Special issue: Interface between manufacturing and other fields

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management 13(1) 2008

• Manufacturing planning and control technology versus operational performance: an empirical study of MRP and JIT in China
• Modelling information sharing to improve just-in-time purchasing vendor evaluation
• The cross-functional coordination between operations, marketing, purchasing and engineering and the impact on performance
• Coordinating pricing and inventory decisions under reference price effects
• AI-based project risk management process for a kind of manufacturing alliance