Purpose: Disassembly is an important process that distinguishes remanufacturing from conventional manufacturing. It is a unique process that becomes focus of investigation from many scholars. Yet, most scholars investigate disassembly from technical and operational standpoint that lack of...

Studies on disassembly for remanufacturing using strategic perspectives have been overlooked in current studies. This research uses a strategic approach to examine how product, process and organisational designs affect disassembly strategies for different remanufacturer types. Three companies...

In recent years, literature has identified the increasing complexity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and highlighted their sensitivity to differences in managerial culture and management systems. Research has shown that performance measurement systems (PMSs) could play an important...

Supply chain risk propagation is a cascading effect of risks on global supply chain networks. The paper attempts to measure the behaviour of risks following the assessment of supply chain risk propagation. Bayesian network theory is used to analyse the multi-echelon network faced with...

This special issue is based on selected papers presented at the 1st InternationalPerformance Measurement Workshop organised by the PerformanceMeasurement Special Interest Group of the IFIP WG 5.7. The workshop tookplace on 24-25 May 2001

According to freelance author Charles Parker, measuring performance is something that all organizations do. They may do it systematically and thoroughly, or on an ad hoc basis and superficially - but they do it. External agents and organizations also measure performance - shareholders,...