value creation). The research identified four inter‐organizational alignment design elements: account portfolio definition …Purpose – The paper aims at generating a better understanding of the design elements and related management practices … of strategic account management programs, in order to assist firms wishing to design such programs. Design …

. Practical implications – Manufacturing efficiency has now become an order qualifier and competitive advantage should now be …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of high-value manufacturing (HVM) concepts in Scottish … SMEs and define how they are being used to gain competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach – Cross …

manufacturing yield design is defined as a design that maximises the probability of satisfying the design specifications. Methods to …. The results showed that the proposed method is capable of producing good manufacturing yield and robust design …A design is robust if the design values for selected performance characteristics (i.e. responses) are chosen to be …

‐sized job shop manufacturing company. Object‐oriented programming technology is used to provide flexible access to information …

The ability to effect rapid changeover on a manufacturing line, from one product to another, is a key pre‐requisite for … the design specification of a new machine tool or tooling system and even when it is, there are few design guidelines for … translating the required changeover time into reality. This paper describes a set of “design for changeover” rules that have been …

presents a generic model for incorporating flexibility into the design and control of assembly operations concerned with high … variety/low volume manufacture, drawing on the principles for Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) and Just‐in‐Time (JIT … manufacturing control system which represents a new concept for responding to demands placed on market driven firms operating in an …

number of companies are beginning to realize this is not just part of the manufacturing process but has to start with the … design.  …

Classic quality management techniques can be used in a manufacturing environment for short production runs of products … comprehensive design reviews/design qualification, assembly process audits and a flexible final inspection program. The paper …

of improving energy efficiency in statically stable walking machines by comparing two leg, insect and mammal …, configurations on the hexapod robotic platform SILO6. Design/methodology/approach – Dynamic simulation of this hexapod is used to …

It is widely recognized that the use of statistical experimental design techniques, including those advanced by Taguchi …