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Development of a manufacturing flexibility hierarchy through factor and cluster analysis: The role of new product type on US electronic manufacturer performance
Dwi Larso, Toni Doolen, Marla HackerThe ability of production organizations to respond quickly to changes in the market with new products requires flexibility. The relationship between manufacturing flexibility and…
Risk mitigation in offshoring of business operations
Sameer Kumar, Anthony Kwong, Chandan MisraOffshoring involves transferring or sharing management control and/or decision making of a business function to a supplier in a different country, which entails a degree of…
Value stream classification
Martin Christopher, Denis R. Towill, James Aitken, Paul ChilderhouseIn the twenty‐first century business scenario, most organisations supply a range of products to multiple markets, so participate in several often quite different supply chains…
Using data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the operational performance of the wafer fabrication industry in Taiwan
Yu‐Shan Chen, Bi‐Yu ChenThe purpose of this paper is to use data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the efficiency of the wafer fabrication industry in Taiwan.
A strategic analysis of the mobile telephone industry in Mainland China
Ching‐Yi Chang, Fanghua Wang, Hsin‐Pin FuThe purpose of this paper is to propose some competitive strategies as a reference for domestic mobile phone corporations (DMCs) so that dominant mobile phone corporations can…
A genetic algorithm for minimizing makespan of block erection in shipbuilding
Bao Jinsong, Hu Xiaofeng, Jin YeThe purpose of this paper is to propose an algorithm based on genetic algorithm (GA) to solve the block erection scheduling problem in shipbuilding.
Prioritised multi‐response product screening using fractional factorial designs and order statistics
George J. BesserisThe purpose of this paper is to propose a manufacturing product‐screening methodology that will require minimal resource expenditures as well as succinct improvement tools based…
ISSN:
1741-038XRenamed from:
Integrated Manufacturing SystemsOnline date, start – end:
2004Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Prof Harm-Jan Steenhuis