The flexibility concept within the company may be better understand if we will analyse the connection with other concepts. In this paper we will try to present the influence of the flexibility over the diversity and change.

The ability to manufacture several products on the same production line and switch seamlessly among them allows a firm to both hedge against demand uncertainty and respond to competition. In this paper, we empirically analyze the deployment of manufacturing flexibility in the North American...

A flexible product is a menu of two or more alternatives products serving the same market. Purchasers of flexible products are assigned to one of the alternatives at a later date. Gallego and Phillips show that capacitated suppliers, such as airlines and hotels, can potentially improve revenue...

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, to evaluate the roles of a transactive memory system and the supply network flexibility of the firm as antecedents of a firm’s supply chain agility (FSCA), also incorporating the moderating role of the transactive memory system. Second, to evaluate...

This paper studies the effect of external managerial social networks on strategic flexibility and organizational learning, considering three groups of analysis (Non-QM, ISO and TQM firms). At the present, there is a wide variety of alternatives for managing quality in organizations, such as ISO...

Using a German employer-employee matched panel data set this paper examines the effects of High Performance Workplace Systems (HPWSs) on labor productivity (defined as sales per worker) and labor efficiency (defined as the inverse of unit labor costs). The estimation results indicate that simple...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the significance of supply chain strategies – visibility and flexibility supply chain – as well as the supplier development and inventory control towards the supply chain effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach – Applying the strategic...

Purpose: Once operational benefits of Six Sigma are well recognized in literature, this research advances the strategic advantages of this initiative. Thus, this paper analyses how dynamic capabilities (DCs) mediates the relationship between Six Sigma implementation and organizational...

Matching uncertain demand with capacities is notoriously hard. Operations managers can use mix-flexible resources to shift excess demands to unused capacities. To find the optimal configuration of a mix-flexible production network, a flexibility design problem (FDP) is solved. Existing...

Das Bestandsmanagement von Ersatzteilen stellt Hersteller langlebiger Industrie- und Konsumgüter insbesondere in der Nachserienphase vor große Herausforderungen, da nach Abschluss der Serienproduktion die zur einer effizienten Bedarfsbefriedigung notwendige Flexibilität nur noch in...