Mass customization relates to the ability to provide individually designed products and
services to every customer through high process flexibility and integration. Mass …

Agile manufacturing (AM) is a new concept in manufacturing intended to improve the
competitiveness of firms. Manufacturing processes based on AM are characterized by …

Although a responsive supply chain is an integral part of order-winning manufacturing
strategies, it has not been clear how firms build a responsive supply chain in global …

Agile Manufacturing (AM) is a relatively new operations concept that is intended to improve
the competitiveness of firms. Manufacturing/service processes based on AM are …

The widespread use of information technology (IT) to create electronic linkages among
supply chain partners with the objective of reducing transaction costs may have unintended …

About a decade ago, the agile manufacturing paradigm was formulated in response to the
constantly changing'new economy'and as a basis for returning to global competitiveness …

Nowadays, the concept of Industry 4.0 aims to improve factories' competitiveness. Usually,
manufacturing production is guided by standards to segment and distribute its processes …

Agility has been widely accepted in manufacturing industry as a new competitive concept.
However, how to develop a manufacturing strategy based around agility is not fully …

Manufacturing is the backbone of the European economy, but it is challenged by
globalisation and technological evolution. Among the potential problems existing in current …

Besides its effectiveness, supply chain management (SCM) is a complex process because
of the stochastic and dynamic nature, multi-criterion and ever-increasing complexity of …