Showing papers in "Engineering Management Journal in 2019"
TL;DR: Offsite manufacturing (OSM) is believed to be an alternative means of improving construction productivity, however, OSM has attracted limited attention from researchers and industry stakeholders, p... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Offsite manufacturing (OSM) is believed to be an alternative means of improving construction productivity. However, OSM has attracted limited attention from researchers and industry stakeholders, p...
49 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors verify the efficacy of green practices in influencing competitive enablers of organizations in the electrical and electronics industry, and apply quantitatively quantitatively the results of their experiments.
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to verify the efficacy of green practices in influencing competitive enablers of organizations in the electrical and electronics industry. This study applies quantita...
45 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a comprehensive literature review fulfilling the identified need for a systematic empirical study examining how well the mechanisms of supply chain collaboration (SCC) can be exploited.
Abstract: This article contributes a comprehensive literature review fulfilling the identified need for a systematic empirical study examining how well the mechanisms of supply chain collaboration (SCC) corr...
34 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the factors that affect relational quality in megaprojects and the impact of relational quality on the success rate of these projects from a relational perspective.
Abstract: To improve the success rate of megaprojects from a relational perspective, we analyzed the factors that affect relational quality in megaprojects and the impact of relational quality on meg...
18 citations
TL;DR: Lifecycle variables introduced by AM are codified and an aviation case study demonstrates that introducing up to 35% of AM parts to the spare parts inventory improves the system replenishment lead time by up to 33%, thus suggesting AM can be used to mitigate challenges related to spare parts management.
Abstract: To maintain high service levels and mitigate long lead times, many enterprises hold large spare parts inventories. Using additive manufacturing (AM) for spare parts in aviation has been proposed pr...
16 citations
TL;DR: In this article, an original combination of the Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) methodology with Quality Function Deployment (QFD) for layout design of services is presented, which considers two s...
Abstract: This work presents an original combination of the Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) methodology with Quality Function Deployment (QFD) for layout design of services. This methodology considers two s...
10 citations
TL;DR: The results show the proposed framework contributes to the decision-making process, since it enables the order of the actions to be rationalized, and takes the multiple criteria relevant to the company into consideration.
Abstract: This paper puts forward a framework that assists managers to prepare action plans using attributes of Kano’s Model and to order them by utilizing multi-criteria decision analysis. The frame...
9 citations
TL;DR: This work presents an approach for energy-aware flow shop scheduling problem and energy-warehouse scheduling problem considering the process speed as the main energy-related decision variable, and shows that it is possible to smooth the energy demand profile and obtain reductions that average 19.8% in energy consumption.
Abstract: The energy-aware scheduling problem is a multi-objective optimization problem where the main goal is to achieve energy savings without affecting productivity in a manufacturing system. In this work ...
9 citations
TL;DR: Despite positive reports about lean approaches to spearhead quality and patient safety improvement efforts, it is still difficult to determine if healthcare employees have transformed into ''lean'' employees as mentioned in this paper, despite positive reports of lean approaches.
Abstract: Despite positive reports about lean approaches to spearhead quality and patient safety improvement efforts, it is still difficult to determine if healthcare employees have transformed into ...
8 citations
TL;DR: Innovation in its many forms, disruptive, revolutionary, or evolutionary, is essential for companies to remain competitive in new markets and value networks as discussed by the authors, while companies apply a variety of trad...
Abstract: Innovation in its many forms, disruptive, revolutionary, or evolutionary, is essential for companies to remain competitive in new markets and value networks. While companies apply a variety of trad...
8 citations
TL;DR: This study aims to directly impact the engineering managers by bridging the gap between the traditional business management and core engineering management for providing guidance and improving the way in which the practicing engineering managers deal with new product development and management of technology.
Abstract: Engineering managers involved in product development and manufacturing are responsible for proposing and developing ideas and concepts that will benefit new or existing products and processes. Impr...
TL;DR: A literature review analyzing and comparing how EA approaches include and consider BPAs is conducted, identifying criteria for adopting an EA approach and highlighting research gaps that suggest the EA-BPA integration field remains largely unexplored and open to further inquiry.
Abstract: Business Process Architecture (BPA) and Enterprise Architecture (EA) require integration to serve as effective management tools. Prior literature reviews have not focused on EA-BPA integration. Thi...
TL;DR: A decomposition procedure is proposed on the decision ofSublots sizing that greatly improves the solution obtained using consistent sublots and does so with lower computational requirements than the variable sublot approach.
Abstract: It is possible to obtain greater productivity of a production system by overlapping the operations required to process a manufacturing order. This methodology, known as lot streaming, requires divi...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the engineering design process for systems of products and services known as systems of services (SOS) known as PORs, which transforms stakeholder needs into design specifications.
Abstract: The engineering design process transforms stakeholder needs into design specifications. This study focuses on the engineering design process for systems of products and services known as pr...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify enabling factors needed to support technology business incubatees which are usually small and medium enterprises, but these studies were unable to draw conclusively conclusions.
Abstract: Previous studies have identified enabling factors needed to support technology business incubatees which are usually small and medium enterprises. However, these studies were unable to draw conclus...
TL;DR: The authors leverages the current literature on the antecedents and consequences of firm absorptive capacity by investigating the relationships between covariant organizational verbal symbol and empirical evidence of the relationship between the two.
Abstract: This paper leverages the current literature on the antecedents and consequences of firm absorptive capacity by investigating the relationships between covariant organizational verbal symbol...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the importance of understanding how engineering disciplines, activities, and artifacts are connected between them, and how engineering managers are often unaware of these connections, and propose an approach to improve their understanding.
Abstract: Understanding how engineering disciplines, activities, and artifacts are connected between them is key to success as an engineering manager. However, engineering managers are often unaware of these...
TL;DR: In the continuous battle to cut costs, firms focus on efficiency throughout the entire supply chain this article, and well-designed inventory management strategies are a crucial part of overall supply chain effecti...
Abstract: In the continuous battle to cut costs, firms focus on efficiency throughout the entire supply chain. Well-designed inventory management strategies are a crucial part of overall supply chain effecti...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored whether engineers exhibit Ambiguity Aversion, in which individuals prefer an unambiguous option to an objectively equal or superior ambiguous option, has been previously demonstrated to exist in the general population in decision research.
Abstract: This article explores whether engineers exhibit the cognitive bias Ambiguity Aversion. Ambiguity Aversion, in which individuals prefer an unambiguous option to an objectively equal or superior ambiguous option, has been previously demonstrated to exist in the general population in decision research. The research presented here was performed by conducting Ambiguity Aversion experiments from prior research in a sample including roughly equivalent numbers of engineers and non-engineers. This research demonstrates that engineers do exhibit Ambiguity Aversion and that they do so to a significantly greater degree than the general population. This finding may have significant implications for both researchers and practitioners.
TL;DR: The results demonstrate that the NATO Human View can be used to enable engineering managers to make investment decisions that can mitigate security threats.
Abstract: Engineering managers are responsible for the secure operation of critical infrastructure systems and need tools and methods to identify and mitigate potential insider threats such as physic...