Professor BARTHOLOMEW MACCARTHY's Outputs (29)

Group Decision Support and Social Software Techniques for PLM Decision Making (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pasley, R., & MaCarthy, B. (2013, June). Group Decision Support and Social Software Techniques for PLM Decision Making. Presented at 7th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management, and Control, St Petersburg, Russia

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a common concern in industry. The whole cycle view allows faster product development with more control of risks and processes. Through PLM quality and effectiveness of product development and planning can be impr... Read More about Group Decision Support and Social Software Techniques for PLM Decision Making.

Decision making and decision support within new product development (2013)
Book Chapter
MacCarthy, B. L., & Pasley, R. (2013). Decision making and decision support within new product development. In E. Nikoi, & K. Boateng (Eds.), Collaborative Communication Processes and Decision Making in Organizations (258-279). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4478-6.ch014

© 2014 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. There is an extensive literature on new product and process development (NPD). However, the analysis of decision-making and decision support requirements in this area is less well researched. The authors dis... Read More about Decision making and decision support within new product development.

Sustainable collaborative supply networks in the international clothing industry: a comparative analysis of two retailers (2012)
Journal Article
MacCarthy, B. L., & Jayarathne, P. (2012). Sustainable collaborative supply networks in the international clothing industry: a comparative analysis of two retailers. Production Planning and Control, 23(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2011.627655

Collaborative supply networks in the international clothing industry are of major economic significance in many countries, particularly in developing economies. The sector has gone through substantial changes in the last decade with the abolition of... Read More about Sustainable collaborative supply networks in the international clothing industry: a comparative analysis of two retailers.

Streamlining the formation of virtual enterprises in the aerospace industry (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Farr, R., Buxton, D., Bovik, C., & MacCarthy, B. L. Streamlining the formation of virtual enterprises in the aerospace industry. Presented at 12th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising (ICE 2006)

The virtual enterprise is an ideal solution to the pace of change in modern markets, where increasingly well-informed customers demand high performance, customised products, with continuing downward pressure on prices and lead times. In meeting custo... Read More about Streamlining the formation of virtual enterprises in the aerospace industry.

Organizational, systems and human issues in production planning, scheduling and control (2006)
Book Chapter
MacCarthy, B. L. (2006). Organizational, systems and human issues in production planning, scheduling and control. In J. W. Herrmann (Ed.), Handbook of Production Scheduling. Springer

With global markets and global competition, pressures are placed on manufacturing organizations to compress order fulfillment times, meet delivery commitments consistently and also maintain efficiency in operations to address cost issues. This chapte... Read More about Organizational, systems and human issues in production planning, scheduling and control.

Managing product variety in quotation processes (2005)
Journal Article
Bramham, J., MacCarthy, B. L., & Guinery, J. (2005). Managing product variety in quotation processes. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 16(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/17410380510594507

Purpose – Manufacturers across many sectors increasingly operate in high variety environments. Research evidence suggests that variety has a negative impact on performance. However, the research literature is limited on the enablers that allow variet... Read More about Managing product variety in quotation processes.

Fundamental Modes of Operation for Mass Customization (2003)
Journal Article
MacCarthy, B. L., Brabazon, P. G., & Bramham, J. (2003). Fundamental Modes of Operation for Mass Customization. International Journal of Production Economics, 85(3),

The concept of Mass Customization (MC) - producing customised goods for a mass market - has received considerable attention in the research literature in recent years. However the literature is limited in providing an understanding of the content of... Read More about Fundamental Modes of Operation for Mass Customization.

Responsiveness of the order fulfilment process (1999)
Journal Article
Kritchanchai, D., & MacCarthy, B. (1999). Responsiveness of the order fulfilment process. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 19(8), https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579910274419

This paper discusses evidence from field studies undertaken to investigate the responsiveness of the order fulfilment process in a number of companies. The evidence is analysed in the context of the literature on responsiveness and related areas such... Read More about Responsiveness of the order fulfilment process.

Order fulfillment in high variety production environments
Journal Article
MacCarthy, B. L., & Brabazon, P. Order fulfillment in high variety production environments. Manuscript submitted for publication

Providing high levels of product variety and product customization is challenging for many companies. This paper presents a new classification of production and order fulfillment approaches available to manufacturing companies that offer high variety... Read More about Order fulfillment in high variety production environments.