Manus Rungtusanatham

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that many supply networks emerge rather than result from purposeful design by a singular entity and that the emergent patterns in a supply network can much better be managed through positive feedback, which allows for autonomous action.

TL;DR: The Deming management method contains a set of 14 points that serve as guidelines for appropriate organizational behavior and practice regarding quality management as discussed by the authors. But despite the apparent effect of these 14 points on both the industrial world and the practice of management theory around the world, there is little evidence of the role of the Deming Management Method in the formalization and advancement of management theories.

TL;DR: The results of an exploratory empirical analysis of an articulated theory of quality management underlying the Deming Management Method are reported, and a number of new relationships which have not heretofore been proposed are suggested.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore how manufacturing characteristics affect the appropriate type of modularity to be embedded into the product family architecture, and how the types of modularities relate to component sourcing.

TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual framework is developed to describe, explain, and predict the advantages of a firm's linkages with entities in its supply chain on its internal operations, which can also be used to justify decisions to develop, strengthen, and protect relationships with suppliers on the upstream side and with customers on the downstream side.