...). Strategic objectives Global manufacturing networks Lateral knowledge flow Manufacturing companies have undergone many changes in the new millennium. In the past, manufacturing companies were organised to produce at one plant and serve worldwide markets through that plant. Today, several companies...

... of a company, which includes the strategic objectives of a company and the cause-effect relationships between them. Its network structure facilitates its representation as an analytic network process (ANP) model. The proposed method starts with a network with all possible relationships and then it deletes...

... between modes of strategy formation in different phases of the process is discussed, indicating the varying roles of managers. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Operations management Strategic objectives Learning organizations Process management The strategic importance of manufacturing...