All Outputs (134)

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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector (2017)
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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)
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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)
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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.

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)
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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)
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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.

ICT-based solution approach for collaborative delivery of customised products (2016)
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Kumar, V., Toscano, C., Helo, P., Shamsuzzoha, A., Tosano, C., Carneiro, L. M., …Helo, P. (2016). ICT-based solution approach for collaborative delivery of customised products. Production Planning and Control, 27(4), 280-298. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2015.1123322

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. Growing interest on business collaboration motivates todays industries, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to establish and manage dynamic and non-hierarchical business networks to respond to market opportunitie... Read More about ICT-based solution approach for collaborative delivery of customised products.

Lean road transportation – a systematic method for the improvement of road transport operations (2016)
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Villarreal, B., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (2016). Lean road transportation – a systematic method for the improvement of road transport operations. Production Planning and Control, 27(11), 865-877. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2016.1152405

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Road transportation has become an important factor in international trade and the management of supply chains. However, this form of product logistics has generally been considered ineff... Read More about Lean road transportation – a systematic method for the improvement of road transport operations.

A multiple case study analysis of Six Sigma practices in Indian manufacturing companies (2016)
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Antony, J., Gijo, E. V., Kumar, V., & Ghadge, A. (2016). A multiple case study analysis of Six Sigma practices in Indian manufacturing companies. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 33(8), 1138-1149. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-10-2014-0157

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the fundamental barriers/challenges, benefits, commonly used tools and techniques, organisational infrastructure and impact on organisational performance in... Read More about A multiple case study analysis of Six Sigma practices in Indian manufacturing companies.

A conceptual framework for the implementation of quality management systems (2015)
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Kumar, V., Rocha-Lona, L., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Jose, G., Luis, R., & Vikas, K. (2015). A conceptual framework for the implementation of quality management systems. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 26(11-12), 1298-1310. https://doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2014.929254

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. Some evidence suggests that Quality Management Systems (QMSs) make a positive contribution towards the competitiveness of organisations. However, evidence also suggests that organisations find their implementation difficult... Read More about A conceptual framework for the implementation of quality management systems.

Developing green supply chain management taxonomy-based decision support system (2015)
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Kumar, V., Holt, D., Ghobadian, A., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. (2015). Developing green supply chain management taxonomy-based decision support system. International Journal of Production Research, 53(21), 6372-6389. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2014.917215

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. The aim of this paper is to develop a comprehensive taxonomy of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices and develop a structural equation modelling-driven decision support system following GSCM taxonomy for managers... Read More about Developing green supply chain management taxonomy-based decision support system.

Economical impact of RFID implementation in remanufacturing: a Chaos-based Interactive Artificial Bee Colony approach (2015)
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Kumar, V. V., Kumar, V. V., Liou, F. W., Balakrishnan, S. N., & Kumar, V. (2015). Economical impact of RFID implementation in remanufacturing: a Chaos-based Interactive Artificial Bee Colony approach. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 26(4), 815-830. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-013-0836-9

© 2013, Springer Science+Business Media New York. In the modern manufacturing arena, environmental and economical concerns draw considerable attention from both practitioners and researchers towards remanufacturing practices. The success of remanufac... Read More about Economical impact of RFID implementation in remanufacturing: a Chaos-based Interactive Artificial Bee Colony approach.