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Industrial companies condemned to hybrid manufacturing strategies. An explanatory research of the capabilities needed to put hybrid manufacturing strategies into action.
Journal
International Journal of Operations and Production Management
ISSN
0144-3577
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2007-06-18
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Acur, Nuran
Abstract
In contrary to the trade off assumption of traditional studies, researchers have confirmed that companies that have implemented a hybrid manufacturing strategy and therefore compete through multiple competitive priorities are successful.
Operations management literature states that capabilities directly influence a company's success and that to capture the firm's competitive behaviour one needs to analyze the way resources are used. The development as well as the management of capabilities is seen as a major task of a manufacturing strategy. Given the importance of the capabilities for a company's success, we pursue the goal to analyze the capabilities needed to compete simultaneously with multiple competitive priorities. In a first attempt to classify the capabilities underlying a hybrid manufacturing strategy five companies have been analyzed and compared. We articulate a set of propositions based on the comparative data. These observations yield a model of capabilities underlying a hybrid manufacturing strategy.
Operations management literature states that capabilities directly influence a company's success and that to capture the firm's competitive behaviour one needs to analyze the way resources are used. The development as well as the management of capabilities is seen as a major task of a manufacturing strategy. Given the importance of the capabilities for a company's success, we pursue the goal to analyze the capabilities needed to compete simultaneously with multiple competitive priorities. In a first attempt to classify the capabilities underlying a hybrid manufacturing strategy five companies have been analyzed and compared. We articulate a set of propositions based on the comparative data. These observations yield a model of capabilities underlying a hybrid manufacturing strategy.
Language
English
Keywords
Competitive priorities
capabilities
action programs
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Managing operations in an expanding Europe
Publisher
Emerald
Publisher place
Bingley
Event Title
14th European Operations Management Association (EurOMA) Conference
Event Location
Ankara
Event Date
17.-20.06.2007
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
38491