...Alok Mathur; G.S. Dangayach; M.L. Mittal; Milind K. Sharma Purpose Today's customer‐focused paradigm of business environment puts tremendous pressures of quality, delivery, dependability, flexibility and cost on the manufacturing organisation. Automatic manufacturing systems offer several...

... as (Saurin and Ferreira, 2009 ; Taj and Berro, 2006 ; Comm and Mathaisel, 2005 ; Simpson and Power, 2005 ; Barla, 2003 ; Karlsson and Ahlstrom, 1996) in this section each parameter is discussed in details regarding its content. Lean production Manufacturing systems Fuzzy control Quality...

... and the effect of firm size on the effect of these strategies. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Manufacturing systems Strategic management Financial performance Turkey Manufacturing strategy can be defined as a set of coordinated objectives and action programs applied...

... in a range of organisations throughout the world. To begin, the aim of a manufacturing strategy is to increase organisational competitiveness through the improvement of one or more of the following: Operations and production management Performance management Manufacturing systems Corporate...

... factors that enhance the manufacturing advantage. Finally, the industry weaknesses and future challenges of the IC manufacturing industry are presented. Manufacturing systems Business excellence Integrated circuits Manufacturing industries Taiwan According to Yin’s (1994) view, a case study...