The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that influence the Internal Process Innovation (IPI) Activity of the European manufacturing firms. Moreover, a predictive model is developed that can be used to predict which manufacturing firms are more likely to introduce any new or...

Purpose: The goal of XPRESS is to establish a breakthrough for the factory of the future with a new flexible production concept based on the generic idea of "specialized intelligent process units" ("Manufactrons") integrated in cross-sectoral learning networks for a customized production. XPRESS...

The book affords researchers, users and students valuable assistance in implementing new organizational concepts through the employment of new information processing techniques. The structure of the book follows the business processes of logistics, product development, information and...

1. Introduction -- 2. Lean, Agile and Service-Oriented Performers: the Characteristics and Compatibility of Templates of Organizing -- 3. Lean Performers -- 4. Agile Performers -- Service-Oriented Performers -- 6. Performance Implications of the Fit between Lean and Agile: Organizational...