapping in manufacturing industries

Andreas Lugert, Aglaya Batz, Herwig Winkler

Value stream mapping (VSM) is very common in the manufacturing industry to enhance transparency and support improvements within the production process. The purpose of this paper…