Industry 4.0 represents a new industrial paradigm ignited by disruptive technologies that can
transform manufacturing into a cyber-physical system that integrates products, people and …

We propose that single respondent surveys continue to be a viable supply chain
management research tool. However, necessary care must be taken in research design and …

Advanced technologies (eg, distributed sensors, RFID, and auto-identification) can gather
processing information (eg, system status, uncertain machine breakdown, and uncertain job …

The garment industry, which is traditionally labour-intensive, is facing significant challenges
to reduce production costs in the face of material, labour, and infrastructure maintenance …

Companies operate in a competitive and changing environment requiring increasingly
effective and efficient management strategies. Lean is a proven philosophy in the industrial …

Lean implementations in large and medium-sized organisations are prominent in the
literature. However, although small and micro-organisations significantly impact the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the non-academic impact in supply
chain management (SCM) research through the application of three distinctive approaches …

Purpose This paper aims to present a method for strategic planning and implementation
processes in health care based on lean management. Design/methodology/approach Within …

Upsurge in the industrial growth has not only contributed to the global economic
development but also burdened the ecological resources. In view of the industrial small and …

In manufacturing shops in practice, machine capacity is often constrained by more than one
type of resource. Yet research mainly focusses on the effects of only one type of resource …