Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of additive manufacturing implementation on aircraft supply … chain networks. Additive and conventional manufacturing spare part inventory control systems are studied and compared … Manufacturing (AM), rendering it a worthwhile investment for global supply chains. AM helps to balance inventory levels, increase …

Purpose: Service-oriented manufacturing (SOM) is a new worldwide trend in the manufacturing industry. An increasing … stability of service-oriented manufacturing enterprise systems have influences on the form and direction of evolution and … threshold condition will guide an enterprise system's evolution for a long period of time, and whether the SOM enterprise system …

dissertation analyzes the dynamic impacts of lead time reduction (LTR) improvements on customer satisfaction and related financial … covers operational, customer-oriented and financial performance dependencies over time. The framework is demonstrated through … two empirical industrial cases. <br>Effective reduction of lead time is possible through understanding the relationship …