Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the moderating impact of industry clockspeed (IC) on the relationship between Lean Manufacturing (LM) practices and operational performance. A model for evaluating the impact of LM is developed and the moderating effect of IC is taken into...

Purpose: This study aims to comparatively discuss the effect of lean manufacturing (LM) implementation in the manufacturing sectors of developing and developed countries. Design/methodology/approach: An in-depth literature review focused on previous research published between 2015 and March...

Purpose: This study aims to develop an artifact to measure the level of manufacturing competitiveness of a country in the global context and provide a suitable interpretation mechanism for the measured values, and to provide prescriptive solution where necessary so that the country can develop...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to formulate a coordinated inventory control model for growing items in a supply chain with farming, processing and retail operations. The farmer grows newborn items and then delivers them to a processor once the items mature. At the processing plant, the...

While the basic economic order quantity model has found some practical applications, it makes a number of assumptions which do not reflect most real life inventory systems. This paper proposes an inventory system where the items ordered are capable of growing during the course of the inventory...

The demand for perishable food products is often influenced by the selling price and the age of the items. This is because perishable food products have become commodities from consumers' point of view, hence, there are very little differences between competing brands. Consequently, factors like...

Certain inventory items are living organisms, for example livestock, and are therefore capable of growing during the replenishment cycle. These items often serve as various saleable food items downstream in supply chains. The purpose of this paper is to develop a lot sizing model for growing...

While the basic economic order quantity model has found some practical applications, it makes a number of assumptions which do not reflect most real life inventory systems. This paper proposes an inventory system where the items ordered are capable of growing during the course of the inventory...

The demand for perishable food products is often influenced by the selling price and the age of the items. This is because perishable food products have become commodities from consumers' point of view, hence, there are very little differences between competing brands. Consequently, factors like...