International manufacturing and location decisions: balancing configuration and co‐ordination aspects

Meijboom, B.R.; Vos, Bart

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“…The choice of procedures used in production must be made among the notable techniques which are closest to perfect ones, bearing in mind the path in which product is envisaged to tow into the future. It is therefore important for the small-scale industry to recognize the area where the first-rate competition is non-existent for them as compared to the larger industry in the market place [20]. A significant component of product strategy centres on the development of new product with new range of products and extended product line.…”

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Assessment of the Production, Technology and Marketing Challenges Facing Starch Producing Companies in Ghana

Bright¹,

Akomea²,

Owusu-Ansah³

2017

OJBM

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Companies in the starch manufacturing sector in Ghana have over the years being bedeviled with major problems that cut across all their spheres of operation especially production, technology and marketing. The research sought to unearth the extent to which these three major problems affect the operations of these companies. A census was conducted of the management of Ayensu Starch Company where the two management members were selected and interviewed. The research established that there are production, technology and marketing challenges hindering the operations of ASCo. Management of the company has over the years taken stringent measures to reduce the impact of some of these problems to the barest minimum.

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Assessment of the Production, Technology and Marketing Challenges Facing Starch Producing Companies in Ghana

Bright¹,

Akomea²,

Owusu-Ansah³

2017

OJBM

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“…Several researchers into international manufacturing have elaborated on Ferdows' strategic role concept including Meijboom and Vos (1997), Vereecke and Van Dierdonck (2002), Meijboom and Voordijk (2003), and Vereecke et al (2006), seeing it as going beyond traditional one-dimensional efficiency-related (cost minimisation) considerations.…”

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The changing strategic roles for warehousing in an emerging economy: case study in Ukraine

Boer

Voordijk

2014

IJLEG

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Abstract:The increasing globalisation of the world economy is having a profound impact on logistics. Emerging economies are experiencing rapid developments that affect their warehousing facilities. The purpose of this study is to explore the strategic roles that warehousing plays and the changes therein. Based on a literature review, a new model has been developed in which changes in the strategic warehouse role depend on three primary location drivers and on site competence. Focusing on Ukraine, an emerging economy, data were collected through a desk study, questionnaires completed by international third-party logistics companies located in Ukraine and through in-depth expert interviews. The results show that the model developed is appropriate for use in the initial determination of a warehouse location and for its further development in an emerging economy.Keywords: warehouse management; strategic roles; location drivers; emerging economy; Ukraine.Reference to this paper should be made as follows: De Boer, S.J. and Voordijk, H. (2014) 'The changing strategic roles for warehousing in an emerging economy: case study in Ukraine ', Int. J. Logistics Economics and Globalisation, Vol. 6, No. 1, Biographical notes: Sirp J. de Boer is an Associate Professor in International Management at School of Management and Governance of the University of Twente, The Netherlands. His practical experience includes a total of eight years of involvement in industrial development projects in a considerable number of emerging and developing countries. His research focuses on international management with regard to emerging economies. His teaching focuses on country (culture) and sector characteristics, as well as their implications for management of technology and organisations. He supervises Master and PhD students in their research projects.

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“…Meijboom and Vos (1997) observed that strategic role and coordination decisions are seldom integrated in practice. They use four case studies of Dutch subsidiaries in Thailand to show that strategic role decisions and co-ordination decisions are interdependent.…”

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“…Initially, the purpose of the research was to test, through multiple case studies, the validity of the seminal typology of international factories proposed by Ferdows (1989). Such a research programme (Ferdows, 1989;Meijboom and Vos, 1997;Vereecke and Van Dierdonck, 2002) is usually conducted from the perspective of the investor. For example, Ferdows' multiple case studies are based on the study of the foreign subsidiaries of large US multinationals.…”

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Organisational design alternatives within international operations networks: a transaction cost perspective

Leseure

2010

IJSOM

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This paper shows, through multiple case studies of Moroccan textile apparel offshore factories, that one organisational design does not fit all within international operations networks. Whereas previous research about managing networks of foreign factories has focused on fully owned production affiliates, a considerable diversity of organisational arrangements is shown to exist. Analysed in the light of transaction cost theory, this diversity suggests that the cost of co-ordination of foreign factories operating in culturally different countries is high, and has possibly been overlooked in international operations management research. As this paper is primarily a piece of exploratory research, its aim is to document the hybrid arrangements, between markets and hierarchies, that are used by multinationals to cope with co-ordination costs in practice. Moreover, the potential of "supply chain outposts" as an organisational innovation used to cope with high co-ordination requirements is highlighted.

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International manufacturing and location decisions: balancing configuration and co‐ordination aspects

Cited by 116 publications

References 12 publications

Assessment of the Production, Technology and Marketing Challenges Facing Starch Producing Companies in Ghana

Assessment of the Production, Technology and Marketing Challenges Facing Starch Producing Companies in Ghana

The changing strategic roles for warehousing in an emerging economy: case study in Ukraine

Organisational design alternatives within international operations networks: a transaction cost perspective

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