Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 34 Issue 7

Industry 4.0 benefits, challenges and critical success factors: a comparative analysis through the lens of resource dependence theory across continents and economies

Jiju Antony, Michael Sony, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Olivia McDermott, Guilherme Tortorella, Raja Jayaraman, Rahul Srinivas Sucharitha, Wilem Salentijin, Maher Maalouf

Entering a new era of digital transformation, Industry 4.0 (I 4.0) promises to revolutionize the way business has been done, providing unprecedented opportunities and challenges…

Organizational changes approaches to facilitate the management of Industry 4.0 transformation in manufacturing SMEs

Jonathan Brodeur, Isabelle Deschamps, Robert Pellerin

This paper aims to investigate the characteristics and dynamics of the organizational changes needed to facilitate the management of an Industry 4.0 transformation in…

Does the integration of lean production and Industry 4.0 in green supply chains generate a better operational performance?

Gonzalo Maldonado-Guzmán, Sandra Yesenia Pinzón-Castro, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes

The tightening of environmental measures and policies in various countries around the world is forcing manufacturing companies, particularly those that make up the automotive…

Green supplier selection and environmental performance of firms in the Chinese manufacturing industry: the roles of behavior and outcome controls

Hanna Lee, Xiaobo Wu

Green supplier selection (GSS) is acknowledged as important governance in green supply chain management (GSCM). However, this paper argues that GSS is not a stand-alone GSCM…

Analyzing sustainable reverse logistics capability and triple bottom line: the mediating role of sustainability culture

Yesim Can Saglam

To overcome the various pressures related to the environmental damage raised by production processes, enhancing sustainable reverse logistics (SRL) capability is a new road for…

Developing capabilities underlying to Industry 4.0 design principles within the manufacturing context

Morteza Ghobakhloo, Mantas Vilkas, Alessandro Stefanini, Andrius Grybauskas, Gediminas Marcinkevicius, Monika Petraite, Peiman Alipour Sarvari

Using a dynamic capabilities approach, the present study aims to identify and assess the effects of organizational determinants on capabilities underlying Industry 4.0 design…

Leveraging blockchain and NFTs for quality 4.0 implementation in digital manufacturing

Walaa AlKhader, Raja Jayaraman, Khaled Salah, Andrei Sleptchenko, Jiju Antony, Mohammed Omar

Quality 4.0 (Q4.0) leverages new emerging technologies to achieve operational excellence and enhance performance. Implementing Q4.0 in digital manufacturing can bring about…

The effect of internal quality integration on financial performance: the mediating role of product innovation

Yubing Yu, Haohui Li, Jiawei Xu, Min Zhang, Xiuru Zhang, Justin Zuopeng Zhang, Ye Wu

This study aims to examine the joint effect of internal quality integration and product innovation on financial performance by considering the mediating roles of incremental and…

What happens with the host during reshoring? An exploration of the host company's response in China

Lei Zhang, James Lockhart, Wayne Macpherson

Research studies on offshoring and reshoring have predominantly focused on the home company, widely ignoring the offshored company in the host country. The host company's…

A decision-support framework for selecting additive manufacturing technologies

João Maranha, Paulo Jorge Nascimento, Tomaz Alexandre Calcerano, Cristóvão Silva, Stefanie Mueller, Samuel Moniz

This study provides an up-to-date review of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies and guidance for selecting the most appropriate ones for specific applications, taking into…