This paper introduces a literature review of 83 studies dealing with the degree of adoption of
lean manufacturing practices around the world, and the links between those practices and …

Academics and practitioners have long acknowledged the importance of agile
manufacturing and related supply chains in achieving firm sustainable competitiveness …

In today's competitive globalised business environment, production cost cutting is a primary
issue before operation managers. As a research area, green lean six sigma (GLS) is …

A fundamental methodological question guides this paper: How can operations managers
and researchers learn from the applied activity that characterises the practice of OM? To …

Many companies allocate significant resources to implementing lean on the manufacturing
shop floor, but fewer resources to implementing lean in the product development processes …

There has been increased interest in supplier integration in recent years, much of it
supporting such initiatives in organizations. We operationalize supplier integration as a …

This paper describes the development of a survey instrument to assess the implementation
of lean practices within an organization. Results of a literature review, which was used to …

In many industries, firms are looking for ways to cut concept‐to‐customer development time,
to improve quality, and to reduce the cost of new products. One approach shown to be …

This paper provides a comprehensive and critical review and synthesis of the current state of
empirical research into supplier involvement in new product development (NPD). The paper …

Although cross-functional integration is often considered an important element in a
successful new product development program, a great deal of variance exists in extant …