Supply chain managers across the globe are finding it difficult to manage increasingly complex supply chains despite adopting a variety of risk mitigation strategies. Firms on other hand have also been various kinds environmental and social sustainability practices in recent times reduce carbon footprint improve their image front. However, very few studies extant literature examined impact risk. We address this important gap by empirically testing relationship, using primary data from six...

Purpose The evolution of six sigma has morphed from a method or set techniques to movement focused on business‐process improvement. Business processes are transformed through the successful selection and implementation competing projects. However, efforts implement process improvement initiative alone do not guarantee success. To meet aggressive schedules tight budget constraints, project needs follow proven define, measure, analyze, improve, control methodology. Any slip in schedule cost...

To fulfil its commitments towards sustainable development, India is transitioning from fossil fuels to renewables in the energy sector, trying shift consumption and cropping practices agriculture promoting alternative fuel vehicles transport sector. In this study, we analyse current state of energy, agriculture, policies using triple bottom line approach provide a strategic framework that offers mechanism long-term roadmap for future by integrating synergies between these three key sectors....

We study the linkages between firm‐level quality initiatives such as management systems (QMS) and total (TQM) output productivity in Indian auto component industry. use externally validated certification awards proxies for QMS TQM, respectively, it is difficult to directly measure TQM efforts of firms. an unbalanced panel 220 firms a balanced 73 from industry over period 1993–2006 these links. Both parametric well non‐parametric approaches are used, appropriate, rate change impact on during...

In this study, we empirically test the antecedents and consequences of sustainable manufacturing practices across emerging as well developed countries such India, China OECD. We use data from sixth edition International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to our conjectures. Our findings suggest that while customer willingness pay has a significant impact on everywhere, stakeholder pressure is able influence their adoption in...

Abstract Operational efficiencies of a firm play crucial role in determining the survival and growth firm, especially when industry is going through dynamic structural transformation owing to external changes. In this paper, we explore effect managerial strategic parameters on degree operational efficiency achieved by Indian pharmaceutical using data envelopment analysis (DEA). During period 1992–2002, relaxation import restrictions foreign direct investment, along with major change...

Opportunistic maintenance gives the crew an opportunity to replace or repair those items, which are found be defective needs replacement in immediate future, during of a sub‐system module. This paper tries address questions how decide whether particular item opportunistic maintenance, and if so cost effective is comparison later grounding. These play important role, especially case complex systems containing expensive items with hard lives condition monitoring strategies. A systematic...

The great need for an optimum preventive maintenance strategy coupled with the fast‐developing condition‐monitoring techniques has given rise to invention of relevant condition predictor (RCP)‐based approach. main purpose this approach is prevent failures due gradual deterioration mechanical items in order improve system reliability and availability. This done by monitoring predictors constituent significant system, taking into account availability cost‐effectiveness techniques. A...

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between environmental factors, risk perception and decision-making in management. Specifically, using attribution theory, authors study influence of macro-level logistical capabilities a host country on firm’s actual perceived supply chain risk, if this country-level factor firm level affect Design/methodology/approach uses combination primary data from 932 manufacturing firms 22 countries secondary logistics performance index (LPI),...