Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing: Volume 14 Issue 4

Editorial

Astrid Heideman Lassen, Charles Møller

Determining manufacturing system changes based on new product specifications

Casper Schou, Daniel Grud Hellerup Sørensen, Chen Li, Thomas Ditlev Brunø, Ole Madsen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how necessary changes in a manufacturing system can be determined based on a new product specification. It proposes a formal modelling…

Building a virtual factory: an integrated design approach to building smart factories

Emre Yildiz, Charles Møller

The complexity of manufacturing systems, on-going production and existing constraints on the shop floor remain among the main challenges for the analysis, design and development…

The influence of digital technologies on supply chain coordination strategies

Mads Bejlegaard, Ioan-Matei Sarivan, Brian Vejrum Waehrens

This paper aims to investigate the impact of the strategic transformation of engineering to order company (ETO) at the level of the internal value-adding chain of operations on…

Labour 4.0: developing competences for smart production

Astrid Heidemann Lassen, Brian Vejrum Waehrens

The purpose of this paper is to determine how companies develop and acquire competences to capture the benefits of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies. The authors argue that this is…

Analysis of supply chain operations reference (SCOR) and balanced scorecard (BSC) in measuring supply chains efficiency using DEMATEL and DEA techniques

Wael Hassan El-Garaihy

The strategic management of the supply chain encompasses the development and integration of a supply chain strategy and the evaluation of the findings. An integrated approach is…

Modifications to global supply chain management strategies resulting from recent trade disruptions: an exploratory study

Jeffrey E. Johnson, Peter Haug

The purpose of this study is to explore modifications to the supply chain strategies of international manufacturers resulting from recent momentous trade disruptions, including…