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Lunds Universitet Tekniska Högskola
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Lund University
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Using simulation-generated operating characteristics curves for manufacturing improvement
Publisher: Springer US
Date: 2008
Different approaches to a flow shop problem
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-1994
Collaborative Systems for Production Management
Publisher: Springer US
Date: 2003
Manufacturing networks and supply chains: An operations strategy perspective
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2003
The ABCDE of supply chain visibility: A systematic literature review and framework
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2022
Evolution of operations planning and control: From production to supply chains
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-03-2013
Product architecture, global operations networks, and operational performance
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 17-02-2019
A taxonomy of international manufacturing networks
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 17-02-2019
Supply chain integration and performance: The effects of long-term relationships, information technology and sharing, and logistics integration
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2012
Supply Chain Management and Knowledge Management
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Date: 2009
Editorial: The next leg for Operations Management Research
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-2012
Requirements on Supply Chain Visibility: A Case on Inbound Logistics
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2021
Enterprise resource planning survey of Swedish manufacturing firms
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2003
Distribution of manufacturing strategy decision-making in multi-plant networks
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 16-11-2018
Managing extended supply chains
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 14-04-2021
DOI: 10.1111/JBL.12276
Abstract: We address how to manage extended supply chains that lie beyond the first‐tier suppliers. The first‐tier suppliers have their suppliers who provide them with goods or services. While lower‐tier suppliers are often not an explicit concern of the focal firm, the firm's performance not only depends on the performance of its first‐tier suppliers, but also on the performance of their suppliers and beyond. These lower‐tier suppliers are much less visible and may not even be known to the focal firm. Our intention is to bring awareness to the importance of these lower‐tier suppliers and capture possible strategies that buying companies may pursue to manage them. Extended supply chains are complex and involve evolving relationships between various buyers and suppliers that are located along different tiers of the chain and across different parts of the globe. We address several topic areas and suggest emerging research focuses that should be considered in coming years.
Hybrid manufacturing accounting in mixed process environments
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2019
Valuation of product-mix flexibility using real options
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2002
Computer-based manufacturing planning and control systems in small companies
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-1990
Meta-analysis reveals an extreme “decline effect” in the impacts of ocean acidification on fish behavior
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 03-02-2022
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PBIO.3001511
Abstract: Ocean acidification—decreasing oceanic pH resulting from the uptake of excess atmospheric CO 2 —has the potential to affect marine life in the future. Among the possible consequences, a series of studies on coral reef fish suggested that the direct effects of acidification on fish behavior may be extreme and have broad ecological ramifications. Recent studies documenting a lack of effect of experimental ocean acidification on fish behavior, however, call this prediction into question. Indeed, the phenomenon of decreasing effect sizes over time is not uncommon and is typically referred to as the “decline effect.” Here, we explore the consistency and robustness of scientific evidence over the past decade regarding direct effects of ocean acidification on fish behavior. Using a systematic review and meta-analysis of 91 studies empirically testing effects of ocean acidification on fish behavior, we provide quantitative evidence that the research to date on this topic is characterized by a decline effect, where large effects in initial studies have all but disappeared in subsequent studies over a decade. The decline effect in this field cannot be explained by 3 likely biological explanations, including increasing proportions of studies examining (1) cold-water species (2) nonolfactory-associated behaviors and (3) nonlarval life stages. Furthermore, the vast majority of studies with large effect sizes in this field tend to be characterized by low s le sizes, yet are published in high-impact journals and have a disproportionate influence on the field in terms of citations. We contend that ocean acidification has a negligible direct impact on fish behavior, and we advocate for improved approaches to minimize the potential for a decline effect in future avenues of research.
