Vikas Swarnakar

Exploring the importance of flexible manufacturing system performance variables for textile industries

Purpose Manufacturing firms in the textile sector face simultaneous pressure to enhance responsiveness, maintain quality, shorten lead times, and align production with sustainability expectations. In the current Industry 4.0/5.0 environment, flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) a...

Cost of quality management in the agrifood sector: a systematic review of indicators and implementation outcomes

Purpose This study systematically reviews empirical research on cost of quality (CoQ) management in the agrifood sector, where CoQ-related research remains fragmented and under-theorized. It synthesizes evidence on CoQ measurement indicators and the organizational outcomes of CoQ...