A Panel Study of Manufacturing Strategies in Sweden

Hörte, Sven Åke; Börjesson, Sofia; Tunälv, Claes

doi:10.1108/01443579110145096

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“…Competitive strategy, Porter (1980) proposed that, to meet the five competitive forces of an industrial segment (bargaining power of customers, bargaining power of suppliers, competitors, threat of substitute products, threat of new entrants), a company may use a generic competitive strategy as the types: cost leadership, differentiation and focus. Hörte et al (1987) reinforce that decisions of competitive strategy should be based on careful analysis of the environment and of forces/company's own weaknesses. The market requirements perspective on the production strategy has your required performance evaluation by performance objectives, proposed by several authors.…”

Section: Production Strategy: Definition and Main Featuresmentioning

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Proposal for a framework for production strategy utilizing Big Data: illustrative case in public service

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2020

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Abstract: The production strategy is an overall pattern of decisions and actions that defines the role, objectives and production activities supporting a business strategy. Expanded to a general pattern of decisions determining the long-term skills and their contributions to the global strategy combining market requirements and resources. Currently, from the whole evolution of the internet and its related technologies, there are a wide range of data available in various formats and storage places. This voluminous data set available, called Big Data, can support the understandings and managerial and strategic visions in a way interesting, effective and relevant, since they combine some factors and tools. Therefore, the objective of this article is to present a proposal for a framework that supports the strategy of production via use of aspects of Big Data. The method of research was conducted in three stages: i) literature search in 5 steps; ii)elaboration of a theoretical-conceptual framework (BD-ProdStrateg) in 5 steps; and iii)application of illustration of the proposed framework (BD-ProdStrateg). The main contribution was the systematization of a proposal using a theoretical right to authors of consolidated production strategy and on the other hand the latest reference about Big Data and its possibilities to be explored. Illustrative application generated an expectation of continuity and search for technological means to check on how long the main problems would be resolved and what degree of economics from this deployment.

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Section: Production Strategy: Definition and Main Featuresmentioning

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Proposal for a framework for production strategy utilizing Big Data: illustrative case in public service

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“…It is also supplemented with data and analyses that have been found since the publication of the study. The main source for the data collection is a survey of 125 manufacturing units (see Hörte, et al, 1987). This section will discuss the methods used for collecting and analysing these data.…”

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“…General information about the survey and statistical analyses are provided byHörte, et al (1987) 4. The survey is based on the Manufacturing Futures Programme (MFP) Survey (seeFerdows, et al, 1985), which is conducted annually in North America, Japan and Europe.…”

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Manufacturing Strategies and Decentralisation

Tunälv

1990

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

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Background and Frame of Reference Investments and changes in manufacturing have become more extensive and complex during the last few decades. This has implied that even minor changes in manufacturing can result in long-term consequences for the organisation. The complexity has also implied that more functions and individuals, both in staff functions and in the line hierarchy, have to be involved in the decisionmaking processes. Furthermore, increased responsibility and authority, as a part of the job characteristics, have become essential for retaining the personnel. These changes are partly connected, and it is therefore of interest to investigate the strategic and managerial implications of this trend. Manufacturing StrategiesThe theories of manufacturing strategy focus on analyses of business goals and strategies, the congruence of these with manufacturing goals and plans formulated and implemented in manufacturing. Hence, a manufacturing strategy should reflect goals and strategies of the business and enable the manufacturing function to contribute to the competitiveness of the company (Skinner, 1978;Hayes and Wheelwright, 1984). The implementation process of these goals and strategies is often described as a top-down process, but Hayes and Wheelwright see a need for an interactive (top-down -bottom-up) development of manufacturing strategy. They also state that it is through the actual decisions made that the manufacturing capability is determined. The decisions are made within the structural and infrastructural elements of manufacturing. These elements are considered by Hayes and Wheelwright as consisting of a set of decision categories (see Figure 1). Decisions made in these categories should be consistent and support the manufacturing goals, as well as overall goals and strategies of the organisation.This strategic view of manufacturing has proved to be a good basis for discussions within manufacturing companies . The implementation process of these goals and strategies is, however, poorly described in the literature. Swamidass and Newell (1987) mean that the manufacturing strategy literature lacks some of the essential ingredients that can stimulate empirical research. One reason is the lack of integration of relevant literature from several disciplines. Social factors, such as behaviour and psychological factors, have partly been neglected. The result has been a quite normative view of the planning process, where, at the most, the manufacturing manager is involved. His obligations are reduced to formulating the right goals for manufacturing, and to explaining consequences of the terms in manufacturing for the competitive ability, and making the "right decisions".

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“…Normalmente, essas operações ou habilidades incluem os conceitos de qualidade, custo/eficiência, entrega/responsabilidade e flexibilidade (MILLER;ROTH, 1994). Essas quatro prioridades competitivas foram as de maior inserção entre os estudos pesquisados (SKINNER, 1969;SCHMENNER, 1981;WHEELWRIGHT, 1984;GERWIN, 1987;HÖRTE;LINDBERG;TUNÄLV, 1987;NEWELL, 1987;ADAM;SWAMIDASS, 1989;SNYDER;WARD, 1990;GARVIN, 1993;HILL, 1993;SCHROEDER, 1993;STONENRAKER;LEONG, 1994;PIRES, 1995;VACHON;KLASSEN, 2006;SILVA et al, 2008). Assim, tais prioridades foram adotadas no presente trabalho.…”

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Análise das relações entre estratégia de produção, práticas e desempenho operacional

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Este trabalho teve o objetivo de verificar quais são as melhores práticas de produção para o setor moveleiro no Brasil, mediante a análise das relações entre as práticas de produção implantadas e prioridades competitivas e, também, entre indicadores de desempenho. A revisão teórica centrou em definir o pressuposto para o estudo das melhores práticas e realizar uma sistematização da literatura. Posteriormente, foi desenvolvida a pesquisa prática mediante uma survey em 99 empresas. Para a análise dos dados, foi empregada a técnica de modelagem de equações estruturais com o método de estimação dos mínimos quadrados ponderados. Os resultados revelaram que as práticas nas áreas de desenvolvimento de novos produtos, recursos humanos e planejamento e controle de produção estavam alinhadas à estratégia de produção e contribuíram para a melhoria de indicadores de desempenho operacional, sendo assim consideradas melhores práticas para o contexto estudado. Foram feitas discussões e sugestões para pesquisas futuras.

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A Panel Study of Manufacturing Strategies in Sweden

Cited by 21 publications

References 2 publications

Proposal for a framework for production strategy utilizing Big Data: illustrative case in public service

Proposal for a framework for production strategy utilizing Big Data: illustrative case in public service

Manufacturing Strategies and Decentralisation

Análise das relações entre estratégia de produção, práticas e desempenho operacional

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