The role of the customer order decoupling point in production and supply chain management
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2010
Computerization of manufacturing planning and control systems: Minicomputer-based systems 1980-1987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-1989
Production-economic aspects on set-up efficiency
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-1987
Flexibility configurations: Empirical analysis of volume and product mix flexibility
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2009
Manufacturing strategy and e-business: An exploratory study
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 06-2003
DOI: 10.1108/09576060310469716
Abstract: Whilst much of the e‐business evolution has been referred to as an additional and complementary marketing channel, there has been little concern about the impact on manufacturing. However, since a manufacturing strategy should be closely linked to the marketing strategy, developments in marketing are likely to impact manufacturing. In this paper, we explore the ways in which e‐business is impacting the manufacturing strategy in manufacturing firms. We study seven Swedish manufacturing firms and investigate the relationship between e‐business and manufacturing strategy. The findings indicate that e‐business mainly affects two decision categories – vertical integration, and manufacturing planning and control systems – through new ways to communicate and exchange information between buyers and sellers at both business ends. Improvements in these decision categories lead to potential gains in delivery speed and reliability, but only for make‐to‐order companies, whereas the impact on quality, price and flexibility is more or less negligible. Make‐to‐stock firms report only limited impact on manufacturing.
Information sharing across multiple supply chain tiers
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2017
Editorial: Operations Management Research in Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI) in the Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-05-2013
A case survey of offshoring–backshoring cases: The influence of contingency factors
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2022
Behavioural lateralization in a detour test is not repeatable in fishes
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2020
Replication alert: behavioural lateralisation in a detour test is not repeatable in fishes
Publisher: California Digital Library (CDL)
Date: 29-01-2019
Technical note: Safety mechanisms in just-in-time systems
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 09-1995
DOI: 10.1108/01443579510099805
Abstract: Safety stocks can be introduced in different ways in production and inventory control systems. The three basic types are physical safety stock, safety lead time, and hedging. Departing from the formula for calculating the number of kanbans , it is shown that all three approaches are implicitly incorporated in the kanban safety mechanism approach. Discusses the ways in which they appear as well as their appropriateness in a just‐in‐time production context.
Supply chain management: A just-in-time perspective
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-2002
The house of flexibility: Using the QFD approach to deploy manufacturing flexibility
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 2002
DOI: 10.1108/01443570210412079
Abstract: We use the methodology from quality function deployment (QFD) for linking manufacturing flexibility to market requirements. This approach creates a framework for modelling the deployment of the need for flexibility from the customers’ viewpoints into manufacturing flexibility at various hierarchical levels. We present an application of the methodology in a real case study at a firm where a manufacturing system was being redesigned for the manufacture of a new and wider range of products than previously, based on a new product platform. Based on the case study we discuss the benefits and limitations of using the QFD approach to deploy manufacturing flexibility. The paper also presents a literature review of the manufacturing flexibility framework arena.
Linking product-process matrices for manufacturing and industrial service operations
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2006
Global Supply Chain Management
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2023
Linking manufacturing strategy decisions on process choice with manufacturing planning and control systems
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2002
Designing manufacturing networks - An empirical study
Publisher: Springer US
Date: 2007
Linking plant roles and operations strategy decision-making autonomy in international manufacturing networks
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-10-2021
The impact of the product mix on the value of flexibility
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2002
Manufacturing relocation through offshoring and backshoring
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 14-12-2018
DOI: 10.1108/JMTM-01-2017-0006
Abstract: 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 manufacturing relocation in an international context. In particular, extent, geographies, type of production, drivers, and benefits of moving manufacturing in both directions are investigated. The study is based on survey data from 373 manufacturing plants. The same set of questions is used for both offshoring and backshoring between 2010 and 2015, which allows similarities and differences in decision-making and results between the two relocation directions to be identified. There are many significant differences between offshoring and backshoring projects. Labour cost is the dominating factor in offshoring, as driver and benefit, while backshoring is related to many drivers and benefits, such as quality, lead-time, flexibility, access to skills and knowledge, access to technology, and proximity to R& D. This is also reflected in the type of production that is relocated labour-intensive production is offshored and complex production is backshored. Plants that have both offshored and backshored think and act differently than plants that have only offshored or backshored, which is why it is important to distinguish between these plant types in the context of manufacturing relocations. The experience of Swedish manufacturing plants reported here can be used as a point of reference for internal manufacturing operations. The survey design allows a unique comparison between offshoring and backshoring activity. Since Swedish firms in general have been quite active in rearranging their manufacturing footprint and have experience from movements in both directions, it is an appropriate geographical area to study in this context.
