International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 68 Issue 5

Machine criticality assessment for productivity improvement: Smart maintenance decision support

Maheshwaran Gopalakrishnan, Anders Skoogh, Antti Salonen, Martin Asp

The purpose of this paper is to increase productivity through smart maintenance planning by including productivity as one of the objectives of the maintenance organization…

Modeling the efficiency of Tunisian and Moroccan banks using the SFA approach

Hela Kallel, Salah Ben Hamad, Mohamed Triki

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and compare bank efficiency between the two Maghreb countries, Tunisia and Morocco, over the period 2005–2014.

Leadership attributes and their impact on work-related attitudes

Noorliza Karia, Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari

The purpose of this paper is to understand the emergence of employee leadership attributes and, further, examine its impact on employee work-related attitudes in terms of the…

Lean culture: a comprehensive systematic literature review

Marc Dorval, Marie-Hélène Jobin, Nadia Benomar

The purpose of this paper is to assess the level of pragmatic ambiguity (PA) lean culture has currently in the manufacturing and service literature.

An integrated AHP-based scheme for performance measurement in humanitarian supply chains

Ali Anjomshoae, Adnan Hassan, Kuan Yew Wong

In recent years, several performance indicators have been proposed in humanitarian supply chains (HSCs). Selecting the most relevant key performance indicators (KPIs) is…

Analysing the 3PL service provider’s evaluation criteria through a sustainable approach

Bhaskar B. Gardas, Rakesh D. Raut, Balkrishna E. Narkhede

The purpose of this paper is to identify and model the evaluation criteria for the selection of third-party logistics service provider (3PLSP) by an interpretive structural…

Mediation effects financial performance toward influences of corporate growth and assets utilization

Sri Mangesti Rahayu

The purpose of this paper is to measure the effects of corporate financial performance toward the influences of corporate growth and company asset utilization on the corporate…

A two-way causal chain between lean management practices and lean values

Loay Salhieh, Abdallah A. Abdallah

Organizations have varied levels of success with Lean implementation and many did not see tangible results. Some scholars believe the reason has to do with weak Lean culture or…