All Outputs (138)

Lean readiness – the case of the European pharmaceutical manufacturing industry (2017)
Journal Article
Radwan Al-Shboul, M. A., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Betsis, I. E., & Kumar, V. (2018). Lean readiness – the case of the European pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 67(1), 20-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-04-2016-0083

© 2018, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the quality practices of European pharmaceutical manufacturers to determine the level of readiness of this industrial sector to implement and/or sustain lean manufa... Read More about Lean readiness – the case of the European pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.

Systematic review of bankruptcy prediction models: Towards a framework for tool selection (2017)
Journal Article
Alaka, H. A., Oyedele, L., Owolabi, H. A., Kumar, V., Ajayi, S. O., Akinade, O., & Bilal, M. (2018). Systematic review of bankruptcy prediction models: Towards a framework for tool selection. Expert Systems with Applications, 94, 164-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.10.040

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The bankruptcy prediction research domain continues to evolve with many new different predictive models developed using various tools. Yet many of the tools are used with the wrong data conditions or for the wrong situation. Using... Read More about Systematic review of bankruptcy prediction models: Towards a framework for tool selection.

Barriers to innovation in service SMEs: Evidence from Mexico (2017)
Journal Article
Maldonado-Guzmán, G., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Pinzón-Castro, S. Y., & Kumar, V. (2017). Barriers to innovation in service SMEs: Evidence from Mexico. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 117(8), 1669-1686. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-08-2016-0339

© 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose - Specific research related to the study of innovation barriers in service SMEs in the Latin American region is limited. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects that external environmental, f... Read More about Barriers to innovation in service SMEs: Evidence from Mexico.

Exploring the rise of blockchain technology: Towards distributed collaborative organizations (2017)
Journal Article
Scott, B., Loonam, J., & Kumar, V. (2017). Exploring the rise of blockchain technology: Towards distributed collaborative organizations. Strategic Change, 26(5), 423-428. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2142

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology are playing an increasingly important role for organizations that seek to build social and solidarity-based finance. Blockchain technology has emerged as a potential disrupto... Read More about Exploring the rise of blockchain technology: Towards distributed collaborative organizations.

A lean environmental benchmarking (LEB) method for the management of cutting tools (2017)
Journal Article
Tomelero, R. L., Ferreira, J. C. E., Kumar, V., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. (2017). A lean environmental benchmarking (LEB) method for the management of cutting tools. International Journal of Production Research, 55(13), 3788-3807. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1293864

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Manufacturing companies are striving hard to remain competitive hence, they rely on a number of resources to meet customers’ expectations, among which cutting tools are included. This pa... Read More about A lean environmental benchmarking (LEB) method for the management of cutting tools.

Towards a conceptual framework for value stream mapping (VSM) implementation: an investigation of managerial factors (2017)
Journal Article
Andreadis, E., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2017). Towards a conceptual framework for value stream mapping (VSM) implementation: an investigation of managerial factors. International Journal of Production Research, 55(23), 7073-7095. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1347302

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Despite the relatively extensive literature on VSM, limited reflection has been reported regarding how managerial proceedings actually put VSM into practice. This research therefore inve... Read More about Towards a conceptual framework for value stream mapping (VSM) implementation: an investigation of managerial factors.

The effect of supply chain management practices on supply chain and manufacturing firms' performance (2017)
Journal Article
Abdi, M. R., Al-Shboul, M. A. R., Barber, K. D., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2017). The effect of supply chain management practices on supply chain and manufacturing firms' performance. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 28(5), 577-609. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-11-2016-0154

© Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to theorise and develop seven dimensions (strategic supplier partnership, level of information sharing, quality of information sharing, customer service management, internal lean pr... Read More about The effect of supply chain management practices on supply chain and manufacturing firms' performance.

Editorial (2017)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Chen, F. F., & Wang, Y. C. (2017). Editorial. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 8(1), 2-6. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLSS-01-2017-0005

Historically, profitability and efficiency, and more recently, customer satisfaction, quality, and responsiveness, have been the dominant concern for organisations (Green Jr. et al., 2012; Mohanty et al. 1999). In this line, ‘Lean’ and ‘Six Sigma’ ha... Read More about Editorial.

Investigating the green impact of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma: A systematic literature review (2017)
Journal Article
Chugani, N., Kumar, V., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Rocha-Lona, L., & Upadhyay, A. (2017). Investigating the green impact of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 8(1), 7-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLSS-11-2015-0043

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The academic literature and research lines exploring the effect of quality improvement methods on environmental performance still remain in early stages. The purpose of this paper is therefore to investi... Read More about Investigating the green impact of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma: A systematic literature review.

Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs (2017)
Journal Article
Maldonado-Guzman, G., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Rocha-Lona, L., & Kumar, V. (2017). Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 514, 230-239. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66926-7_27

© 2017, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. This empirical research investigates the influence of service innovation on the performance of service SMEs, especially within the context of a country with an emerging economy as it i... Read More about Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs.

