Purpose: This paper aims to explore and describe how companies manage the level of
standardisation of improvement practices in a multisite context. It seeks to explain the …

Purpose This paper aims to provide a holistic view to support the choice of appropriate
strategy for conducting a knowledge transfer (KT) project in an international manufacturing …

The heterogeneity of production processes is a serious problem faced by international
manufacturing companies. The transformation towards Industry 4.0 and the adoption of …

Purpose Organisation concepts consist of prescriptive ideas concerning how to manage or
organise. The simultaneous use of multiple concepts in an organisation may create …

This paper explores the network synergies available from the configuration of highly
dispersed, global production networks (GPNs). Synergy theory from the literature on intra …

Scholars generally recognize that managing international manufacturing networks (IMNs) is
crucial for a firm's competitive advantage. However, managers seem overwhelmed with this …

Industry is faced with increased challenges relating to transferring knowledge due to the
complex nature of the manufacturing process. This paper is part of a comprehensive …

The focus of this research is on networked plant. The study has analysed the relation
between supply chain integration, operational performance, and inter-plant coordination …

In the last decades many manufacturing firms have launched lean internationalisation
initiatives so as to develop high performance foreign subsidiaries and/or suppliers. Several …

The speed of change increases due to the pace of technological change and globalisation,
and many industries that usually have acted in more stable settings will in the future act in …