A novel method for measuring acute thermal tolerance in fish embryos
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 2023
Abstract: Aquatic ectotherms are vulnerable to thermal stress, with embryos predicted to be more sensitive than juveniles and adults. When examining the vulnerability of species and life stages to warming, comparable methodology must be used to obtain robust conclusions. Critical thermal methodology is commonly used to characterize acute thermal tolerances in fishes, with critical thermal maximum (CTmax) referring to the acute upper thermal tolerance limit. At this temperature, fish exhibit loss of controlled locomotion due to a temperature-induced collapse of vital physiological functions. While it is relatively easy to monitor behavioural responses and measure CTmax in larval and adult fish, this is more challenging in embryos, leading to a lack of data on this life stage, or that studies rely on potentially incomparable metrics. Here, we present a novel method for measuring CTmax in fish embryos, defined by the temperature at which embryos stop moving. Additionally, we compare this measurement with the temperature of the embryos’ last heartbeat, which has previously been proposed as a method for measuring embryonic CTmax. We found that, like other life stages, late-stage embryos exhibited a period of increased activity, peaking approximately 2–3°C before CTmax. Measurements of CTmax based on last movement are more conservative and easier to record in later developmental stages than measurements based on last heartbeat, and they also work well with large and small embryos. Importantly, CTmax measurements based on last movement in embryos are similar to measurements from larvae and adults based on loss of locomotory control. Using last heartbeat as CTmax in embryos likely overestimates acute thermal tolerance, as the heart is still beating when loss of response/equilibrium is reached in larvae/adults. The last movement technique described here allows for comparisons of acute thermal tolerance of embryos between species and across life stages, and as a response variable to treatments.
Manufacturing backshoring: a systematic literature review
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-05-2016
Supply chain processes
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 02-2016
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-03-2014-0129
Abstract: – The purpose of this paper is to examine the value chain processes that represent the “black box” between supply logistics integration and competitive operational performance in firms. To realize this objective, the authors develop a research model which comprises a series of linkages from supply logistics integration to operational outcomes using Porter’s concept of value chain and the relational view of resource-based theory as theoretical lenses. – The data set for testing the hypothesized relationships in this study was drawn from 232 Australian manufacturing firms. – The findings show that there is no significant direct relationship between supply logistics integration and competitive operational performance rather, the relationship is fully mediated by inbound supply performance and internal lean production processes. Further, lean production processes have a positive effect on inbound supply performance. – The study shows the importance of managing both internal (production processes) and external processes (logistics and supply chain) of firms’ operations in an integrated manner in which supply logistics integration act through key internal processes to impact competitive performance which the end customers actually experience. – This is the first study which uncovers what happens “in between” the incoming materials and the end outputs delivered by firms into the market. This “in between black box” is important in improving our understanding of how inbound supply activities are translated into outbound competitive performance outcomes.
Linking networks and plant roles: The impact of changing a plant role
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2013
Design of global production and distribution networks: A literature review and research agenda
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 02-03-2015
DOI: 10.1108/IJPDLM-05-2013-0131
Abstract: – The purpose of this paper is to systematically and critically review the extant literature on the design of global production and distribution networks to identify gaps in the literature and identify future research opportunities. The design aspects deal with strategic and structural decisions such as: opening or closing of manufacturing plants or distribution centres, selection of locations for manufacturing or warehousing, and making substantial capacity changes in manufacturing or distribution. – The authors examine the peer-reviewed literature on global production and distribution networks written in English. The search strategy is based on selected keywords and databases. The authors identify 109 articles from 1974 to 2012. – The authors categorize the literature according to research methodology: case studies, conceptual modelling, surveys, and mathematical modelling. The amount of literature up to 2,000 is rather sparse, while there is a positive trend from 2,000 and onwards. The content analysis shows that different research methodologies focus on different but complementary aspects. The authors propose a research agenda for further research on design of global production and distribution networks. – The authors identify research opportunities related to complementary actor perspectives, extended supply chains that explicitly include transportation and suppliers, contingency factors, and new perspectives such as facility roles within production and distribution networks. – This paper is to the author’s knowledge the first broad review that investigates the design aspects of the interrelationships between production and distribution facilities as well as transportation in global production and distribution networks across multiple research methodologies.
