... response to the customers' tailored demands is essential in a climate of fierce competition. This is the reason why China's bus manufacturers regarded time as their first choice of strategic manufacturing capabilities, rather than cost or quality. In order to achieve time‐based competitive advantages...

... applications. Competitive strategy Value chain Strategic manufacturing Supplier relations Productivity rate Thailand The study stems from a necessity to strengthen productivity measurement among manufacturers belonging to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI). The FTIs policy focuses...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Competitive strategy Strategic manufacturing Manufacturing systems Benchmarking Analytical hierarchy process China With the development of Chinese industries and their products, the effect of Chinese manufacturing competitiveness is more...

... of the respective criterion. The results are summed up to get the overall priority of each alternative. Josu Takala can be contacted at: josu.takala@uwasa.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Competitive advantage Operations management Strategic manufacturing Globalization Analytical...

... to manufacturing/operational practices, innovation performances, and differentiation strategy. Tritos Laosirihongthong can be contacted at: tritos36@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Innovation Strategic manufacturing Newly industrialized economies Thailand Vietnam...

..., labor flexibility, and size relative to competitors are identified as dimensions differentiating facility structures. The second step of the analysis, determining the classification of strategic manufacturing facility types, was conducted using cluster analysis. The results of the factor analysis...