ABSTRACT The enabling technologies in Industry 4.0 (I4.0) are leading to dramatic transformations of supply chains and helping organizations achieve sustainable development goals. With ever‐increasing pressure from regulators customers adopt environment‐friendly business practices, achieving goals has become critical for any organization. Thus, the seamless deployment various I4.0 is vital managing enhancing chain performance (SSCP). Adopting across their implications on an emerging area...

Consumers' green-return behavior (CGRB) plays an increasingly crucial role in sustaining the environments practice. Little, however, is known about its impact on manufacturer's recycling decisions, such as channel selection and price. To contribute to practice literature, this study examines how a manufacturer makes decisions considering CGRB. More specifically, we develop quantity function reveal dependence of quantities CGRB model decision making self-recycling third-party channel. We...

Most available studies on configuration focus either sales specifying functional features or production addressing product components. It has been well recognised that automating most of the activities associated with specification, engineering, and process planning customised products their interactions is one key in achieving customisation. Thus, treating separately may not contribute to customisation from a systematic view although they lead improvement individual stages. Recognising this...

Digitally enabled supply chains, particularly operating in uncertain environments, have been offering emerging domains for research. The effects of Timely Information Sharing (TIS) on Financial Performance (FP) the context Supply Chain Finance (SCF) hitherto neglected, especially environments affected by uncertainty. study contributes to related literature developing an integrated framework interlinked with Processing and Contingency theories it facilitates understanding relationships that...

As a new generation of automated warehousing systems, 3D compact storage systems have been increasingly installed worldwide for handling inventory items in warehouses, distribution centres and manufacturing factories. Due to the problem complexity system novelty, research investigating these design models particular, lags behind. This study, thus, addresses where I/O port is located at lower mid-point rack, attempting assist practitioners designing such that can achieve optimal performance...

Configurators have the potential to revolutionize business processes of Engineering-to-order (ETO) companies. Despite their positive impacts on ETO companies' operations and strategies, there is a paucity empirical investigations examining development practices configurators, in particular integrated configurators. We, thus, carry out longitudinal case study large company compare characteristics dynamics process an sales technical (ST) configurator with these configurator. First, findings...

Abstract Financial literacy is vital for individuals to understand their economic life cycles and make suitable financial decisions. Due the increasing complexities, available systems lack capacity better educate facilitate informed decision-making. In this study, we capitalize on configuration principles creating customized products services develop a personalized configurator, aiming pension-related The configurator developed based three-tier distributed system architecture can generate...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a methodology industry and academia on how reengineer the order fulfillment process (OFP) by capitalizing integration coordination across entire supply chain sustain management. Design/methodology/approach A case study at semiconductor equipment manufacturer in Singapore undertaken. Findings This confirms that traditional OFPs present companies challenge satisfy demanding customer requirements while achieving performance optimization each...

Production configuration is well recognised as an effective means of planning production processes for product families. The major challenge originates from the handling numerous constraints associated with and process variety. This paper develops a constraint satisfaction approach to facilitate decisions regarding identification, representation, evaluation. A domain-based model formulated conceptualise process, involving inter-connections among multiple domains in conjunction diverse domain...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it to introduce a knowledge‐based system for planning processes families final products, instead component items, be they parts or assemblies. Second, demonstrate the feasibility and potential prototypical developed truck from multinational company. Design/methodology/approach authors first identify challenges in process families, including data knowledge representation constraint handling. To accommodate these challenges, adopts...

Many firms have been performing a variety of organizational reforms to achieve long-term manufacturing sustainability. Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and Lean techniques attracted much attention in this context. Although the potential benefits implementing I4.0 an integrated manner (Lean-I4.0) recognized, studies addressing practical issues for their implementation, particular factors affecting successful are missing. Therefore, study is determine critical success (CSFs) that will enable industry India...

In view of the importance managing assets and lack research in infrastructure sector, we develop an asset management model this study. This is developed line with unique characteristics principles criteria. proposed model, consider activities at three levels, namely strategical, tactical operational levels. The interviews experts officials several Dutch organizations have proven potential our model.

Product configurators have been widely applied in practice for delivering a right amount of product variety. Based on survey, this study empirically investigates the implications configurator applications companies' business activities. The purpose is to help companies better plan actions and make changes embrace implementation with an understanding application implications. results indicate (i) how affect activities, (ii) difficulties designing, developing, using configurators, (iii)...

Production reconfiguration has been well recognized as an effective means of planning production processes for product families. The major challenge lies in the handling numerous constraints associated with and process variety. This paper develops a constraint satisfaction approach to deal reconfiguration. It introduces domain model capture decision variables systematic procedure tackle identification, representation evaluation. An industrial example textile spindle is used illustrate...