This paper examines characteristics and limitations of past and current manufacturing organizations, and it extends their frontiers by proposing technological, managerial and organizational capabilities which configure the new face of the industrial organization in the 21st century. From such an...

The volatility and fierce competition of the business environment in the 21st century has forced enterprises to constantly review and change their structure, hierarchy, command, control and management styles. The pentatomic organization enterprise architecture offers a non-conventional approach...