Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 25 Issue 5

The Six Sigma program: an empirical study of Brazilian companies

Marly Monteiro de Carvalho, Linda Lee Ho, Silvia Helena Boarin Pinto

The purpose of this paper is to assess the status of Six Sigma's status in Brazilian companies and understand the integration of this program with other quality management…

Quantitative modeling and analysis of supply chain risks using Bayesian theory

Fazleena Badurdeen, Mohannad Shuaib, Ken Wijekoon, Adam Brown, William Faulkner, Joseph Amundson, I.S. Jawahir, Thomas J. Goldsby, Deepak Iyengar, Brench Boden

Globally expanding supply chains (SCs) have grown in complexity increasing the nature and magnitude of risks companies are exposed to. Effective methods to identify, model and…

Status of lean manufacturing practices in Indian industries and government initiatives: A pilot study

S.J. Thanki, Jitesh Thakkar

The purpose of this paper is to report a pilot study on lean awareness and implementation using the survey data collected from about 32 industries situated in western and eastern…

Diversifying into technical clothing manufacture as entrepreneurial learning : A situated learning theory perspective

Nicholas Theodorakopoulos, Carmel McGowan, David Bennett, Nada Kakabadse, Catarina Figueira

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate analytically how entrepreneurial action as learning relating to diversifying into technical clothing – i.e. a high-value manufacturing…

Lean “Leadership People Process Outcome” (LPPO) implementation model

Ifechukwude K. Dibia, Hom Nath Dhakal, Spencer Onuh

– The purpose of this paper is to present the Lean “Leadership People Process Outcome” (LPPO) implementation model.

Supply chain design through QFD-based optimization

K.G. Durga Prasad, K. Venkata Subbaiah, K. Narayana Rao

– The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a methodology to design a supply chain with a view to achieve a strategic fit between competitive and supply chain strategies.

Construction of speed-to-market supply chain management model for garment industry

Chung Yeh, Yu-tang Lee

The purpose of this paper is to build and provide a step-by-step methodology to develop a speed-to-market (STM) process model for a fashion garment that can quickly respond to the…