Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 15 Issue 7

Modeling relationship dynamics in GM's research‐institution partnerships

Gülcin H. Sengir, Robert T. Trotter, Elizabeth K. Briody, Devadatta M. Kulkarni, Linda B. Catlin, Tracy L. Meerwarth

GM has initiated partnerships with firms and research institutions at a rapid pace. One effort of the multi‐disciplinary research team involved the construction of a relationship…

The case for the organisational use of simulation

Andrew Greasley

This paper describes the use of simulation in a large manufacturing organisation and analyses how it could have been used more fully. Although the benefits from using simulation…

Just in time or just in case? An explanatory model with informational and incentive effects

Bin Srinidhi, Giri Kumar Tayi

There is extensive literature on the benefits of manufacturing control arising from minimal inventory policies of just in time (JIT). Operations management literature has focused…

Knowledge management for manufacturing: the product and process database

Oluwatuminu Balogun, Hisham Hawisa, James Tannock

Manufacturing companies must have a good knowledge of their products and processes to be competitive. This is increasingly important as products become more complex. There are…

Reducing uncertainty in European supply chains

Paul Childerhouse, Denis R. Towill

In this paper, we show that reducing supply chain uncertainty increases responsiveness and thereby benefits bottom line performance as assessed via total cycle time reduction. We…

Customer‐focused rating system of supplier quality performance

Chee‐Cheng Chen, Tsu‐Ming Yeh, Ching‐Chow Yang

This paper establishes an objective‐orientation driven supplier customer satisfaction performance rating system. The purpose is to provide a methodology for “integrating supplier…

E‐commerce in the old economy: three case study examples

David Barnes, Matthew Hinton, Suzanne Mieczkowska

This paper reports how three UK “old economy” manufacturers are adapting their operations to meet the challenge of the “new economy”, in which it is claimed that dotcoms can…

Simplification strategies for simulation models of semiconductor facilities

Rajesh Piplani, Sen Ann Puah

Production planning using simulation has been gaining popularity as manufacturing routings become more complicated. However, a detailed simulation model that contains hundreds of…

An integrated reference model for production planning and control in SMEs

Alessandro Persona, Alberto Regattieri, Pietro Romano

Versatile manufacturing (VM) companies typically manufacture high variety, mainly customised products in relatively low volumes, competing for each order with other supplier…

On the use of product data in the design of the materials supply system

Eva Johansson, Lars Medbo

There is an increasing focus on reducing time‐to‐market for new products and a prerequisite for succeeding in this is the ability to transfer and use information about the…

A questionnaire operationalising Hayes and Wheelwright's four‐stage concept

Frank E. Rowbotham, David Barnes

Despite its widespread acceptance, little practical application of the Hayes and Wheelwright four‐stage model is reported in the literature. This paper formulates a questionnaire…

Improving business processes for increased operational efficiency: a case study

Sameer Kumar, Ralph Harms

In manufacturing, corporate growth and profitability are more challenging than ever before. The company reviewed in this study has been and is currently suffering tremendous…

Modelling in product and supply chain design: literature survey and case study

Patrik Appelqvist, Juha‐Matti Lehtonen, Jukka Kokkonen

This paper presents a framework for supply chain decision‐making. The framework is used to gain insights into applications of modelling. Current modelling practice is reviewed…

An empirical investigation of learning curve composition laws for quality improvement in complex manufacturing plants

Fiorenzo Franceschini, Maurizio Galetto

Learning behaviors related to quality improvement in manufacturing systems (i.e. reduction of defectiveness over production cycles) are widely investigated. Many different…

Integration of JIT flexible manufacturing, assembly and disassembly system using Petri net approach

Roongrat Seeluangsawat, Erik L.J. Bohez

This paper presents a new generic Petri net (PN) model for design and performance evaluation of a flexible assembly system (FAS) and disassembly system (DAS) with dual kanban. The…