Linking products with supply chains: Testing Fisher's model
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 30-01-2007
DOI: 10.1108/13598540710724392
Abstract: The paper seeks to test the relationships among product design and supply chain design, with specific reference to the product‐supply chain model by Fisher. An extensive empirical survey with data from 128 companies the approach is basically theory testing, in that it investigates an existing framework, and discusses extensions. Significant relationships are found between product types and supply chain types, as well as concerning the impact of alignment on performance. Instead of treating the supply chain characteristics associated with different supply chain types as either/or choices, some companies select properties from both supply chain types in order to gain additional benefits. This creates a supply chain frontier of physical efficiency and market responsiveness a concept that deserves further attention by researchers. A limitation is that it would be interesting to perform a longitudinal study. Different product types call for different types of supply chains. Alignment between the type of product and the type of supply chain is important, and significant for delivery speed, delivery dependability, and cost performance. This research empirically tests a model that has received considerable attention in the research literature as well as acting as guidelines in practice, but that has not been tested explicitly before.
Internal and external suppliers in manufacturing networks-An empirical analysis
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-2009
The impact of global operations on product architecture
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 02-10-2017
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-06-2015-0367
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explore how global operations of manufacturing companies influence the choice of product architecture decisions, ranging from integral to modular product designs. The authors perform a multiple-case study of three global manufacturing companies with integral and modular product architectures. The authors find that the internal network capabilities, the number of capable plants, the focus of component plants, the focus of assembly plants, the distances from key suppliers to internal plants, and the number of market segments significantly influence the choice of integral vs modular architecture. This study is limited to three large manufacturing companies with global operations. However, the authors investigate both integral and modular products. The authors develop propositions that can be tested in further survey research. The findings show that the type of global operations network influences the decision on product architecture, such that certain global operations characteristics support integral product designs, while other characteristics support modular designs. To the best of the authors’ knowledge this paper is the first study on the explicit impact of global operations on product architecture, rather than the other way around.
An integrated push-pull manufacturing strategy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-1990
Differentiating manufacturing focus
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-09-2006
The impact of manufacturing and supply chain improvement initiatives: A survey comparing make-to-order and make-to-stock firms
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2012
Manufacturing planning and control approaches: market alignment and performance
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-03-2007
The impact of capacity investments on work-in-process and inventories
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-1985
Comparing offshoring and backshoring
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2018
Quantification in manufacturing strategy: A methodology and illustration
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2006
Passing the torch of Operations Management Research
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-2018
Guest editorial: Linking manufacturing strategy and production planning and control
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2003
Plant roles: Site competence bundles and their relationships with site location factors and performance
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 17-05-2013
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-03-2011-0077
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the strategic role of plants, in terms of the type and level of site competence, the relationship with the strategic reason for location, and the impact on operational performance. The authors use a survey of 103 Swedish manufacturing plants that belong to global production networks and analyze patterns within this context to identify potential archetypes of plants with respect to plant roles, based on factor analysis and cluster analysis. It is found that the areas of site competence can be grouped into three bundles, characterized thematically as production‐related, supply chain‐related and development‐related. The plants fall into three categories: some plants have only production‐related competences, some have competences concerning both production and supply chain, and the third group of plants possesses all three bundles of competences. The results provide empirical evidence that site competences come in bundles in three steps according to themes rather than in idually. No significant relationship was found between the level of site competence and the strategic reason for site location. The results provide empirical support for the co‐location of product development and production, since plants with full responsibility for all competence bundles significantly outperform plants having only production‐related competences on cost efficiency, quality, and new product introductions. The authors research patterns of site competence at a more detailed level than before in the related literature, as well as study the impact on performance, which has not been done before.
