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The Flexibility of Manufacturing Systems

The Flexibility of Manufacturing Systems Many of the new pressures from today's manufacturing environment are turning manufacturing managers' attention to the virtues of developing a flexible manufacturing function. Flexibility, however, has different meanings for different managers and several perfectly legitimate alternative paths exist towards flexible manufacturing. How managers in ten companies view manufacturing flexibility in terms of how they see the contribution of manufacturing flexibility to overall company performance what types of flexibility they regard as important and what their desired degree of flexibility is. The results of the investigations in these ten companies are summarised in the form of ten empirical observations. Based on these observations a checklist of prescriptions is presented and a hierarchical framework developed into which the various issues raised by the observations can be incorporated. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Operations & Production Management Emerald Publishing

The Flexibility of Manufacturing Systems

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Emerald Publishing
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0144-3577
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10.1108/eb054798
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Abstract

Many of the new pressures from today's manufacturing environment are turning manufacturing managers' attention to the virtues of developing a flexible manufacturing function. Flexibility, however, has different meanings for different managers and several perfectly legitimate alternative paths exist towards flexible manufacturing. How managers in ten companies view manufacturing flexibility in terms of how they see the contribution of manufacturing flexibility to overall company performance what types of flexibility they regard as important and what their desired degree of flexibility is. The results of the investigations in these ten companies are summarised in the form of ten empirical observations. Based on these observations a checklist of prescriptions is presented and a hierarchical framework developed into which the various issues raised by the observations can be incorporated.

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International Journal of Operations & Production Management – Emerald Publishing

Published: Apr 1, 1987

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