A Study on Operational Excellence: Sustainable Supply Chains of Manufacturing Industries during COVID-19 Pandemic

Madhavika, W.D.N.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3965198

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“…OPEX is a continuous improvement philosophy that aims to increase the value created by the businesses for their customers and to use the business resources effectively while increasing this value (Madhavika, 2021) and Lean Management, Six Sigma (Kaswan et al, 2022) are some of OPEX methodologies that are accepted worldwide (Muhammad et al, 2022). In today's conditions, where competition is increasing and survival is possible with innovative solutions, OPEX is one of the essential factors that will contribute to the sustainable performance and growth of the organization (Luz Tortorella et al, 2022).…”

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Analyzing critical factors of strategic alignment between operational excellence and Industry 4.0 technologies in smart manufacturing

Özbiltekin-Pala

Kazançoğlu

Garza‐Reyes

et al. 2022

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PurposeThe manufacturing sector is highly competitive and operationally complex. Therefore, the strategic alignment between operational excellence methodologies and Industry 4.0 technologies is one of the issues that need to be addressed. The main aim of the study is to determine the critical factors of strategic alignment between operational excellence methodologies and Industry 4.0 technologies for manufacturing industries and make comparative analyses between automotive, food and textile industries in terms of strategic alignment between operational excellence methodologies and Industry 4.0 technologies.Design/methodology/approachFirst, determining the critical factors based on literature review and expert opinions, these criteria are weighted, and analytical hierarchy process is run to calculate the weights of these criteria. Afterward, the best sector is determined by the grey relational analysis method according to the criteria for the three manufacturing industries selected for the study.FindingsAs a result of AHP, “Infrastructure for Right Methodology, Techniques and Tools, is in the first place,” Organizational Strategy, is in the second place, while the third highest critical factor is “Capital Investment”. Moreover, based on grey relational analysis (GRA) results, the automotive industry is determined as the best alternative in terms of strategic alignment between operational excellence (OPEX) methodologies and I4.0 technologies.Originality/valueThis study is unique in that it is primarily possible to obtain the order of importance within the criteria and to make comparisons between three important manufacturing industries that are important for the economies of the world.

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