The impact of market requirements focus and manufacturing characteristics focus on plant performance

Article Abstract:

An analysis of individual plants and plants-within-a-plant (PWPs), which render original equipment aftermarket supply services in 52 automotive manufacturers in North Carolina, showed that the degree of internal consistency of manufacturing processes and their set of market demands are significant factors in evaluating manufacturing performance. Results further revealed that focused work cells or PWPs may be inefficient in safeguarding plants against the negative implications of diverse market requirements.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Automobiles, Automobile Manufacturing, Tire, Battery & Accesory Stores, Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores, Auto and home supply stores, Automobile equipment and supplies industry, Automotive parts industry, Manufacturing processes, Manufacturing, Automotive parts stores, Factory management

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Configurations in manufacturing strategy: a review and directions for future research

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Configurational research has a number of interesting applications in operations research, especially in the manufacturing area. The applicability of configurations in manufacturing research stems from the meaningful 'fit between the developed configuration and the subject being studied. Configurational research could benefit from further refinements in the typologies and taxonomies used as well the the internal fit measurements used to assess modeling techniques.

Operations research, Management science, Models, Configuration management

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An investigation of the relationship between global manufacturing practices and outcomes in machine tools and textile industries

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Success factors related to manufacturing planning and control (MPC) practices tend to be influenced by the type of economy a country posses. Data obtained from machine tools and textile industries in 12 countries revealed that nations with free-market economies, such as Japan and Finland, tend to have high success coefficients. On the other hand, nations with planned economies, such as Bulgaria and China, tend to have low success coefficients.

Metalworking Machinery, Manufacturing industries, not elsewhere classified, Machine Tools, Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing, Furs, Dressed & Dyed, Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing, Industrial productivity, Furs

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