Manufacturing flexibility and business strategy: An empirical study of small and medium sized firms

Chang, Shih‐Chia; Yang, Chen‐Lung; Cheng, Hsin-Chia; Sheu, Chwen

doi:10.1016/s0925-5273(02)00263-3

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“…Until the late 1980s, the majority of buyer-seller relationships have been conducted in an arms-length manner, and typically adversarial in the sense that both, customer and supplier, tried to achieve a profitable deal at their opponents expense [24]. Importantly, this has changed over the last ten years to one where the customer-supplier relationship is actively managed.…”

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“…This represents a decrease from 1500 electronic marketplaces in 2000 [91]. A number of reasons have been highlighted: Marketplace trust can lead to greater perceived risk and privacy concerns [24] or performance in sales, customer satisfaction and relationship development [24], [99] and efficiency and effectiveness [11]. Those EPMs that remain offer a more viable and sustainable business model for organizations to consider [70].…”

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A Systematic Literature Review of Flexible E-Procurement Marketplace

Shirzad

Bell

2013

J. theor. appl. electron. commer. res.

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During the Web era e-procurement has witnessed a steep rise in marketplace deployment; this has been followed by a substantial number of failures. A number of larger technology providers are now left to support both small and large businesses. Flexibility has been a key enabler in supporting network evolution across a varied number of domains. The aim of this study is to investigate flexibility around marketplace evolution, success and failure. In particular, explore the inter-relationships between architectural flexibility and the evolving Web and Internet. A systematic literature review (SLR) was carried out in order to uncover the changes that have taken place over the past fifteen years. A conceptual model is produced early in the research in order to provide contextual underpinning. We employed a manual search of 5 journals. Of the 22 relevant studies, one addressed research trends around e-procurement in pharmaceutical organizations. Three addressed eprocurement in financial organizations. A number of flexibility categories are uncovered by the SLR and then used as a means to support flexible e-procurement marketplace (EPM) design and adoption, recognising EPM evolution over the volatile study period. Flexibility categories are uncovered and comprise technical, organisational, environmental and strategic (TOES) concerns.

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Section: E-procurement Marketplacementioning

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A Systematic Literature Review of Flexible E-Procurement Marketplace

Shirzad

Bell

2013

J. theor. appl. electron. commer. res.

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“…The number of application skills of generalist staff [44] The capacity to improve existing products [45] Operation flexibility…”

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Research on Measurement and Evolutionary Mechanisms of Supply Chain Flexibility

Li¹,

Qi²,

Zhao³

2011

Supply Chain Management - Applications and Simulations

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“…Zhang et al [41] Physical distribution flexibility and demand management flexibility have significant, positive, and direct impacts on the customer satisfaction. Jack and Powers [17] Volume flexible capability had a direct effect (positive and significant) on customer-related performance Chang et al [7]  Autonomy, innovativeness, risk-taking and proactiveness have significant positive effects on new product flexibility. Verdu´-Jover et al [39]  A good fit in the level of managerial flexibility and a high degree of financial flexibility are related to better organizational performance.…”

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The Link between Modification Flexibility and Organizational Objectives: An Empirical Study on Jordanian Manufacturing Companies

Awwad¹,

Almahamid²

2008

J. of Social Sciences

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Problem statement:The motivation for this study is determining the extent that modification flexibility affects positively the achievement of strategic and operational objectives in the context of Jordanian manufacturing companies. It addresses the relationship between modification flexibility and organizational objectives. Approach: to tackle the problem statement, the positivistic paradigm was adopted and therefore, a cross-sectional survey employing a questionnaire method of data collection was used. Director, Vice-President, Operations or Production Manager, and Marketing Manager in the Jordanian Manufacturing Companies classified in Amman Stock Exchange Market were targeted by this study. For the purpose of data analysis, the research utilized descriptive and analytical statistics using simple regression analysis. Results: The results of data analysis indicated that the achievement of strategic and operational objectives is affected by the construct of modification flexibility. Conclusions/Recommendations: The findings of this research have many practical implications for managers such as: encouraging managers to use modification flexibility in planning, setting, and achieving the organizational objectives and encouraging them to use modification flexibility in planning and implementing the operations strategy of a firm in the short and long run. The study also proposed several directions for future research such as conducting more empirical studies about the role of modification flexibility on gaining the competitive advantage of a firm and improving its performance.

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Manufacturing flexibility and business strategy: An empirical study of small and medium sized firms

Cited by 143 publications

References 29 publications

A Systematic Literature Review of Flexible E-Procurement Marketplace

A Systematic Literature Review of Flexible E-Procurement Marketplace

Research on Measurement and Evolutionary Mechanisms of Supply Chain Flexibility

The Link between Modification Flexibility and Organizational Objectives: An Empirical Study on Jordanian Manufacturing Companies

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