... Response flexibility Value chain Manufacturing industries Electronics industry Malaysia The organizations selected are multinational and local manufacturers in electrical and electronic industry in Malaysia. Names of the organizations have been kept confidential at the respondents' request...

... process in order to keep abreast of the competition. Production companies in other words, are increasingly challenged to structure the ordering process to become more responsive while remaining competitive at the same time. Order systems Response flexibility It can be concluded from...

...: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Supply chain management Simulation Cost reduction Response flexibility Since the year 2000 business objectives began to focus on new visions due to greater domestic and foreign competition at all levels of business functions. Firms...

... readily assimilated “best practice” guidelines via the study of “exemplar” operating characteristics. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Uncertainty management Statistical analysis Response flexibility Process management Supply chain management Micklethwait and Woolridge (1996...