This study presents a systematic literature review of the recent scholarly literature on product
complexity (number, diversity, and interrelatedness of product variants and components) …

This work proposes a systematic literature review on manufacturing flexibility that provides a
broad map of the main investigated research issues in manufacturing flexibility and future …

The optimization of production processes has always been one of the cornerstones for
manufacturing companies, aimed to increase their productivity, minimizing the related costs …

Purpose–Standardization of materials (ie replacement of several materials/components by a
single component that has all the functionalities of the materials/components it replaces) is …

Close collaboration is considered important; but is close collaboration for all purchases
necessary to create value-in-production? In construction as well as in other industries …

There are three major objectives for this research. The first objective is to develop viable
modeling methodologies and analyzing algorithms for supply chain business processes so …

Purpose–Manufacturing industry is under pressure to improve productivity and reducing
costs through minimization of wastage of resources. This paper aims to present case study …

Purpose–As the manufacturing industry is under pressure to face the global competition, it is
necessary to improve productivity and reduce costs through minimization of wastage of …

Postponement consists in holding some activities in a supply chain until customer orders are
received, these activities being differentiation manufacturing process or distribution …

Manufacturing organizations world over are trying to become more competitive and
responsive to customer requirements by adopting lean practices and structures. Process …