Browsing by Author "Lightfoot, Howard"

Browsing by Author "Lightfoot, Howard"

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  • Decision Engineering Report Series : Industrial Product-Service Systems (IPS2): THINK TANK 
    Shehab, Essam; Tiwari, Ashutosh; Annamalai Vasantha, Gokula Vijaykumar; Lightfoot, Howard; Roy, Rajkumar (Cranfield University, 2011-07-11)
    Cranfield University and Rolls-Royce plc designed and developed a one-day ‘Think- Tank’ international workshop to establish the future research direction for Industrial Product-Service Systems (IPS2). The workshop was ...
  • Made to serve: a model of the operations practices and technologies that deliver servitization 
    Baines, Tim; Lightfoot, Howard (Cranfield University Press, 2013-09-19)
    This paper explores how successfully servitised manufacturers deliver advanced services and proposes a model that describes how they configure their operations. A case study methodology is applied across four manufacturing ...
  • The Practical Challenges of Servitized Manufacture 
    Baines, Tim S.; Lightfoot, Howard (Cranfield University Press, 2009-04-01)
    Servitization is now widely recognised as the process of creating value by adding services to products. Since this term was first coined in the late 1980s it has been studied by a range of authors who have specifically sought ...
  • The servitization of manufacturing: a systematic literature review of interdependent trends 
    Lightfoot, Howard; Baines, Tim S.; Smart, Palie (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013-12-01)
    Purpose: The servitization of manufacturing is a diverse and complex field of research interest. The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrative and organising lens for viewing the various contributions to knowledge ...
  • State-of-the-art of 'Lean' in the aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul industry 
    Ayeni, P.; Baines, Tim S.; Lightfoot, Howard; Ball, Peter D. (Professional Engineering Publishing, 2011-11-30)
    The increasing need for maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) organizations to meet customers’ demands in quality and reduced lead times is key to its survival within the aviation industry. Furthermore, with the ...