Enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations in multinational manufacturing companies have experienced various degrees of success. This article investigates factors influencing the success of ERP implementations in multinational manufacturing companies in the Malaysian Free Trade Zone. The results indicate that enterprisewide communication and a project management program are key factors ...

This study is interested in the impact of two specific business analytic (BA) resources— accurate manufacturing data and advanced analytics—on a firms’ operational performance. The use of advanced analytics, such as mathematical optimization techniques, and the importance of manufacturing data accuracy have long been recognized as potential organizational resources or assets for improving the q...

this paper is in search of designing the cellular manufacturing systems (cmss) under dynamic and flexible environment. cm is proper for small-to-medium lot production environment that helps the companies to produce variable kind of productions with at least scraps. the most important benefits of cm are decline in material handling, reduction in work-in-process, reduction in set-up time, increme...

The research seeks to understand how effectively Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are able to meet the decision support requirements of manufacturing companies in the UK, with a particular interest in how the effectiveness of support differs based on production strategy. As a result, survey responses have been divided into Make-To-Order (MTO) and Make-To-Stock (MTS) companies. We have...

We propose a planning model for multiple products manufactured across multiple manufacturing facilities sharing similar production capabilities. The need for crossfacility capacity management is most evident in high-tech industries that have capitalintensive equipment and short technology life cycle. Our model is based on an emerging practice in these industries where product managers from busi...