Long-term acclimation to near-future ocean acidification has negligible effects on energetic attributes in a juvenile coral reef fish
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-06-2019
DOI: 10.1007/S00442-019-04430-Z
Abstract: Increased levels of dissolved carbon dioxide (CO
Product architecture and supply chain design: A systematic review and research agenda
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 12-01-2015
Abstract: – The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the extant literature on the relationship between product architectures and supply chain design to identify gaps in the literature and identify future research opportunities. – This paper examines the peer-reviewed literature on product architectures and supply chain written in English. The search strategy is based on selected databases and keywords. In total, 56 articles from 1995 to 2013 were identified. – Three key dimensions are identified for the categorization of the literature: the type of product architecture, the type of supply chain and the research methodology. Furthermore, we identify themes related to outsourcing, supplier selection, supplier relationships, distance from focal firm and alignment. – The present search strategy may have missed some references that are related to the area. However, as a counter-measure, we used back-tracking and forward-tracking to identify additional relevant papers. A research agenda is proposed for further research on the interaction of product architectures and supply chain design. – This paper is, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, the first broad review that investigates the interrelationship between product architectures and supply chain design.
Manufacturing and service operations networks
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2009
Industrial service profiling: Matching service offerings and processes
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2004
Linking long-term capacity management for manufacturing and service operations
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2012
Lean and agile manufacturing: External and internal drivers and performance outcomes
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 18-09-2009
DOI: 10.1108/01443570910993456
Abstract: Lean and agile manufacturing are two initiatives that are used by manufacturing plant managers to improve operations capabilities. The purpose of this paper is to investigate internal and external factors that drive the choice of lean and agile operations capabilities and their respective impact on operational performance. Lean and agile manufacturing are each conceptualized as a second‐order factor and measured through a bundle of distinct practices. The competitive intensity of industry and the competitive strategy are modeled as potential external and internal drivers, respectively, and the impact on quality, delivery, cost, and flexibility performance is analyzed using structural equations modeling. The model is tested with data from the high performance manufacturing project comprising a total of 211 plants from three industries and seven countries. The results indicate that lean and agile manufacturing differ in terms of drivers and outcomes. The choice of a cost‐leadership strategy fully mediates the impact of the competitive intensity of industry as a driver of lean manufacturing, while agile manufacturing is directly affected by both internal and external drivers, i.e. a differentiation strategy as well as the competitive intensity of industry. Agile manufacturing is found to be negatively associated with a cost‐leadership strategy, emphasizing the difference between lean and agile manufacturing. The major differences in performance outcomes are related to cost and flexibility, such that lean manufacturing has a significant impact on cost performance (whereas agile manufacturing has not), and that agile manufacturing has a stronger relationship with volume as well as product mix flexibility than does lean manufacturing. Cross‐sectional data from three industries and seven countries are used, and it would be interesting to test this model for more industries and countries. The results provide insights into the factors that influence the choice of lean or agile manufacturing for improving operations, and the results that can be obtained. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first large‐scale empirical survey of leanness and agility simultaneously, using data from manufacturing firms in Europe, Asia, and North America. The model incorporates a wide perspective on factors related to lean and agile manufacturing, to be able to identify similarities and differences.
