Faculty of Engineering
Loughborough University
Leicestershire, UK, LE11 3TU
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Loughborough University

Faculty of Engineering
Engineering Research

Manufacturing - Manufacturing Organisation

The Group has a wide range of research interests which include:

Leadership
Selection of leaders
Attribution theories of leadership

Lean and Agile Systems
Specification of leagile systems
Design of agile distribution systems

Knowledge Lifecycle Management
Organisational infrastructures and processes
Tools, methods and metrics

Postponement strategies in distribution
Selection of products for postponement
Manufacture for form postponement

Designing Organisations
Informal and formal structures
Decision-making and distributed teams

People and Relationships
Modelling behaviour in the workplace
Supply chain relationships and behaviours

Measuring Performance
Rewards and performance
Behavioural aspects of measures

Globalisation Strategies
Global distribution strategy
Cultural influences

Virtual Business Organisation and the Extended Enterprise
Integrated Capability acquisition and deployment
Swift trust issues

Dynamics of distribution and supply networks
Network alignment
Network dynamics

manufacturing organisationThe group has worked closely with industry for many years and has been responsible for implementing major improvements to business operations. For example, complete reorganisation of the shop floor for a medium sized company that improved throughput by 40.the implementation of the green area system of cell and team management in several engineering companies resulting in 30% improvement in right-first-time product delivery. In addition, the group has introduced concurrent engineering in a number of engineering business operations reducing time to market by 50%.