Outputs (294)

A lean thinking and simulation-based approach for the improvement of routing operations (2016)
Journal Article

© 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.

Lean road transportation – a systematic method for the improvement of road transport operations (2016)
Journal Article

© 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.

Managing reverse exchanges in service supply chains (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This study aims to address the management of reverse flows in the context of service supply chains. The study builds on the characteristics of services production reported in literature to: identi... Read More about Managing reverse exchanges in service supply chains.

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.

Digital dark matter within product service systems (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The unobserved benefits of digital technologies are described as digital dark matter. Product service systems (PSSs) are bundles of products and services that deliver value in use, which is unobserved bu... Read More about Digital dark matter within product service systems.

Servitization, digitization and supply chain interdependency (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Author(s) This study draws on literature at the intersection of servitization, digital business models and supply chain management. Work empirically explores how digital disruption has affected Business-to-Business (B2B) interdependencies.... Read More about Servitization, digitization and supply chain interdependency.

Co-creating value: Through the gate and beyond (2017)
Report

Under the government’s “Transforming Rehabilitation – A Strategy for Reform” the work of the probation service moves into private organisational hands with the aim of providing more scope for innovation. This project asks not what service can be prov... Read More about Co-creating value: Through the gate and beyond.

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.

Assessing the impact of digital innovations in the London transportation network
Report

Findings suggest that the digital innovations introduced by Uber disrupted the market and changed the nature of how people interact with the wider transportation system. Uber has made it easier for individuals to move around the city, filling a gap i... Read More about Assessing the impact of digital innovations in the London transportation network.

Improving road transport operations through lean thinking: a case study (2016)
Journal Article

© 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.

Design, procurement and construction strategies for minimizing waste in construction projects (2017)
Thesis

The construction industry contributes the largest portion of waste to landfill, and it consumes a significant proportion of mineral resources excavated from nature. Due to adverse environmental impacts of waste generation, as well as financial gains... Read More about Design, procurement and construction strategies for minimizing waste in construction projects.

Servitization and firm performance (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper explores the implementation of servitization from the viewpoint of servitized firms in the Spanish pharmaceutical industry. A quantitative research strategy was used to investigate the: (1) servitization motives (quest for profitability, c... Read More about Servitization and firm 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.

A lean and cleaner production benchmarking method for sustainability assessment: A study of manufacturing companies in Brazil (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd A constant evolution in the efficiency of production systems and government policies has enabled the control of the environmental impact of production activities and encouraged companies to develop strategies to achieve more susta... Read More about A lean and cleaner production benchmarking method for sustainability assessment: A study of manufacturing companies in Brazil.

The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The extant literature highlights the notable lack of a consensus among operations and supply chain management scholars regarding the theoretical underpinnings and associated empirical evidence for the pe... Read More about The influence of supply chain quality management practices on quality performance: an empirical investigation.

Causal recipes for product innovation: Quality management practices as ingredients (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This study uses complexity theory to explore the apparent tension between quality management practices and product innovation. A survey of 112 manufacturing firms was conducted and the resulting data were analyzed using fuzzy set qualitative comparat... Read More about Causal recipes for product innovation: Quality management practices as ingredients.

Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Long-term support agreements such as availability-based contracts are often associated with the servitization of business models in such sectors as defence aerospace. In practice, there is no unambiguous way of linking availabili... Read More about Mapping a product-service-system delivering defence avionics availability.

Towards a more circular economy: exploring the awareness, practices, and barriers from a focal firm perspective (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The circular economy (CE) proposes an economic framework based on circular flows of products and materials. Transition towards a CE is underway, therefore, understanding the nature and s... Read More about Towards a more circular economy: exploring the awareness, practices, and barriers from a focal firm perspective.

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.

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.