Alternative paradigms for manufacturing strategy
نویسنده
چکیده
Introduction Manufacturing strategy as a concept and an area of study and practice has been growing for the last 30 years. However, as it has grown the clarity of manufacturing strategy has decreased as different views and different approaches have emerged. This article will briefly review the history of manufacturing strategy, then it will review the field from several different perspectives. It will finally compare and evaluate these different perspectives and look for the linkages between them.
منابع مشابه
Relationships between two approaches for planning manufacturing strategy: A strategic approach and a paradigmatic approach
Two approaches for planning manufacturing strategy, a strategic approach and a paradigmatic approach, are introduced. The key decisions of these two approaches are, respectively, located in the choices of competitive priorities and manufacturing paradigms. Three hypothesis models on the relationships between these two approaches in a turbulent environment are founded with the help of structural...
متن کاملTowards a conceptual framework of manufacturing paradigms∗
∗ Research work had been submitted to the International Journal of Production Research for publication on December 2005 1 School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science, Cranfield University, United Kingdom Abstract – This report sets out to identify, describe, and contrast popular manufacturing paradigms and explore their fit with competitive strategies. The methodology is based on a critical ...
متن کاملParadigms and theories in water governance: the case of South Africa’s National Water Resource Strategy, Second Edition
This paper indicates the influence of paradigms and theories on the development of South Africa’s National Water Resource Strategy, Second Edition. Five paradigms exist: positivism, postpositivism, interpretivism/constructivism, critical theories and the participatory paradigm. I use the PULSE3 framework for analysis that I developed to analyse the NWRS2. I found that positivism is the dominant...
متن کاملMeasuring the Intangible Aspects of the Manufacturing Strategy - A Case Study from the Automotive Industry
In this paper we focus on how manufacturing strategies should be measured in an increasingly complex manufacturing environment where the “traditional” quality and productivity measures are not sufficient. The paper discusses and illustrates measures, quantitative and qualitative, that are relevant for manufacturing strategies based on principles from different paradigms. From our case in the au...
متن کاملA New Paradigm Shift for Manufacturing Businesses
Cloud Manufacturing is emerging as a new manufacturing paradigm which is believed to change the way industries and enterprises do their businesses, in that dynamically scalable and virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet. It can transform the traditional manufacturing business model, help it align product innovation with business strategy, and create intelligent factor...
متن کامل