Lean management (LM) has attracted the interest of scientists and practitioners since 1990,
when Womack et al.(Womack, JP, Jones, DT and Roos, D.(1990). The Machine that …

Due to the scarcity of resources, global warming, and rising energy prices, there has been
significant growth in research and development in sustainable manufacturing. This has …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which lean management
practices are adopted by manufacturing organizations in Thailand and their impact on firms' …

This article investigates the relationships among competitive strategy, supply chain strategy,
and business performance while examining the moderating effect of environmental …

Purpose The extant literature highlights the notable lack of a consensus among operations
and supply chain management scholars regarding the theoretical underpinnings and …

Lean production (LP) consists of very useful techniques; however, its implementation can
significantly vary from one sector to another or from one practitioner to another. Although …

Purpose–While the attention of most OM scholars has shifted to supply chain management,
there is still a need to understand how supply chain strategies are linked with internal …

The agile manufacturing is one of the operational strategies which organizations have
adopted to beat environmental uncertainties resulting from worldwide economic recession …

The concept of the agile supply chain has been taken into account as means of achieving a
high competitive edge in rapidly changing business environments. Supply partner selection …

This editorial introduces the special issue of the Elsevier journal, Engineering Application of
Artificial Intelligence, on Distributed control of production systems. The current technology in …