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Japanese manufacturing: Strategy and practice [PDF]

open access: yesLong Range Planning, 1987
A striking characteristic of Japanese factories is the extent of process control: from both the technical and the social viewpoint the labour and production system is controlled down to the very last detail. The characteristics of management and organization which underlie this are closely interwoven with Japanese culture.
Bolwijn, Piet, Brinkman, S.
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Creating and Sustaining a Maintenance Strategy: A Practical Guide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Manufacturing companies should create maintenance strategy and link it to the manufacturing and business goals but recent research in the North East of England suggested that few companies do this. It is unclear why this inertia existed but it could have
MacIntyre, John   +2 more
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Project MAXWELL: Towards Rapid Realization of Superior Products [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
We describe a new methodology for the design and manufacture of mechanical components. The methodology is a synergism of a new, mathematically rigorous procedure for the concurrent design of shape and material composition of components, and a new ...
Dutta, Deba   +4 more
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Designing a manufacturing strategy [PDF]

open access: yes, 1984
"September 1984."Bibliography: p. 34-35.Charles H.

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Implementation of virtual manufacturing by a technology licensing company [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
NoThe paper considers the implementation of a virtual manufacturing system as an alternative to outward technology licensing in a high technology industrial sector.
Sugden, David M., Webster, Margaret
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Business strategy and innovativeness: results from an empirical study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study reports on the testing of the hypothesis that there is a positive relationship between business strategy and innovativeness. Business strategy is defined here to include market focus strategy, technology development strategy, and operations ...
Alpkan, Lutfihak   +7 more
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Manufacturing Strategy

open access: yes, 2020
Manufacturing strategy is a critical component of a firm's corporate and business strategies, comprising a set of well‐coordinated objectives and action programs aimed at securing a long‐term, sustainable advantage. It is commonly defined as a set of manufacturing objectives which support business objectives, and a set of policies, decisions, and ...
Roden, Sinéad   +3 more
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An optimization-based control strategy for energy efficiency of discrete manufacturing systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In order to reduce the global energy consumption and avoid highest power peaks during operation of manufacturing systems, an optimization-based controller for selective switching on/off of peripheral devices in a test bench that emulates the energy ...
Bermeo Ayerbe, Miguel Ángel   +3 more
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BUILDING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH MARKETING, MANUFACTURING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: A CASE STUDY OF METAL PRODUCT SMEs IN TEGAL [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This research investigates how the marketing strategy, manufacturing strategy and environment management create SMEs competitive advantage that will improve SMEs business performance. It gives both theoretical and managerial implications about steps must
PERDHANA, Mirwan Surya   +1 more
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Determining the factor structure of an integrated innovation model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper reports on elemental factor analyses of the innovativeness study in the Turkish manufacturing industry, drawing on a sample of 184 manufacturing firms.
Alpkan, Lutfihak   +7 more
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