Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 18 Issue 3

A dynamic view on strategic resources and capabilities applied to an example from the manufacturing strategy literature

Andreas Größler

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the usefulness of a dynamic analysis of the development and management of strategic capabilities and resources in manufacturing. It…

Implementing a platform strategy for a systems business via standardization

Harshavardhan Karandikar, Srinivas Nidamarthi

The benefits of a platform strategy in volume product businesses are well established. Such a strategy can also pay dividends in a low‐volume systems or projects business. The…

Improving factory layout under a mixed floor and overhead material handling condition

Manocher Djassemi

In spite of having a number of general‐purpose algorithms for solving plant layout problems, facility planners may still face a challenging task to adjust these algorithms to…

Toward guiding the selection of a layout procedure

Mohsen, Hassan

The purpose of this paper is to assist facility designers decide when to use the graph‐theoretic (GTH) approach to develop a block layout and when to seek another alternative that…

Operations and maintenance performance in production and manufacturing assets: The sustainability perspective

Jayantha P. Liyanage

Sustainable production and manufacturing is an emerging concept for commercially successful performance. A question is how core asset processes should be streamlined to ensure…

Back‐propagation artificial neural network approach for machining centre selection

Boppana V. Chowdary

Traditional machining centre selection methods may not guarantee a cost effective solution. Properly trained back‐propagation artificial neural network (BPANN) tend to select…

Manufacturing best practices: implementation success factors and performance

Mustafa C. Ungan

The purpose of this paper is to identify the pre adoption decision factors that have an influence on the implementation success of manufacturing best practices (MBP). This study…

Editorial

David Bennett