provides a case study of an IT manufacturing company in transition. Realignment in the marketplace requires above all the …

readiness for small firms is developed and validated empirically using a quantitative survey of 117 UK manufacturing small firms …

still persist. One of these problem countries is Finland. The purpose of this paper is to examine manufacturing strategy … line and after sales service, while showing high priority in delivery speed and punctuality. As the manufacturing strategy … common method bias. Practical implications – It is evident that SMEs may adapt their manufacturing strategy, with emphasis on …

estimate the quality development stage. After evaluating their quality stage manufacturing firms can improve quality …

government economic policy. This paper uses data from the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (1996‐98) to examine how … these similarities and differences may have impacted on the manufacturing strategies adopted by firms in the two regions … of these approaches. In particular, European manufacturers introduced a number of manufacturing technologies earlier and …

whether the strategy‐manager alignment is related to the performance of the manufacturing unit. Results provide evidence to … strategy‐manager alignment at both the corporate and business unit levels were found to have correspondingly higher levels of … organizational performance. This study extends prior research of the strategy‐managerial characteristics relationship to the …

Sweden shows that companies with a manufacturing strategy break down goals and strategies to lower levels than companies … without a manufacturing strategy. The companies having a manufacturing strategy also plan manufacturing on longer terms, are …Major decisions in manufacturing have often been treated as a management task. Investments and changes in manufacturing …

proactive manufacturing posture. In the article, a model for an integrated proactive manufacturing strategy is presented and … integration is important to a proactive manufacturing strategy, and managerial implications are discussed.  …Effective manufacturing management calls for integration between strategic subsystems. In manufacturing, this means …

The Profit Impact of Marketing Strategy (PIMS) database was used to test the relationship between production process … assets, manufacturing costs, gross margin). In addition, the effect of six broad industry types on the proposed relationships … was also investigated. Overall industries, raw materials/work‐in‐progress, capacity utilization, manufacturing costs …