Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to elaborate, how the use of a joint-use strategy of Lean and Six Sigma can improve flexibility, robustness, and agility. Telecom manufacturing has been under tremendous change after dot.com bubble burst in the early 2000, and new competition has...

Purpose – West European manufacturing has been going through challenging times after the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. Some countries (e.g. Sweden and Germany) have recovered from the crisis, while in others problems and job loss still persist. One of these problem countries is...

Cover -- Editorial advisory board -- Guest editorial -- Integration of customer and supplier flexibility in a make-to-order industry -- Simulation based decision support system for optimization -- Developing service supply chains by using agent based simulation -- Collaborate or not? A system...