In the so-called "architecture theory," an anticipated proposition is that many Japanese companies, which have built up organizational ability in "integration-based manufacturing" during the postwar period, excel at manufacturing products featuring "integral architecture," and therefore such...

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of specific supply chain information technologies (IT) for e‐commerce, e‐procurement, and enterprise resource planning (ERP), when implementing lean practices to achieve mass customization (MC) performance. The study further...