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Making Manufacturing Flexibility Operational Part 1 - A Framework

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Summary, in English

Develops a framework for manufacturing flexibility which illustrates how to obtain consistency from manufacturing strategy to the resource characteristics in the production system. Provides guidance on how to analyse and develop manufacturing flexibility in a corporate decision-making context. Uses the well-known input-transformation-output (ITO) model as a starting point for building the frame-work. Makes a clear distinction between internal and external factors impinging on the company, connecting the market demand for flexibility, the characteristics of the production system and the flexibility of the suppliers. Pursues the connection from the strategic level to the individual resource characteristics in the production system

Publishing year

1995

Language

English

Pages

5-11

Publication/Series

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volume

6

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Topic

  • Engineering and Technology

Keywords

  • Manufacturing strategy
  • flexibility
  • Input/output analysis
  • Supply and demand

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0957-6061