Change in manufacturing–research and industrial challenges

H ElMaraghy, T Algeddawy, A Azab… - Enabling Manufacturing …, 2012 - Springer
change enablers and adaptation mechanisms to mitigate the effects of, and capitalize on,
changes in manufacturing. … to enhance responsiveness and prepare production leaders of the …

Characterizing biological products and assessing comparability following manufacturing changes

AJ Chirino, A Mire-Sluis - Nature biotechnology, 2004 - nature.com
Changes in production methods of a biological product may necessitate an assessment of
comparability to ensure that these manufacturing changes … of the protein or the change, this …

Patterns of change in manufacturing strategy configurations

R Cagliano, N Acur, H Boer - … Journal of Operations & Production …, 2005 - emerald.com
change of manufacturing companies in the medium and in the long term? We expect the
degree of strategic change … to face higher levels of change in their competitive environment.RQ2…

The transfer of selected lean manufacturing techniques from Japanese automotive manufacturing into general manufacturing (UK) through change agents

C Herron, C Hicks - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2008 - Elsevier
change agents into the host companies. At each level of abstraction the change agent had a
higher level of lean manufacturing … The losses varied according to the abilities of the change

Improving manufacturing performance through process change and knowledge creation

JE Carrillo, C Gaimon - Management Science, 2000 - pubsonline.informs.org
change alternatives can be utilized to achieve manufacturing goals, including hardware and
software upgrades and procedural modifications of manufacturing … process change. Though …

Flexibility of manufacturing systems, strategic change and performance

FJ Lloréns, LM Molina, AJ Verdú - International Journal of Production …, 2005 - Elsevier
… that are contemplating strategic change. This study analyzes the influence manufacturing
flexibility has as a critical factor. Most research on manufacturing flexibility contributes to the …

Flexibility as a manufacturing objective

N Slack - International Journal of Operations & Production …, 1983 - emerald.com
… If a significant proportion of all production changes to an earlier due date then the problem
in effect becomes one of volume flexibility, rather than delivery flexibility. Remaining operation …

A framework for organisational change management in lean manufacturing implementation

N Nordin, BM Deros, DA Wahab… - … Journal of Services …, 2012 - inderscienceonline.com
… organisational change management in lean manufacturing … in the transition to lean
manufacturing system. This paper … in lean manufacturing implementation, and organisational …

Change drivers in the new millennium: implications for manufacturing strategy research

CHS John, AR Cannon, RW Pouder - Journal of Operations Management, 2001 - Elsevier
… drivers of change in manufacturing using multiple theoretical perspectives — all in an attempt
to better define the issues and problems that manufacturing managers, and manufacturing

Current practices of engineering change management in UK manufacturing industries

GQ Huang, KL Mak - International Journal of Operations & Production …, 1999 - emerald.com
… examination of the current industrial practices of ECM in the UK manufacturing industries. A
changes, and to examine the current practices in managing engineering changes. ECM was …