Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which lean management practices are adopted by small- and medium-sized manufacturing organizations in India and their impact on firm’s operational performance (OP). Also, the paper makes an attempt to identify the barriers and...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the status of lean manufacturing in Indian automotive sector, component manufacturing industries in terms of lean adoption, benefits, motivation, and challenges of implementing lean manufacturing practices. Design/methodology/approach: The...

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to examine the impact of human-related support practices, total productive maintenance (TPM) practices, and total quality management (TQM) practices on manufacturing performance parameters and their inter-relationship. Design/methodology/approach: A research...

Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to understand how collective operational practices are adapted or stimulated by a firm's competitive strategy. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed a data set drawn from 124 plant managers and directors of Indian manufacturing firms....

Purpose The objective of this research is to evaluate and rank the factors influencing omnichannel (OC) logistics, while also investigating the significant impact of big data analytics in improving these drivers of OC logistics. Design/methodology/approach Using exploratory sequential mixed...