Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 17 Issue 4

Technology roadmapping for the next generation manufacturing enterprise

Nabil N.Z. Gindy, Bülent Cerit, Allan Hodgson

For high technology companies, the successful acquisition and management of technology to enable the development and manufacture of innovative products is a key factor in their…

Developing an SME based six sigma strategy

Andrew Thomas, Richard Barton

The effective implementation of the six sigma strategy within UK manufacturing industries, in particular SMEs, can be considered to be poor. SMEs cite high costs and complexity of…

Dynamic reconfiguration and simulation of manufacturing systems using agents

Anthony I. Anosike, David Z. Zhang

Conventionally, various levels of decisions with regard to production are made in a number of sequential stages such as system design, production/process planning, production…

Variant simulation in design and risk estimation of manufacturing system

Anna Burduk, Edward Chlebus

To show necessity of risk evaluation during modelling and simulation of production systems. To show an approach to risk evaluation of manufacturing system which has serial…

Critical success factors for lean implementation within SMEs

Pius Achanga, Esam Shehab, Rajkumar Roy, Geoff Nelder

The aim of this research paper is to present the critical factors that constitute a successful implementation of lean manufacturing within manufacturing SMEs.

Translating knowledge of supply chain uncertainty into business strategy and actions

S.C.L. Koh, K.H. Tan

This paper seeks to present the process and results of the application of a decision‐making tool, namely TAPS, which enables translation of knowledge of supply chain uncertainty…

Simulation for product life cycle management

Xiaoling Xie, Matthew Simon

Effective product life cycle management will save costs and resources and improve customer service. Seeks to present a simulation model of the complete life cycle of a batch of…

Observations on modelling strategies for vendor‐managed inventory

Anthony Sydney White, Michael Censlive

This paper sets out to describe transform methods to control vendor‐managed inventory (VMI). It aims to examine the limits of modelling approaches within control‐theoretic models.

Time to market prediction using type‐2 fuzzy sets

P. Baguley, T. Page, V. Koliza, P. Maropoulos

Time to market is the essential aim of any new product introduction process. Performance measures are simple quantities that indicate the state of manufacturing organisations and…

Taboo search vs genetic algorithms in solving and optimising PCB problems

Sameh Saad, Eaid Khalil, Cliff Fowkes, Ivan Basarab‐Horwath, Terrence Perera

To highlight the differences and common features of taboo search (TS) and genetic algorithms (GA) in solving the problem of board‐type sequencing on the assembly line…

Diary

Guest editorial

Sameh Saad, Terrence Perera