Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 29 Issue 4

Global interactions – closing the loop

Levente Szász, Krisztina Demeter, Harry Boer

Manufacturing relocation through offshoring and backshoring: the case of Sweden

Malin Johansson, Jan Olhager

The purpose of this paper is to present recent empirical results concerning offshoring and backshoring of manufacturing from and to Sweden, to increase the understanding of…

Backshoring of production in the context of a small and open Nordic economy

Jussi Heikkilä, Miia Martinsuo, Sanna Nenonen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent, drivers, and conditions underlying backshoring in the Finnish manufacturing industry, comparing the results to the wider…

Managing reversed (global) outsourcing – the role of knowledge, technology and time

Bella Belerivana Nujen, Lise Lillebrygfjeld Halse, Rickard Damm, Hallgeir Gammelsæter

Against the recent trend toward reversed global outsourcing, the purpose of this paper is to provide insights on how the internal process can be handled once the decision on…

Developing closed loop supply chains for environmental sustainability: Insights from a UK clothing case study

Alison Ashby

Forward and reverse supply chains form a “closed loop” when managed in a coordinated way and this “cradle to cradle” responsibility has strong relevance to addressing…