Purpose – The extant literature fails to provide an efficient method to measure leanness of any manufacturing firm. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the concept of leanness and to provide an efficient measurement method for measuring leanness. Design/methodology/approach – Measurement...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate Bentley Motors Ltd winner of the Manufacturing Institute's 2007 Product Innovation Award for its composite technology and examine the need for UK manufacturing to become far more innovative. Design/methodology/approach – The paper looks at Bentley...

Purpose – To demonstrate the applicability of machine‐learning tools in quality management. Design/methodology/approach – Two popular machine‐learning approaches, decision tree induction and association rules mining, were applied on a set of 960 production case records. The accuracy of...