Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 24 Issue 5

Selecting the right supply chain based on risks

Andreas Wieland

The purpose of this paper is to propose a model that enables a company to select the supply chain strategy based on risk probability p (measure of how likely/often a detrimental…

A supply chain configuration model for reassessing global manufacturing in China

George Q. Huang, Abraham Zhang, Xiaming Liu

Global manufacturers have faced unprecedented cost pressures in China because of Chinese currency appreciation, rising labour costs, higher oil prices and reduced value‐added tax…

TPM implementation in large and medium size organisations

Elaine Aspinwall, Maged Elgharib

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain how total productive maintenance (TPM) has been implemented in large and medium size UK manufacturing companies, focusing on why such a…

Modelling human boredom at work: mathematical formulations and a probabilistic framework

Nader Azizi, Ming Liang, Saeed Zolfaghari

Boredom is believed to be the common cause of workers' absenteeism, accidents, job dissatisfaction, and performance variations in manufacturing environments with repetitive jobs…

Exploring the effectiveness of inventive principles of TRIZ on developing researchers' innovative capabilities: A case study in an innovative research center

Mostafa Jafari, Peyman Akhavan, Hamid Reza Zarghami, Naser Asgari

The purpose of this paper is to explore the efficacy of 40 inventive principles of TRIZ for developing researchers' innovative capabilities and to evaluate the extent of…

IT practices within maintenance from a systems perspective: Study of IT utilisation within firms in Sweden

Mirka Kans

The aim with this paper is to describe current IT practices within maintenance in Swedish industry, and to outline the future possible developments.

The use of SMED to eliminate small stops in a manufacturing firm

Samuel Jebaraj Benjamin, Uthiyakumar Murugaiah, M. Srikamaladevi Marathamuthu

The paper seeks to reduce or eliminate the small stop time loss using SMED in a lean manufacturing environment.