... process Automation Manufacturing competences Strategic manufacturing Real-time control of operations can help manufacturing companies in the operational decision-making process (Negahban and Smith, 2014), aligning the available information with the strategic objectives of the manufacturing...

... in manufacturing organisations and managerial style need further research. Practical implications AHP methodology can help practitioners who are dealing with the deployment of strategic manufacturing objectives and who are trying to employ methods for choosing the right action plan. Besides, practitioners...

... techniques Strategic manufacturing Malaysia In current business environment, rapid changes and new avenue on cost control is crucial in order to strive through global competition. This has driven manufacturing firms to response to uncertainty more rapidly. Thus, emerging of world‐class competitors...

... between integration and the quality of information. Mattias Gustavsson can be contacted at: mattias.gustavsson@chalmers.se © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Information systems Quality Strategic manufacturing Manufacturing resource planning The aim of manufacturing...

.... In this study, the researchers show results comparing developed versus developing countries. Carlo A. Mora‐Monge can be contacted at: cmora@nmsu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Advanced manufacturing technologies Developing countries Strategic manufacturing North America...

...‐established and continuously evolving in the field of operations management. Its importance is evidenced by the number and importance of the papers and research that have analysed it. Thus, it should be expected that when studying consensus on strategic manufacturing competitive priorities and its effect...

... architecture infrastructures. Strategic manufacturing Organizational theory new product development technologies such as modelling and simulation; the use of technology for sustainable manufacturing; and knowledge management practices to ensure effective supply integration. Concerns...

... of a company. To a large extent, the groups are mutually exclusive which suggests that an industrial company may use several classifications to find a configuration of strategic manufacturing roles that is in line with the environmental challenges and internal strength. The empirical findings form a basis...

... a network perspective using network theory with its foundations in actors, resources, and activities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Strategic manufacturing Production management According to Voss (1995) , it is generally accepted that the foundations of what is now known...

... of legal means or tacitness. Kalevi Kyläheiko can be contacted at: kalevi.kylaheiko@lut.fi © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Manufacturing industries Strategic manufacturing Transaction costs Competitive advantage Manufacturing companies have gone through three...

...@is.bwl.uni‐mannheim.de © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Strategic manufacturing Dynamics Although many authors acknowledge that strategic issues possess a dynamic nature, most approaches and methods in strategic management are inherently static. Therefore, in this paper...

... Manufacturing systems Decision making Decision support systems Strategic manufacturing In recent years, there has been a lot of focus on the topic of strategic planning. Manufacturing strategy as an area of study and practice has been growing since Skinner’s (1969) early work. Skinner’s article both...