The Alignment Of International Manufacturing Networks
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| Author | : Steffen Mengel |
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| Release | : 2017 |
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The increase of globalized manufacturing and foreign direct investments in the past decades had major implications for manufacturing firms. Intra-organizational manufacturing activities are conducted nowadays within networks of factories dispersed worldwide. The term international manufacturing networks (IMNs) established in literature to describe this phenomenon. Although the literature is rich in providing insights on how to organize single factories to be aligned with manufacturing strategy, until now, scholars neglected to investigate how IMNs need to be structured to be in line with and support a manufacturing strategy. Thus, this dissertation examined the fit between fundamental elements characterizing strategy, configuration, and coordination of IMNs. It thereby enhanced the management theory of IMNs and provided valuable information guiding managers towards an alignment of their IMNs. First, a survey was conducted to investigate the relationship between network capabilities and competitive capabilities. While competitive capabilities can be used to define the strategic emphasis of manufacturing strategy, network capabilities can be used to outline the strategic emphasis of IMNs. Understanding the linkages between both concepts helps to comprehend how IMNs can support manufacturing strategy better and to, thus, formulate well-informed strategies for IMNs. Second, a case study was conducted to investigate the linkage between centralization of decision-making of IMNs and network capabilities. The centralization of decision-making is a key issue characterizing the coordination of IMNs. The findings on the link between the two concepts help to understand better how the centralization of decision-making needs to be adjusted to promote specific network capabilities effectively. Third, a case study research strategy was followed to examine the relationship between network focus and network capabilities. Network focus is a key e.
| Author | : Thomas Friedli |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2014-07-08 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 3642341853 |
The preceding process of globalization and the continuously rising competitive pressure on manufacturing companies in more developed economies unveiled the limits of classical site-focused optimization approaches. The focus of network optimization shifts ever more towards an integrative view of manufacturing networks, striving for a harmonization of the strategy-, configuration- and coordination levels. This book presents such an integrative approach to the strategic management of manufacturing networks. Besides strategic network requirements, this book discusses the derivation of an optimal global footprint and the optimization of network coordination activities. Special attention is paid to the site roles concept, especially to the concept of 'lead factory'. A large number of up-to-date cases from the producing industry enrich the book and provide the reader with vivid examples for the application of the presented concepts. Hence, this book is a must-read for both practitioners and academic researchers.
| Author | : Michael Maetzler |
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| Release | : 2016 |
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This thesis sets out to investigate the relationship between competitive priorities and network capabilities in international manufacturing networks. Existing theory claims that aligning network capabilities to competitive priorities leads to higher business performance. In order to prove this alignment performance link, six hypotheses were developed. To test these, the data from a management survey with 88 participants was analysed for moderation. The survey asked manufacturing managers (COO, Head of Manufacturing, Head of Business Unit, etc.) to rate competitive priorities, network capabilities, and performance for their network. As there were previously no existing measurement tools for network capabilities, the development of a network capability scale is a significant first result of this thesis. However, a lack of correlation in the underlying data led to the suspension of the hypotheses, since competitive capabilities did not match competitive priorities. This suggests that management are not implementing the competitive priorities as theory dictates. Still, upon empirical evaluation of the collected data, it was established that company behaviour does not match the trade-off concepts of the existing manufacturing network theory. Companies simultaneously follow several network capabilities without any negative impact on performance. These findings indicate that from a general perspective, firms do not experience trade-off relationships between network capabilities.
| Author | : Per Lindberg |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 493 |
| Release | : 2013-11-11 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 147572795X |
Over the last twenty years, there has been an increasing number of factors that have placed the manufacturing strategies of companies and countries in a global context. This book reviews and addresses the global manufacturing strategy area through research in the four major economic areas of the world: Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. International Manufacturing Strategies: Context, Content and Change is the result of a single major research project undertaken in twenty countries, focusing on the manufacturing strategies and practices in each, and uses research data to focus on factors specific to industrial countries or regions and those which are common across the group of countries or the entire sample The core of this book is a set of chapters reviewing individual countries. Each country is reviewed in a format with an overall common approach: the socio-economic background; the distinctive results for that country from the research and the link between the two. Most will be illustrated by a small case study of a company. Following this is an integrating review of the findings from various countries, the different trajectories followed, and the impact on external variables and the socioeconomic context on those. The final part of the book is devoted to new ideas and developments in functional areas and in manufacturing strategy that have been developed from the analysis conducted during the research.
