cover -- CONTENTS -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Guest editorial -- Manufacturing strategy auditing for garment making companies -- Achieving competitive advantage in the Mexican footwear industry -- A study on building of a common gateway for secure exchange and transmission of electronic business message -- Could e-business create a competitive advantage in UK SMEs? -- Development of performance measurement system in managing supplier relationship for maintenance logistics providers -- Networked enterprise: a case study of implementing an information network system for global product development -- An investigation of the relationships between organizational factors, business process improvement, and ERP success -- A strategic selection of channel satisfaction model by using neuro-fuzzy.