Proposals for special issues welcomed
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 23-05-2014
Evidence of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic animal behaviour: a systematic map protocol
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-10-2021
DOI: 10.1186/S13750-021-00241-Z
Abstract: Globally, there is growing concern over the impacts of pharmaceuticals and drug manufacturing on aquatic animals, and pharmaceuticals are now recognized as contaminants of emerging environmental concern. In recent years, scientists, environmental managers, and policymakers have been interested in using behavioural endpoints for chemical regulation, given their importance for fitness and survival. The body of research on whether and how pharmaceutical exposure alters the behaviour of aquatic animals has grown exponentially, making it difficult to get an overview of the results. With an international spotlight on the management of these environmental threats, synthesizing the currently available data is vital to inform managers and policymakers, as well as highlighting areas where more research is needed. This is a protocol for a systematic evidence map (SEM) and serves as an a priori record of our objectives and methodological decisions. Our objectives are to identify, catalogue, and present primary research articles on the effects of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals on aquatic animal behaviour. The literature search will be conducted using two electronic databases: Web of Science and Scopus, and we will supplement these searches with additional sources. The search string has been developed using a Population–Exposure–Comparison–Outcome (PECO) framework, to capture articles that used an aquatic organism (P, population) to test the effects of a pharmaceutical (E, exposure) on behaviour (O, outcome). Eligible articles must also have a control group (C, comparison). Articles will be screened in two stages, title and abstract, followed by full-text screening before data extraction. Decision trees have been designed a priori to appraise articles for eligibility at both stages of screening. At both stages, screening each article will be completed by two independent reviewers. Study validity will be appraised but not used as a basis for article inclusion. The information extracted from the eligible articles, along with bibliometric data, will be mapped and displayed. All data associated with this SEM will be publicly available through the Open Science Framework (OSF) and a future project webpage.
Performance simulation of supply chain designs
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2002
Supply chain visibility for improving inbound logistics: a design science approach
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-07-2022
Meta-analysis reveals an extreme “decline effect” in the impacts of ocean acidification on fish behaviour
Publisher: California Digital Library (CDL)
Date: 14-09-2020
A cumulative model of evolving plant roles
Publisher: Springer London
Date: 2014
The impact of product architecture on global operations network design
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 03-04-2017
DOI: 10.1108/JMTM-11-2015-0108
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explore how integral and modular product architectures influence the design properties of the global operations network. The authors perform a multiple-case study of three global manufacturing companies, using interviews, seminars and structured questionnaires to identify ideal design properties. The authors find that the choice of integral vs modular product architecture lead to significant differences in the preferred design properties of global operations networks concerning number of key technologies in-house, number of capable plants, focus at assembly plants, distance between assembly plant and market, and number of key supplier sites. Two of these were identified through this research, i.e. the number of capable plants and number of key supplier sites. The authors make a distinction between component and assembly plants, which adds detail to the understanding of the impact of product architecture on global operations. In addition, they develop five propositions that can be tested in further survey research. This study is restricted to three large manufacturing companies with global operations. However, the authors investigated both integral and modular products at these three companies and their associated global operations network. Still, further case or survey research involving a broader set of companies is warranted. The key aspects for integral products are to have many key technologies in-house, concentration of production at a few capable plants, and economies-of-scale at assembly plants, while long distances between assembly plants and markets as well as few key supplier sites are acceptable. For modular products, the key aspects are many capable plants, economies-of-scope at assembly plants, short distance between assembly plants and markets, and many key supplier sites, while key technologies do not necessarily have to reside in-house – these can be accessed via key suppliers. This paper is, to the authors’ knowledge, the first study on the explicit impact of product architecture on global operations networks, especially considering the internal manufacturing network.
Editorial: Announcing the operations management research best paper award
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-2012
Offshoring versus backshoring: Empirically derived bundles of relocation drivers, and their relationship with benefits
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2019
Understanding Supply Chain Visibility Through Experts’ Perspective: A Delphi Based Approach
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2021
A hybrid model of competitive capabilities
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 26-04-2011
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111126300
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present and test a new model for competitive capabilities. Traditionally, a cumulative model has been viewed as having one sequence of building competitive capabilities in a firm in support of market needs, including quality, delivery, cost efficiency and flexibility. Although appealing as a conceptual model, empirical testing has not been able to fully support the cumulative model. This paper acknowledges the need for a hybrid approach to managing capability progression. It brings together the literature on trade‐offs, cumulative capabilities, and order winners and qualifiers. A new hybrid approach for modelling competitive capabilities is tested empirically using data from the high performance manufacturing (HPM) study, round 3, including three industries and seven countries – a total of 211 plants. The hybrid model shows significantly better fit with the data from the s le than the cumulative models suggested by previous literature. Empirical support is found for the traditional perception that a high level of quality is a prerequisite for a high level of delivery performance. However, cost efficiency and flexibility do not exhibit a cumulative pattern. Instead, the results show that they are developed in parallel. The findings suggest that a balance between cost efficiency and flexibility is built upon high levels of quality and delivery performance. Since we limit the empirical investigation to three industries and seven countries, it would be interesting to extend the testing of this model to more industries and countries. This research shows that combining perspectives and insights from different research streams – in this case, trade‐off theory and the concepts of cumulative capabilities, and order winners and qualifiers – can be fruitful. The results of this paper provides managers with guidelines concerning the configuration of competitive capabilities. First, a qualifying level of quality needs to be attained, followed by a qualifying level of delivery. Then, a balance between potential order winners, i.e. cost efficiency and flexibility, needs to be attained. This paper presents a new approach to modelling competitive capabilities that synthesises previous research streams and perspectives from cumulative capabilities, contesting capabilities (trade‐offs), and order winners and qualifiers.
