Research background: Flexibility has become a possible means for manufacturing
companies to better compete in competitive markets. Furthermore, innovations are …

This article investigates sustainability in the performance measurement systems of Swedish
manufacturing companies. It builds on a previous study that documents relatively few direct …

Purpose Flexibility is one enabler of efficient use of resources and is therefore an
antecedent to sustainability. The purpose of this article is to identify supplier flexibility …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify, characterize and assess supplier flexibility
measurement practices in the order-to-delivery process. Design/methodology/approach The …

Virtually every company has implemented a Business Performance Measurement System
(BPMS) with the purpose of monitoring production and business performance and to …

Abstract Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are not only essential during manufacturing
operations. Also during the development phases of product and manufacturing system …

Abstract Studies have shown that 70–80% of a product's life cycle costs are committed by
the end of the product design phase (Anderson, 2014; National Research Council, 1991; …

The manufacturing industry is becoming increasingly more complex as the paradigm of
mass-production moves, via mass-customization, towards personalized production and …

The request for manufactured steel products always varies and is difficult to anticipate. The
users of manufactured steel products in South Africa are known to request products within a …

Material efficiency contributes to reduced industrial waste volumes, reduced extraction and
consumption of virgin raw materials, increased waste segregation, decreased energy …