International Manufacturing Strategy in a Time of Great Flux

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brennan, Louis (Editor), Vecchi, Alessandra (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Measuring Operations Performance,
• Subjects: Business.; Organization.; Planning.; Management.; Industrial management.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Management information systems.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Business Process Management.

This book assesses the state of international manufacturing strategy and clarifies how recent developments, for example regarding configuration, technology, and the environment, are impacting on its content and direction and on its relationship to manufacturing performance. In providing up-to-date c...

Table of Contents:

• Trends in manufacturing strategies: a longitudinal investigation of the international manufacturing strategy survey
• The taxonomy of international manufacturing strategies
• International manufacturing strategy: the impact of misalignment between national culture and organizational structure
• Catch-up strategies of emerging market firms: lessons learned from India and China
• Best strategic decisions in management of complex operations
• ICT and international manufacturing strategy
• Do improvement programs complement each other?
• Practices and performance in constraints management production planning and control systems
• Exploring critical success factors for implementing green lean six sigma
• S&OP related key performance measures with integration of sustainability and decoupling points.