Purpose–A literature review within the manufacturing strategy (MS) discipline with a focus
on thematic developments is provided. Based on recent studies, a set of challenges posed …

Purpose–The theories of transaction‐cost economics, the resource‐based view and the core
competencies approach have been used extensively to justify the rationale behind strategic …

Sourcing levers describe tactics to achieve sourcing targets for diverse categories of
materials or services. However, relevant research has been prevented inasmuch as the …

This paper introduces the Theory of AI-driven scheduling (TAIS), an innovative framework
designed to revolutionise service-oriented scheduling (In the context of this paper,'service …

This paper is concerned with the manufacturing strategy decision-making structure in multi-
plant networks, ie how strategic manufacturing decision-making authority is distributed …

Among the many business processes in the modem firm or adopted by the contemporary
public agency, the sourcing process is probably the most affected by changes brought about …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to study the alignment measurement in collaborative
networks, using the fit concept and predictive performance measurement as its main …

La estrategia de operaciones es un campo de estudio maduro, pero requiere perspectivas
novedosas para la investigación futura y para los profesionales en las empresas. Para …

This qualitative, phenomenological research study, utilized a modified van Kaam method
(Moustakas, 1994) to examine aerospace employee perceptions of outsourcing's influence …

The objective of this research is to describe the nature of an outsourcing in mining industry
and the main focus of outsourcing will be in the characteristics of outsourcing decision …