Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management

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Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management is a quaterly, open access scientific journal that publishes theoretical and empirical peer-reviewed articles, which contribute to advance the understanding of phenomena related with all aspects of industrial engineering and industrial management. JIEM includes contributions, but not limited to, in the following fields: Production, Logistics, Quality, Operations Management and Operational Research.

List of Papers (Total 220)

An analysis of the perceived difficulties arising during the process of integrating management systems

Purpose: This study empirically scrutinises the difficulties that result from the integration of management systems and analyses the role of strategic actions and organisational factors on the difficulties-integration relationship.Design/Methodology/Approach: For the empirical application we use a unique dataset of Spanish certified firms (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001...

Industry 4.0 implies lean manufacturing: Research activities in industry 4.0 function as enablers for lean manufacturing

Purpose: Lean Manufacturing is widely regarded as a potential methodology to improve productivity and decrease costs in manufacturing organisations. The success of lean manufacturing demands consistent and conscious efforts from the organisation, and has to overcome several hindrances. Industry 4.0 makes a factory smart by applying advanced information and communication systems...

A framework for effective implementation of lean production in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Purpose: The present paper aims at developing an effective framework including all the components necessary for implementing lean production properly in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.Design/methodology/approach: The paper begins with the review of the main existing framework of lean implementation in order to highlight shortcomings in the literature through a lack of...

Pre-emptive resource-constrained multimode project scheduling using genetic algorithm: A dynamic forward approach

Purpose: The issue resource over-allocating is a big concern for project engineers in the process of scheduling project activities. Resource over-allocating drawback is frequently seen after scheduling of a project in practice which causes a schedule to be useless. Modifying an over-allocated schedule is very complicated and needs a lot of efforts and time. In this paper, a new...

Does supplier evaluation impact process improvement?

Purpose: The research explores and examines factors for supplier evaluation and its impact on process improvement particularly aiming on a steel pipe manufacturing firm in Gujarat, India.Design/Methodology/approach: The conceptual research framework was developed and hypotheses were stated considering the analysis of literature and discussions with the managers and engineers of a...

IT integration, operations flexibility and performance: An empirical study

Purpose: This study examines the relationship between IT implementation and performance with manufacturing flexibility based on a sample drawn from a set of manufacturing firms.Design/methodology/approach: The relationships were analyzed using structural equations modeling (SEM) using EQS 6.2 software. Previously, an explanatory factor analysis confirmed one-dimensionality of the...

Analysis of IT infrastructure flexibility impacts on IT-Business strategic alignment

Purpose: To explore the impacts of IT infrastructure flexibility components (connectivity, modularity, compatibility, and IT personnel flexibility) on IT-business strategic alignment using Luftman’s strategic alignment maturity model.Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire was developed using 5-points Likert scale. The questionnaire was distributed to companies in Indonesia...

A New Age for JIEM

This editorial has a twofold objective: (1) to present a brief summary of the history of the journal, including the main goals that the journal has achieved during its nine years of life, and (2) to present all changes that the editors of the journal have taken during the last year in order to re-launch the journal and position it on the top in its field. We focus on issues...

Work force retention: Role of work environment, organization commitment, supervisor support and training & development in ceramic sanitary ware industries in India

Purpose: Although retention of employees has become hot topic in this career turbulent era, practically no empirical research is carried out in the fast growing ceramic sector till now and this research fills the gap in the literature. The literatures surveys reported that organization commitment is an important determinant of retention and work environment, supervisor support...

Managing PBL difficulties in an industrial engineering and management program

Purpose: Project-Based Learning (PBL) is considered to be an active learning methodology which can be used to develop both technical and transversal competences in engineering programs. This methodology demands a great deal of work effort from the students and also from the teachers and it requires a meticulous plan and a well-managed project as well. These activities go far...

Comparing performances of clements, box-cox, Johnson methods with weibull distributions for assessing process capability

Purpose: This study examines Clements’ Approach (CA), Box-Cox transformation (BCT), and Johnson transformation (JT) methods for process capability assessments through Weibull-distributed data with different parameters to figure out the effects of the tail behaviours on process capability and compares their estimation performances in terms of accuracy and precision.Design...

An explanatory model of the organizational factors that explain the adoption of E-business

Purpose: to describe the factors that facilitate the adoption of e-business in firms. To go in deep on the factors, resources and capabilities that need to be present in those firms seeking to improve their levels of e-business adoption.Design/methodology/approach: analysis of the literature involving the main theories on business administration, and more specifically, on those...