Structuring and planning operations
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2003
Supply chain management - A production perspective
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2003
Strategic positioning of the order penetration point
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2003
Decoupling the value chain
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2006
Production planning and control tools
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2000
Strategic choice of manufacturing planning and control approaches: Empirical analysis of drivers and performance
Publisher: Springer US
Date: 2007
Supply chain evolution – theory, concepts and science
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 05-12-2016
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-02-2016-0080
Abstract: Supply chains evolve and change in size, shape and configuration, and in how they are coordinated, controlled and managed. Some supply chains are mature and relatively unchanging. Some are subject to significant change. New supply chains may emerge and evolve for a variety of reasons. The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of supply chain evolution and address the question “What makes a supply chain like it is?” The paper analyses and develops key aspects, concepts and principal themes concerning the emergence and evolution of supply chains over their lifecycle. The paper defines the supply chain lifecycle and identifies six factors that interact and may affect a supply chain over its lifecycle – technology and innovation, economics, markets and competition, policy and regulation, procurement and sourcing, supply chain strategies and re-engineering. A number of emergent themes and propositions on factors affecting a supply chain’s characteristics over its lifecycle are presented. The paper argues that a new science is needed to investigate and understand the supply chain lifecycle. Supply chains are critical for the world economy and essential for modern life. Understanding the supply chain lifecycle and how supply chains evolve provides new perspectives for contemporary supply chain design and management. The paper presents detailed analysis, critique and reflections from leading researchers on emerging, evolving and mature supply chains.
Supply chain visibility: A Delphi study on managerial perspectives and priorities
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-07-2022
Designing and managing manufacturing networks-a survey of Swedish plants
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2009
Long-term capacity management: Linking the perspectives from manufacturing strategy and sales and operations planning
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2001
Simulating production and inventory control systems: A learning approach to operational excellence
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2006
Supply chain management survey of Swedish manufacturing firms
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2004
Manufacturing facility location and sustainability: A literature review and research agenda
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2014
Applying modern accounting techniques in complex manufacturing
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 13-04-2015
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-09-2014-0250
Abstract: – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the applicability of lean accounting and throughput accounting in a company with considerable investments in advanced manufacturing technology (AMT). – The paper compares lean accounting and throughput accounting with the traditional accounting system the company is using today. The authors investigate the differences between the three alternative approaches and use a case study approach to illustrate the effects of applying different modern accounting approaches in a complex manufacturing setting. – Pair-wise comparisons of the three approaches provide some interesting cost information as to the role of bottlenecks and value streams. – The specific results of this study are limited to the case company, but can hopefully contribute to further research on how to combine lean and throughput accounting for mixed manufacturing environments, involving both value streams and bottlenecks. – Lean and throughput accounting provide other perspectives on cost information to traditional accounting, and can therefore be used in combination. The authors identify some issues and challenges involved in using lean accounting and throughput accounting in an AMT company. – This paper contributes with a comparison of traditional, lean, and throughput accounting in a specific industrial setting characterized by AMT and complex manufacturing.
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University Of California Berkeley College Of Engineering
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