Necessary condition analysis (NCA) is an increasingly used or suggested method in many
business and management disciplines including, for example, entrepreneurship, human …

Abstract Academic literature on Lean Manufacturing (LM) is widely available. However, due
to its fragmentation, the contribution of LM from practical and academic perspectives is …

The success of purchasing and supply management (PSM) largely depends on PSM
professionals' skills levels. Past research assumed that one universal PSM professional type …

ABSTRACT Despite its potentialities, Lean Automation (LA) has not attracted attention for
over two decades. However, due to the new opportunities offered by Industry 4.0 …

Despite manufacturing companies recognising the potential benefits associated with the
adoption of Supply Chain Analytics (SCA), only a few firms adopt data-based decision …

This article contributes to the Emerging Discourse Incubator initiative by presenting how
supply chain management scholars can contribute to theory development by means of …

This study explores to what extent the adoption and performance of smart manufacturing
technologies builds on the adoption of lean principles. Primary explorative survey data on …

NCA is an emerging research method that is rapidly entering a variety of research fields in
the social, medical and technical sciences. The publication in 2016 of NCA's core paper …

Purpose A rich agenda for future research in the field of Lean Manufacturing (LM) is
available in the academic literature. The purpose of this paper is to determine the LM future …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impingement of lean manufacturing
practices (LMPs) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of Northern India and their …