Identification of variables and their influence on the human resources planning in the territorial level

Purpose: The purpose of this paper lies in the use of experimental way through empirical tools for identification of the set of variables and their interrelationships and influences on the human resources planning at the territorial level.Design/methodology/approach: The methodology used to verify the existence of the variables that affect the planning of human resources at the...

Mediation effect of organizational culture on the relationship between perceived ethics and SMEs performance

Purpose: This research aims to examine the association between perceived ethics and SMEs performance; also determine the mediation effect of organizational culture on the relationship.Design/methodology/approach: Based on the literature review, this research developed a conceptual model of Perceived ethics, organizational culture and performance. This research applied purposive...

The optimal parameter design for a welding unit of manufacturing industry by Taguchi method and computer simulation

Purpose: Manufacturing systems include a complicated combination of resources, such as materials, labors, and machines. Hence, when the manufacturing systems are faced with a problem related to the availability of resources it is difficult to identify the root of the problem accurately and effectively. Managers and engineers in companies are trying to achieve a robust production...

A preliminary study on the changes in the Italian automotive supply chain for the introduction of electric vehicles

Purpose: A survey has been carried out among Italian car makers, suppliers, and customers to identify the potential changes that the traditional Italian automotive supply chain would need for the introduction of electric vehicles. In addition, this study investigates the degree of importance that enterprises attribute to the electric vehicle market and their perceptions about the...

CONWIP versus POLCA: A comparative analysis in a high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) manufacturing environment

Purpose: Few studies comparing manufacturing control systems as they relate to high-mix, low-volume applications have been reported. This paper compares two strategies, constant work in process (CONWIP) and Paired-cell Overlapping Loops of Cards with Authorization (POLCA), for controlling work in process (WIP) in such a manufacturing environment. Characteristics of each control...

The effects of innovation on firm performance of supporting industries in Hanoi, Vietnam

Purpose: Innovation, including product, process, marketing, and organizational innovation within a firm, is considered as one of essential component for surviving and growing. These innovation activities create value and competitive advantages for successful organizations; therefore, understanding the organization’s overall innovation is the first and foremost to understand the...

Transactional approach in assessment of operational performance of companies in transport infrastructure

Purpose: Offer an alternative method to assess operational performance of companies in transport infrastructure of a region by making a comparison between transaction costs. The method is supposed to be a cross-functional and possibly applied to an analysis of economic entities of a different order (country, region, sector, companies) while evaluating “viscosity” / complexity of...

Optimization of a truck-drone in tandem delivery network using k-means and genetic algorithm

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of implementing unmanned aerial delivery vehicles in delivery networks. We investigate the notion of the reduced overall delivery time, energy, and costs for a truck-drone network by comparing the in-tandem system with a stand-alone delivery effort. The objectives are (1) to investigate the time, energy, and...

Proposition of a modeling and an analysis methodology of integrated reverse logistics chain in the direct chain

Purpose: Propose a modeling and analysis methodology based on the combination of Bayesian networks and Petri networks of the reverse logistics integrated the direct supply chain.Design/methodology/approach: Network modeling by combining Petri and Bayesian network.Findings: Modeling with Bayesian network complimented with Petri network to break the cycle problem in the Bayesian...

Module-based quality system functionality evaluation in production logistics

Purpose: This paper addresses a comprehensive modeling and functionality evaluation of a module-based quality system in production logistics at the highest domain abstract level of business processes.Design/methodology/approach: All domain quality business processes and quality data transactions are modeled using BPMN and UML tools and standards at the business process and data...

A production throughput forecasting system in an automated hard disk drive test operation using GRNN

Purpose: The goal of this paper is to develop a pragmatic system of a production throughput forecasting system for an automated test operation in a hard drive manufacturing plant. The accurate forecasting result is necessary for the management team to response to any changes in the production processes and the resources allocations.Design/methodology/approach: In this study, we...

Employee motivation and work performance: A comparative study of mining companies in Ghana

Purpose: The paper empirically compares employee motivation and its impact on performance in Ghanaian Mining Companies, where in measuring performance, the job satisfaction model is used.Design/methodology/approach: The study employed exploratory research design in gathering data from four large-scale Gold mining companies in Ghana with regards to their policies and structures in...

Modeling policy mix to improve the competitiveness of Indonesian palm oil industry

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to develop a model that will explain the impact of government policies to the competitiveness of palm oil industry. The model involves two commodities in this industry, namely crude palm oil (CPO) and refined palm oil (RPO), each has different added value.Design/methodology/approach: The model built will define the behavior of government...