... management Performance management Best practice There is a long‐standing debate in manufacturing strategy over the approaches for product and process choice. Since the late 1970s, researchers have discussed the merits of designing and improving operations based on alternative perspectives...

... is on theoretical generalizability through richness of empirical data. Originality/value As firms continue to use best practice as a core ingredient of strategy, researchers must respond with robust theoretical concepts explaining adoption and implementation. This paper integrates disparate perspectives across...

...R. Van Landeghem; K. Persoons Benchmarking Logistics Performance Audit Best practice In Figure 2 we focus on the best practices that influence the performances linked with top objective “flexibility”. We can distinguish three levels of best practices and two levels of performance...

... to develop and validate the framework presented. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Manufacturing Planning and control Best practice Benchmarking The rapidly changing competitive environments in which most companies operate are forcing them to change their strategies in order to remain competitive...