Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 26 Issue 4

Organisational ambidexterity within process improvement: An exploratory study of four project-oriented firms

Rupert L. Matthews, Kim Hua Tan, Peter E. Marzec

Organisational ambidexterity has emerged as a new research paradigm that is relevant for promoting long-term firm performance however, research within practice-oriented domains…

Lean production and leadership attributes – the case of Hungarian production managers

Andrea Gelei, Dávid Losonci, Zsolt Matyusz

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate leadership attributes that contribute to or inhibit the successful adaptation of lean techniques.

Operations strategy development in project based production – a political process perspective

Christian Koch, Ole Friis

– The purpose of this paper is to study how operations strategy (OS) innovation occurs in a project-centred production and organisation.

A case study of an integrated manufacturing performance measurement and meeting system

Jordi Olivella, Rubén Gregorio

The purpose of this paper is, first, to expose an integrated manufacturing performance measurement and meeting system implemented to focus the organization on value streams and…

Production competence revisited – a critique of the literature and a new measurement approach

Levente Szász, Krisztina Demeter, Harry Boer

The purpose of this paper is to seek remedy to two major flaws of the production competence literature, which concern: the way the production competence construct is…

Assessment of fitness of a manufacturing organization using fuzzy methods

Vinodh Sekar, Chandra Vinoth, Sarangan Sundaram

– The purpose of this paper is to develop a comprehensive model for fitness evaluation and to determine fitness index using fuzzy methods.

Retrieval time performance in puzzle-based storage systems

Venkat R. Kota, Don Taylor, Kevin R. Gue

Puzzle-based storage is a novel approach enabling very dense storage. Previous analytical studies have focussed on retrieval time when one or more usable escort locations (empty…