Managers’ perceptions of flexibility in manufacturing: a study in the Swedish engineering industry

Nordahl, Håkan; Nilsson, Carl‐Henric

doi:10.1108/09576069610125076

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“…To measure SCRM strategies, suitable items were chosen from the literature, which has been discussed in the literature review section. We adapted existing questions to measure avoidance (three item scale developed by Miller, 1992), supplier development (three item scale developed by Smeltzer and Siferd, 1998), control (three item scale developed by Hill, 1990;Willamson, 1986), SC integration (five item scale developed by Frohlich and Westbrook, 2001), flexibility (five item scale developed by Nordahl and Nilsson, 1996), redundant resources (three item scale developed by Sheffi and Rice, 2005) and risk pooling (four item scale developed by Carr and Lovejoy, 2000). A questionnaire was created for each measured variable of SCRM strategies in a seven-point Likert scale, where 1 means "completely disagree"' and 7 means "completely agree."…”

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“…2.2.1 Flexibility. Nordahl and Nilsson (1996) classified flexibility into external flexibility and internal flexibility. Authors further divided external flexibility into four different classes: product flexibility, mix flexibility, volume flexibility and delivery flexibility, and internal flexibility into two levels, namely, production system flexibility and resource system flexibility.…”

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Supply chain risk management dimensions in Indian automobile industry

Sharma

Bhat

2014

Benchmarking: An International Journal

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Purpose – Globalization and outsourcing have rendered Indian automotive companies more vulnerable to supply chain (SC) risks. Consequently, companies adopt different supply chain risk management (SCRM) strategies to mitigate SC risks. The purpose of this paper is to explore SCRM strategies in Indian automobile industry and to classify automobile firms based on SCRM dimensions. Design/methodology/approach – A survey instrument on SCRM dimensions was designed and data were collected from 79 automobile firms. Principle component analysis (PCA) was performed on the collected data to derive the factors underlying SCRM dimensions. Further, cluster analysis using extracted factors as a clustering variate was performed to identify strategic groups from the given set of firms. Findings – PCA derived seven factors, namely: avoidance, supplier development, flexibility, risk pooling, redundancy, integration and control strategies. The surveyed firms were classified into two clusters as low and high SCRM level. Research limitations/implications – A limitation of this study is that data were collected from a single industry and in a single country. Practical implications – Understanding of SCRM dimensions shall increase the use of these dimensions and firms can mitigate negative effects of SC risks. The detailed operationalization of SCRM strategies highlights the importance of three strategies: avoidance, integration and supplier development. Managers’ understanding of SCRM strategies will improve the firm's performance and business excellence. Originality/value – This research empirically validates SCRM strategies and investigates how these create differences among firms.

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Supply chain risk management dimensions in Indian automobile industry

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Bhat

2014

Benchmarking: An International Journal

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“…Similarly, downstream flexibility is defined as the capability of the supply chain to ship products from the distribution center to the market (regional warehouses or the retailer). A supply chain has complete downstream flexibility if all distribution centers have capability to ship to all products to all markets (Nordahl and Nilsson, 1996).…”

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Creating flex‐lean‐agile value chain by outsourcing

Mohammed

Shankar²,

Banwet³

2008

Business Process Management Journal

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study the characteristics of flexible, agile and lean supply chains and establish, by factor analysis, that outsourcing can be a key intervention achieving the triple objective of flexibility, agility and leanness.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a blend of theoretical framework and practical application and employs structural analysis to draw an interventional roadmap to facilitate value chain outsourcing.FindingsThe paper finds that by outsourcing activities processes, organizations can deliver better value to the customer.Originality/valueThe paper is of value in identifying the variables for effective value chain outsourcing.

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“…vol.l O n.2. m,;o 2001 , p. 21-30Nordahl and Nilsson (1996) afirmam que se pode esperar que a experiência da Flexibilidade seja maior em empresas que tenham tecnologia avançada de manufatura.P3: Automação flexível é correlacionada positivamente com mudança freqüente de processo das máquinas de uma firma?Acredita-se que a implementação de automação flexível , por meio de integração por computador, tecnologia da informação ou processo automatizado, melhore a flexibilidade de manufatura por meio da redução dos tempos de set-lIp, freqüente mudança nos processos das máquinas e uma melhor utilização da capacidade de produção. Entretanto,Garrett (1986) alerta que a Flexibilidade de manufatura é muito mais do que simp lesmente comprar FMSs.…”

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Um estudo empírico sobre a correlação entre automação flexível e flexibilidade de manufatura

Zukin

Dalcol

2000

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Este artigo discute os resultados de um estudo recente envolvendo 16 empresas líderes do setor de bens eletrônicos de consumo no Brasil. São analisadas as relações entre automação flexível e variáveis tais como: percepção gerencial da flexibilidade; variedade de produtos; frequência de mudança nos processos das máquinas e aumento da variedade de produtos. O objetivo é verificar se os gerentes, que percebem a importância da flexibilidade de manufatura, estão usando flexibilidade efetivamente ou não, procurando, assim, explorar a utilização da flexibilidade em um setor industrial dinâmico de um país de industrialização recente.
This paper discusses the results of a recent study involving 16 leading firms in the consumer electronics industry in Brazil. It analyses the relationship between flexible automation and variables such as: managerial perception of flexibility; variety of products; machine changeover and increase in range of products. The objective of this paper is to find out whether managers, perceiving the importance of manufacturing flexibility, are using flexibility effectively or not, in order to shed some light on flexibility utilisation in a dynamic industrial sector of a newly industrialized country

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Managers’ perceptions of flexibility in manufacturing: a study in the Swedish engineering industry

Cited by 7 publications

References 9 publications

Supply chain risk management dimensions in Indian automobile industry

Supply chain risk management dimensions in Indian automobile industry

Creating flex‐lean‐agile value chain by outsourcing

Um estudo empírico sobre a correlação entre automação flexível e flexibilidade de manufatura

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