Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 27 Issue 4

Assessment of hybrid Lean-Agile (Leagile) supply chain strategies

Masoud Rahiminezhad Galankashi, Syed Ahmad Helmi

– The purpose of this paper is to propose a new assessment tool for Leagility.

Automatic generation of a section erection planning for European shipyards building complex ships

Christopher Rose, Jenny Coenen

The purpose of this paper is to present a method for generating a set of feasible, optimized production schedules for the erection process of compact shipyards building complex…

A reliability diagnosis to support servitization decision-making process

Sarra Dahmani, Xavier Boucher, Sophie Peillon, Béatrix Besombes

Servitization of manufacturing is characterized by very complex decision processes within strongly unstable and uncertain decision contexts. Decision-makers are face situations of…

Characteristics of product introduction process in low-volume manufacturing industries: A case study

Siavash Javadi, Jessica Bruch, Monica Bellgran

The purpose of this paper is to understand how the characteristics of low-volume manufacturing industries influence the product introduction process and factors which can…

Agile manufacturing practices for new product development: industrial case studies

Marco Leite, Vanessa Braz

For decades multiple management philosophies directed toward lean production and mass were assumed as to respond to process inefficiencies and rampant consumerism, optimizing…

Path analysis for proposed framework of SCM excellence in Indian manufacturing industry

Gunjan Soni, Rambabu Kodali

Several authors in extant literature have shown concern towards lacuna in availability of standard constructs in supply chain management (SCM). These standard constructs can…