Study the Effect of Turbulent Environment on Business Performance From the view of Agile Manufacturing Case Study: Joreh Flour Company in Esfahan Province

Rasul Aghadavood and Azadeh Fakhimi

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2014, vol. 4, issue 9, 289-300

Abstract: In today's dynamic world, the process of globalization and the speed of technological advancements made quick change in markets. Agile manufacturing is an important and crucial factor for manufacturing organizations in order to create value and sustainable competitive advantage in today's complicated and changing environment. Along this goal, organizations should focus on quick buoyancy of information in manufacturing, assembly, distribution, offering etc. the quicker this movement, organizations will response to market's need and demand.This research, in terms of its purpose, is an applied and practical one; and in terms of nature and descriptive method is a survey. The statistical population includes 73 of managers (production and sales) and production and sales workforce in Joreh Flour in Isfahan. Since the population is limited no sampling is necessary. Thus, the whole population is studied. The data collection tool is research-made questionnaire the validity of which was obtained using the standpoints of specialists and scholars in management and the reliability was obtained with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 98%. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS software programs through statistical tests at descriptive (frequency, percentage, accumulated percentage, average and standard deviation) and inferential (t-test, regression modeling, variance analysis, non- parametric Kolmogorov and Smirnov test, and Freedman nonparametric test) levels. According to the results obtained, all hypotheses except seventh, eighth and tenth were supported.

Keywords: Turbulent environment; Agile human resource; Supply chain integration; Concurrent engineering; Agile technology; Knowledge management; Joreh Flour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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