In 1999 a paper by Naylor, Naim and Berry on 'leagility'was published in international
journal of production economics. The paper has attracted over 100 independent citations …

Managing the related but distinct processes of" product design and engineering" and
manufacturing in an integrated way poses significant challenges for many industrial …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the extant literature on the
relationship between product architectures and supply chain design to identify gaps in the …

This paper illustrates the results of an empirical study involving 21 engineer-to-order (ETO)
companies, operating in the machinery-building industry. The study investigates the needs …

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 …

Many vendors of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems claim their products are
widely applicable–configurable to meet the needs of any business, whatever the product or …

Engineer-to-order supply chains are traditionally considered to perform all engineering and
production activities based on specific orders. However, in practice, some engineering and …

Improvement of efficiency and productivity is a contemporary challenge for industrial
organizations. Product modularization is considered a strategic alternative to achieve such …

Purpose Buoyed by the increasing demand for improved productivity and environmentally
conscious manufacturing, research in the area of lean production and green manufacturing …

Purpose The customer order decoupling point (CODP) concept addresses the issue of
customer engagement in the manufacturing process. This has traditionally been applied to …