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Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Jianlin Zhou, Shulin Lan, Yi Liu, Tengda Rong, Donald Huisingh
Summary: This study explores the intelligent transformation of small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises from the perspective of team cognition, finding that bricolage behavior plays a mediating role between cognitive complexity and flexibility, and intelligent transformation. These findings provide valuable suggestions for understanding how small and medium-sized manufacturing companies achieve intelligent transformation.
ADVANCED ENGINEERING INFORMATICS
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Shuangshuang Tang, Shudi Liao, Lumeng Wang, Weijing Chen, Zhiwen Guo
Summary: This study explores the pathways for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to achieve high levels of radical innovation from a configurational perspective. The results of the analysis reveal four solutions for high radical innovation, indicating that SMEs can achieve radical innovation by flexibly allocating resources and capabilities based on environmental circumstances.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jayesh D. Patel, Raju Shah, Rohit H. Trivedi
Summary: Energy management practices have a positive impact on the environmental and financial performance of manufacturing firms. Energy efficiency and energy audit play mediating roles in this process, and top management commitment moderates the relationship.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Siravat Teerasoponpong, Apichat Sopadang
Summary: Manufacturing capacity planning is crucial for companies, but small and medium-sized enterprises often lack the resources and knowledge to collect and utilize data effectively. This paper proposes a simulation-optimization method to alleviate the burden on SMEs in planning manufacturing capacity.
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Business
Sanjay Kumar Singh, Manlio Del Giudice, Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour, Hengky Latan, Amrik Singh Sohal
Summary: Stakeholder pressure can influence green dynamic capabilities and green innovation, ultimately affecting firm performance. Furthermore, green dynamic capabilities mediate the relationship between stakeholder pressure and green innovation.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
A. Trianni, E. Cagno, J. Dolsak, N. Hrovatin
Summary: The study explores the relationships between energy efficiency measures and other production resources, emphasizing the need for careful consideration of the multiple effects these measures may have. Companies are found to struggle in efficiently managing the most important production resources, suggesting a new barrier to energy efficiency. No significant differences were detected between clusters of small versus medium-sized firms and energy intensive versus non-energy intensive ones.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nawal Abdalla Adam, Hind Alofaysan
Summary: This study aimed to identify sources of external knowledge in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and determine how external knowledge flow affects different types of SMEs' innovation capabilities. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 83 random SME managers/owners in Saudi Arabia. The findings showed that customers were the main source of external knowledge in SMEs and that external knowledge flow significantly influenced SMEs' innovation capabilities. The study provides valuable insights for policymakers, managers, and researchers in developing innovations in SMEs.
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Business
Rebekka Kuechler, Birte Maja Nicolai, Christian Herzig
Summary: This paper highlights the important aspects and credibility conditions for a sustainability management tool for food manufacturing SMEs. It suggests taking a holistic view of sustainability dimensions and provides a foundation for the development of such a tool.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Abid Ali, Ahmad Wasim
Summary: This paper presents an innovative framework that helps decision-makers evaluate the potential impact of implementing agile manufacturing practices on an organization. The framework is based on the study of agility cost, agility fitness, and agility outcome, and is supported by a knowledge-based system for decision-making.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xavier Escoto, Demsas Gebrehewot, K. C. Morris
Summary: Sustainable manufacturing practices are necessary for sustainable development, but are currently in their infancy. Small and medium-sized manufacturers make up the majority of manufacturing firms globally, but many are unsure of whether and how to embrace sustainability as a driving business imperative.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hao Zhang, Anthony Veltri, Javier Calvo-Amodio, Karl R. Haapala
Summary: This study emphasizes the importance of understanding the dynamic interactions in manufacturing systems and establishes a framework to analyze the relationships between technical, environmental, social, and economic performance metrics, providing a business case for enhanced sustainability practices. By implementing analytical tools, researchers and managers can gain better understanding of the linkages among economic, environmental, and social activities in manufacturing systems, guiding sustainability practitioners in making strategic and tactical decisions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Duanyang Geng, Kee-hung Lai, Qinghua Zhu
Summary: This study examines the impact of eco-innovation practices on performance improvements among small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMMEs) in China. Results show the existence of two firm clusters based on eco-innovation implementation levels, with different environmental and economic performance outcomes. The combination of eco-innovation practices with traditional environmental management practices can bring about performance gains for SMMEs, highlighting the importance of understanding the contingencies of eco-innovation for achieving sustainable operations.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Wuyang Zhuo, Yuning Xiong, Xiaorong Zhou
Summary: This study analyzes the financial management and influencing factors of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China and explores the nonlinear relationship in enterprises' financial market structure. The research findings suggest significant differences in financial market structure between different regions.
FRACTALS-COMPLEX GEOMETRY PATTERNS AND SCALING IN NATURE AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Ling Zhang, Bahjat Fakieh, Li Shang
Summary: The paper optimizes the financial management methods of SMEs and explores asset-liability ratio's theories. The study investigates a medium-sized manufacturing enterprise's financial conditions and the factors influencing its asset-liability ratio using a dynamic model and nonlinear simulation model. The findings indicate variations in asset-liability ratios across different industries, with real estate having the highest ratio and cultural communication industry having the lowest. Additionally, the study shows that capital injection has a significant impact on the asset-liability ratio.