| Author | : Luis Maia Carneiro |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 453 |
| Release | : 2013-02-05 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1118607120 |
This book provides the latest models, methods and guidelines for networked enterprises to enhance their competitiveness and move towards innovative high performance and agile industrial systems. In the new global market, competitiveness and economic growth rely greatly on the move toward innovative high performance industrial systems and agile networked enterprises through the creation and consolidation of non-hierarchical manufacturing networks of multi-national SMEs as opposed to networks based on powerful large-scale companies. Network performance can be significantly improved through more harmonious and equitable peer-to-peer inter-enterprise relationships, conforming decentralized and collaborative decision-making models. Traditional hierarchical manufacturing networks are based on centralized models, where some of the actors involved must adapt themselves to the constraints defined by those who are most dominant. Real-world experiences of such models have revealed some major problems due to the centralized vision of the supply chain and the sub-optimal performance of centralized decision-making. For the current highly dynamic markets, this generates major inefficiencies in operation throughout the supply chain. This book collects the latest research regarding non-hierarchical manufacturing networks and provides enterprises with valuable models, methods and guidelines to improve their competitiveness.
| Author | : Thomas Friedli |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2021-09-29 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9783030727390 |
Using site-specific optimization approaches in international manufacturing networks is increasingly proving insufficient. To solve this problem, several holistic and integrated alternatives have been developed to reflect a global perspective. This book presents advances in the St. Gallen Global Manufacturing Network Model and its application in numerous industry-, benchmarking- and research projects. The contents combine data-driven solutions with qualitative management frameworks for the strategic optimization of international manufacturing networks. In the first part, the book addresses the foundation of manufacturing network management and further describes the St. Gallen Operational Excellence approaches to manage plant performance. On this basis, the authors show how plant- and network-level performance can be enhanced via key improvement domains (e.g., strategy, configuration, coordination, performance management, digitalization). In turn, the second part demonstrates the application of the constructs in manufacturing companies from various industries. By combining research and practice, the book offers unique perspectives on the management of global production striving toward higher performance on manufacturing site and network level.
| Author | : Louis Brennan |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2016-09-02 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 3319253514 |
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 coverage of the consequences of such forces and factors for international manufacturing, this book aims to expand the debate concerning international manufacturing strategy and cast light on its current evolution. International manufacturing is operating within a time of great flux. While offshoring of activities has dominated over recent decades, nearshoring and reshoring are increasingly being considered and observed in practice. At the same time, technologies such as 3D-printing are gaining traction and the role of ICT and data analytics is increasingly important in the international manufacturing landscape while digitization becomes more prevalent and the embrace of the Internet of Things (IOT) accelerates. Furthermore, issues related to the environment are figuring more prominently in international manufacturing considerations, and assumptions regarding the long-term cost of energy are being called into question. International manufacturing is also experiencing greater servitization.
| Author | : Ander Errasti Opacua |
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| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2011 |
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| ISBN | : 9788469407554 |
| Author | : Dominik Remling |
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| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2022 |
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| Author | : Bopaya Bidanda |
| Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Companies |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Administración de la producción |
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Shared manufacturing, the sharing of modern technologies, facilities, equipment, and management systems among manufacturers with similar needs is an innovative way for small and mid-sized manufacturers to increase their competitiveness in a marketplace dominated by global giants. This book provides executives and plant and production managers with a thorough introduction to the concept of shared manufacturing, establishes its rationale, and provides step-by-step guidance on how companies can enter into strategic alliances to cost-effectively develop and deploy new technologies to enhance productivity and quality. Using the recently established Pittsburgh Manufacturing Assistance Center as a model case as well as case studies of ventures in the U.S., Germany, Taiwan, France, and Italy, the book discusses a methodology for target market selection and approaches for the development of shared manufacturing assistance centers (MACs). . .provides an overview of project management concepts. . .addresses managerial issues encountered in the development of MACs. . .examines various manufacturing strategies. . .and makes recommendations for working toward a national shared manufacturing strategy.
