... reporting that Canadian manufacturers were developing a competitive advantage through the adoption of modern manufacturing practices (during 1989/90 the Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail published weekly reports on Canadian businesses and the Canadian Business monthly magazine published similar reports...

...Thomas F. Burgess A high level model of the organisation is built using the system dynamics method and an operations management perspective. The organisation is portrayed as a process linking the key competitive capabilities of cost, quality, time and flexibility. Empirical data are used...

...Asbjørn Rolstadås The future trends with respect to globalisation, customer orientation, process orientation, and high productivity have led to increased focus on productivity and enterprise competitiveness. In order to improve competitiveness, it is necessary to measure performance. The classical...

...‐national corporations) and on the relevant literature. It seems plausible that time‐based competitiveness will be more important when delivery speed is an order‐winning criteria. This is particularly important when the customers work under high levels of uncertainty (the South American environment has...

...Sven Åke Hörte; Håkan Ylinenpää A firm’s ability to win orders on the market depends on its competitiveness. A competitive firm wins orders on the market, which has a positive impact on its sales performance. Order‐winning criteria are those criteria that make a difference to the customer when he...

... the Global TransPark project in North Carolina and its empirical support aimed at creating a logistical environment to improve manufacturing competitiveness in an era of international sourcing and sales and speed‐to‐market. The Global TransPark is one, and arguably the most advanced, logistical...

...Jack R. Meredith; David M. McCutcheon; Janet Hartley Identifies four factors as constituting the primary basis for global competition in providing customers with value: customization, quality,response time, and price. However, finds that these factors interact in a multiplicative rather than...

... 1994 Benchmarking Competitiveness Manufacturing Performance indicators Strategic management It is first necessary for the senior management of a manufacturing business, searching for an opportunity to establish a sustainable competitive advantage, to have a clear vision...

...Nigel Slack A crucial stage in the formulation of operations strategy is the derivation of a ranked (or rated) list of competitive factors such as quality, flexibility, cost. This list is used either to infer an appropriate set of strategic operations decisions or alternatively it is used...

..., suggests a set of auditing checklists which build on earlier work by Skinner. This process helps the firm to identify its relative position in terms of the dynamic equilibrium model and also to identify long‐term objectives for improving its competitiveness within the marketplace. Dealing...

...Claes Tunälv Based on an empirical study of 184 Swedish manufacturers. Provides an operationalization of manufacturing strategy. Bases the definition of a manufacturing strategy on the competitive means which the business units emphasize to compete on the market, and the nature of manufacturing...

...Kun‐Huang Yeh; Chao‐Hsien Chu Under acute global competitive pressure, many companies have viewed product diversification as a strategic weapon with which to win market shares. Nevertheless, product diversification increases costs and sometimes degrades product quality. Many businesses today...

... a company can use time to create a competitive advantage and considers the main activities that are critical for achieving such results. Hence, a “minimum set of measures”, consistent with the information requirements of each company, is determined. Competitiveness Performance measurement Manufacturing...

..., plant within a plant, and order‐winning criteria can be successfully applied. It describes the process whereby manufacturing strategy can be formulated within a company. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Competitiveness Manufacturing strategy Production Manufacturing Strategy Development at Bibby...

... that the companies have tended to consolidate their positions in existing markets rather than put emphasis on efforts to enter new markets. The competitive means used to support this strategic direction are in 1989 even more biased towards high quality products, reliable deliveries and aspects of flexibility...

... is vital to effecting improvements in performance,can be expected to take the lead, and better measurements are described which can produce an improvement in competitiveness. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Competitiveness Control Strategic management Manufacturing Measuring Strategic Control...

...John G. Wacker The relationship between technology and strategic competitiveness is investigated. It is suggested that effective management of employees and equipment can speed technological advances to customers. However,managerial technological knowledge of the production process and technical...