The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector (2017)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Chibuzo, E. N., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumari, A., Rocha-Lona, L., & Lopez-Torres, G. C. (2017). The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector. Procedia Manufacturing, 11, 814-821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2017.07.183

© 2017 The Authors Supply chain Integration has emerged as a major field of interest over the years that involve the strategic alignment of functions and processes within an organization. However, there have been major debates regarding the true desi... Read More about The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector.

Low carbon warehouse management under cap-and-trade policy (2016)
Journal Article
Chen, X., Wang, X., Kumar, V., & Kumar, N. (2016). Low carbon warehouse management under cap-and-trade policy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 139, 894-904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.089

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Green warehouse management plays a significant part in developing a carbon efficient supply chain. This research examines the behaviour change in warehouse management decisions under the cap-and-trade emission policy and explores... Read More about Low carbon warehouse management under cap-and-trade policy.

An analysis of managerial factors affecting the implementation and use of overall equipment effectiveness (2016)
Journal Article
Binti Aminuddin, N. A., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Antony, J., & Rocha-Lona, L. (2016). An analysis of managerial factors affecting the implementation and use of overall equipment effectiveness. International Journal of Production Research, 54(15), 4430-4447. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2015.1055849

© 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. To ensure manufacturing organisations remain competitive, most of them are turning to total productive maintenance (TPM) and lean manufacturing to ensure seamless operations. Overall equ... Read More about An analysis of managerial factors affecting the implementation and use of overall equipment effectiveness.

Knowledge management as intellectual property: Evidence from Mexican manufacturing SMEs (2016)
Journal Article
Maldonado-Guzmán, G., Lopez-Torres, G. C., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., & Martinez-Covarrubias, J. L. (2016). Knowledge management as intellectual property: Evidence from Mexican manufacturing SMEs. Management Research Review, 39(7), 830-850. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-02-2015-0024

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between knowledge management and creation of intellectual property within the context of small and medium size manufacturing enterprises. De... Read More about Knowledge management as intellectual property: Evidence from Mexican manufacturing SMEs.

Lean and green in the transport and logistics sector – a case study of simultaneous deployment (2016)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Villarreal, B., Kumar, V., & Molina Ruiz, P. (2016). Lean and green in the transport and logistics sector – a case study of simultaneous deployment. Production Planning and Control, 27(15), 1221-1232. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2016.1197436

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The transport and logistics sector is of vital importance for the stimulation of trade and hence the economic development of nations. However, over the last few years, this sector has ta... Read More about Lean and green in the transport and logistics sector – a case study of simultaneous deployment.

Exploring enterprise social systems & organisational change: Implementation in a digital age (2016)
Journal Article
Kumar, V., Loonam, J., Allen, J. P., & Sawyer, S. (2016). Exploring enterprise social systems & organisational change: Implementation in a digital age. Journal of Information Technology, 31(2), 97-100. https://doi.org/10.1057/jit.2016.13

Information systems (IS), since their introduction into organisations over five decades ago, have promised to streamline business processes, integrate disparate systems, increase innovation, and offer greater competitive advantage. Over the past deca... Read More about Exploring enterprise social systems & organisational change: Implementation in a digital age.

A Lean Six Sigma framework for the reduction of ship loading commercial time in the iron ore pelletising industry (2016)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Al-Balushi, M., Antony, J., & Kumar, V. (2016). A Lean Six Sigma framework for the reduction of ship loading commercial time in the iron ore pelletising industry. Production Planning and Control, 27(13), 1092-1111. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2016.1185188

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Abstract: Evidence suggests that specifically designed frameworks to implement Lean Six Sigma (LSS) projects to tackle particular problems are more effective than ‘generic’ versions. Thi... Read More about A Lean Six Sigma framework for the reduction of ship loading commercial time in the iron ore pelletising industry.

Resolving forward-reverse logistics multi-period model using evolutionary algorithms (2016)
Journal Article
Kumar, V. N., Kumar, V., Brady, M., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Simpson, M. (2017). Resolving forward-reverse logistics multi-period model using evolutionary algorithms. International Journal of Production Economics, 183, 458-469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.04.026

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd In the changing competitive landscape and with growing environmental awareness, reverse logistics issues have become prominent in manufacturing organizations. As a result there is an increasing focus on green aspects of the supply... Read More about Resolving forward-reverse logistics multi-period model using evolutionary algorithms.

A lean thinking and simulation-based approach for the improvement of routing operations (2016)
Journal Article
Villarreal, B., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2016). A lean thinking and simulation-based approach for the improvement of routing operations. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 116(5), 903-925. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-09-2015-0385

© 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - The improvement of routing operations performance has been of great concern for organisations. This has led to the development of alternative lean-based methods, however the literature research on th... Read More about A lean thinking and simulation-based approach for the improvement of routing operations.

Improving road transport operations through lean thinking: a case study (2016)
Journal Article
Lim, M. K., Villarreal, B., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., & Lim, M. K. (2017). Improving road transport operations through lean thinking: a case study. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 20(2), 163-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2016.1170773

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Traditionally, logistics and transportation problems have been addressed through mathematical modelling, operations research, and simulation, but criticism has emerged about their effect... Read More about Improving road transport operations through lean thinking: a case study.