FRACTALS-COMPLEX GEOMETRY PATTERNS AND SCALING IN NATURE AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Girish Santosh Bagale, Venkata Ramana Vandadi, Deepmala Singh, Dilip Kumar Sharma, Durga Venkata Kusuma Garlapati, Ravi Kumar Bommisetti, Ravi Kumar Gupta, Roy Setsiawan, V Subramaniyaswamy, Sudhakar Sengan
Summary: Researchers emphasize the significance of digitization in improving efficiency and productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). The advent of digital technology has led to a significant increase in the number of SMEs, with both product and process becoming more automated, resulting in improved quality and demand. India's SME sector has great potential for integrating new digital technologies.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Hiroshi Matsuhisa, Nobuo Matsubayashi
Summary: This study investigates the formation of an alliance between competing manufacturers and a monopolistic platform retailer, and analyzes the impact of the degree of differentiation among manufacturers on the formation of the alliance and the profitability of the retailer.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Lingxuan Kong, Ge Zheng, Alexandra Brintrup
Summary: Supply Chain Financing is used to optimize cash flows in supply networks, but recent scandals have shown inefficiencies in risk evaluation. This paper proposes a Federated Learning framework to address order-level risk evaluation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Jing Gu, Xinyu Shi, Junyao Wang, Xun Xu
Summary: The asymmetric market power between a firm and its partners negatively affects the firm's financial performance. Building relationships with suppliers or customers that have matched market power is the best approach. The strength of the buyer-supplier relationship amplifies the negative impact of asymmetric market power, while the level of relationship embeddedness reduces its negative effect. Moreover, firm-specific institutional, industry, and regional economic heterogeneities also influence the financial impact of asymmetric market power.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yu Du, Jun-qing Li
Summary: This study investigates the group scheduling of a distributed flexible job shop problem using the concrete precast process. The proposed solution utilizes three coordinated double deep Q-networks (DQN) as a learn-to-improve reinforcement learning approach. The algorithm shows superiority in minimizing costs and energy consumption.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Xiaoyu Yan, Weihua Liu, Ou Tang, Jiahe Hou
Summary: This study analyzes the market amplification effect and the impact of entrant's overconfidence on a two-sided platform. The results show that overconfident entrants can lead to price increases and benefit both the existing firms and themselves to a certain extent.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Illya Kaynov, Marijn van Knippenberg, Vlado Menkovski, Albert van Breemen, Willem van Jaarsveld
Summary: The One-Warehouse Multi-Retailer (OWMR) system is a typical distribution and inventory system. Previous research has focused on heuristic reordering and allocation strategies, which are time-consuming and problem-specific. This paper proposes a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) algorithm for OWMR problems, which infers a multi-discrete action distribution and improves performance with a random rationing policy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yimeng Sun, Ruozhen Qiu, Minghe Sun
Summary: This study considers a multi-period inventory management problem for a retailer offering limited-time discounts and having a joint service-level requirement under demand uncertainty. It proposes a double-layer iterative approach to solve the problem and maximize total profit while balancing the service level using a posteriori method and an affinely adjustable robust chance-constrained model.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Anas Neumann, Adnene Hajji, Monia Rekik, Robert Pellerin
Summary: This paper presents a new mathematical formulation for planning and scheduling activities of Engineer-To-Order (ETO) projects, along with a new ETO strategy to reduce the impacts of design uncertainty. The study proposes a hybrid Layered Genetic Algorithm combined with an adaptive Lamarckian learning process (LLGA) and compares it with the branch-and-cut procedure of CPLEX. The results show good performance of the proposed mathematical model for small and medium-sized instances.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Thilini Ranasinghe, Chanaka D. Senanayake, Eric H. Grosse
Summary: Production systems are undergoing transformative changes, necessitating adaptability from human workers. This study developed an analytical model to account for stochastic processing times and learning heterogeneity, revealing insights into system performance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Sunil Tiwari, Pankaj Sharma, Ashish Kumar Jha
Summary: Black Swan events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Suez Canal blockage have a significant impact on firms' technology adoption decisions, especially in terms of disruptions and digitalization in the supply chains. This study investigates the influence of institutional forces and environmental contingencies on supply chain digitalization from an institutional and contingency theory perspective. The findings emphasize the importance of organizational readiness and people readiness, including top management involvement and employee training, in facilitating digitalization.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Fabio Neves-Moreira, Pedro Amorim
Summary: Omnichannel retailers are using stores as distribution centers to provide faster online order fulfillment services. However, in-store picking operations can impact the offline customer experience. To address this, we propose a Dynamic In-store Picker Routing Problem (diPRP) that minimizes customer encounters while fulfilling online orders. Our solution approach combines mathematical programming and reinforcement learning to find efficient picking policies that reduce customer encounters.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Richard Kraude, Ram Narasimhan
Summary: In this study, the relationship between Vertical Integration (VI) and Environmental Performance (EP) is examined, revealing that highly integrated firms produce less waste but engage in fewer environmental initiatives. These findings are crucial for understanding the impact of stakeholder exposure on organizational behavior.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Korina Katsaliaki, Sameer Kumar, Vasilis Loulos
Summary: This research conducts a systematic literature review (SLR) and content analysis on Supply Chain Coopetition (SCC) through the PRISMA framework. It examines the theory of coopetition and organizational relationships in intra-firm and inter-firm supply chains, focusing on collaboration between rival manufacturers. The study identifies structures and mechanisms of coopetition, such as buyer-supplier coopetition, supply networks coopetition, and production and distribution/logistics coopetition. It provides a holistic approach to SCC management practices and serves as a guide for future research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
