A configuration study on the relationships between production systems and business strategy in the changing environment

Jian Wang and De-bi Tsao

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 2005, vol. 7, issue 1, 20-40

Abstract: This paper describes the development and analysis of a numerical taxonomy of the relationships between production systems and business strategy in the changing competitive environment. The taxonomy was developed with a standard method of cluster analysis, and is based on four types of environment, six types of business strategy and four types of production systems. Eighty-two firms were surveyed through face-to-face interviews. Four kinds of relationships between environment, business strategy, and production systems were observed. The validity of the cluster analysis is supported in the non-linear canonical correlation analysis. Underlying dimensions for the cluster analysis are interpreted as the product or service attribute and the customer focus.

Keywords: change; competitive environment; business strategy; production systems; cluster analysis; engineer to order; ETO; make to order; MTO; assemble to order; ATO; make to stock; MTS; manufacturing competitiveness. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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