Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 32 Issue 6

Guest editorialRethinking international manufacturing in times of global turbulence

Yang Cheng, Anna Fredriksson, Afonso Fleury

Manufacturing network integration and culture: an institution-based view

Maricela C. Arellano, Cristina Sancha, Torbjørn Netland, Cristina Gimenez Thomsen

In pursuit of increased competitiveness, global manufacturers often seek tighter integration among the plants in their production networks. However, this is a challenging task…

The influence of IIoT on manufacturing network coordination

Patricia Deflorin, Maike Scherrer, Katrin Schillo

The coordination of a manufacturing network is a challenging task and may be contingent upon the manufacturing environment. The purpose of this paper is to analyse how industrial…

Using plant leaders' perspectives to overcome barriers to inter-plant exchange

Michael Wiech, Thomas Friedli

This paper sets out to identify barriers to intra-network exchange within international manufacturing networks (IMNs) from the micro-level perspective of key actors at the plant…

Lean manufacturing implementation and performance: the role of economic volatility in an emerging economy

Protik Basu, Debaleena Chatterjee, Indranil Ghosh, Pranab K. Dan

The purpose of this study is to explore the mediation effect of volatile economic conditions on performance benefits of successful kean manufacturing implementation (LMI). The…

Proactive risk mitigation strategies and supply chain risk management performance: an empirical analysis for manufacturing firms in Turkey

Yesim Can Saglam, Sibel Yildiz Çankaya, Bulent Sezen

In spite of its potential benefits in a wide range of situations, supply chain risk mitigation strategies have received scant attention on the subject of managing the supply chain…

Relationship follows technology! How Industry 4.0 reshapes future buyer-supplier relationships

Johannes Wolfgang Veile, Marie-Christin Schmidt, Julian Marius Müller, Kai-Ingo Voigt

This study analyzes how technological changes in the context of Industry 4.0 influence buyer-supplier relationships (BSRs).

Does plant role moderate relationship between internal manufacturing network integration, external supply chain integration, operational performance in manufacturing network?

Yang Cheng, Sami Farooq, Muhammad Shakeel Sadiq Jajja

This paper aims to investigate the moderating effects of the role a plant plays in a manufacturing network on the relationships between its level of integration with other plants…

Global manufacturing value networks: assessing the critical roles of platform ecosystems and Industry 4.0

Arindam Das, Sourav Dey

The purpose of this paper is to synthesize a manufacturing value network for digital multinationals that combines the global reach of multinationals, the power of platform…

Value chains of the world's top manufacturing corporations: moving from tangible to intangible activities?

Cristina Fróes de Borja Reis, André Barroso de Souza, Eliane Cristina Araujo, Knut Blind

This paper aims to investigate if the world top manufacturing corporations' cost structures are moving from tangible to intangible activities and their impact on profitability.

Capability mapping to improve manufacturing network performance: how a factory can target growth

Bublu Thakur-Weigold

This paper explores growth opportunities for a contract manufacturer (CM), which operates a global virtual manufacturing network (GVMN). The Swiss factory should play a profitable…

Interdependency in coordinating networked maintenance and modification operations

Per Engelseth, Jan-Åke Törnroos, Yufeng Zhang

The purpose of this research is to detect, through applying a process-based view, how to manage economisation of the maintenance and modification operations in offshore petroleum…