Professor Vikas Kumar's Outputs (171)

Mobile phone adoption in agri-food sector: Are farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa connected? (2017)
Journal Article

In recent years user acceptance of a new technology has become of much interest. One of the most outstanding global problems facing Africa is the digital divide. However, the use and adoption of mobile phones is reducing the digital divide in Africa.... Read More about Mobile phone adoption in agri-food sector: Are farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa connected?.

Towards a model of emergency department congestion (2017)
Journal Article

© Copyright 2017 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. The purpose of this paper is to examine the flow of patients through the emergency department of a large suburban acute general hospital and the factors that influence overcrowding and congestion. The pa... Read More about Towards a model of emergency department congestion.

An investigation into the development of the absorptive capacity of manufacturing SMEs (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. To sustain their competitive advantage in a highly competitive landscape, SMEs, in spite of their limited resources, need to effectively learn. The ability to access and successfully use... Read More about An investigation into the development of the absorptive capacity of manufacturing SMEs.

Lean readiness – the case of the European pharmaceutical manufacturing industry (2017)
Journal Article

© 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

© 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

© 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

© 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.

Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century (2017)
Book

The globalized and current competitive business environment of the twenty-first century has brought ever more hallenging pressures to the operations of organizations. In this century, operations are not only expected to contribute to the profitabilit... Read More about Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century.

A lean environmental benchmarking (LEB) method for the management of cutting tools (2017)
Journal Article

© 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

© 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.

International Operations, Innovation and Sustainability (2017)
Book

Every day in the modern life, we see the organisation that are not of a local origin operate in our countries. These globalized organisations manage to operate successfully despite the fact that they will meet many obstacles in a foreign country.... Read More about International Operations, Innovation and Sustainability.

The effect of supply chain management practices on supply chain and manufacturing firms' performance (2017)
Journal Article

© 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

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

© 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.

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

© 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.

Service innovation and performance in Mexican service SMEs (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 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.

Low carbon warehouse management under cap-and-trade policy (2016)
Journal Article

© 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

© 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

© 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

© 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.