Global Manufacturing Strategies and Practices: A Study of Two Industries
International Journal of Operations & Production Management
ISSN: 0144-3577
Article publication date: 1 September 1992
Abstract
Describes the manufacturing strategy implications of a two‐industry study of manufacturing practices. A research team administered questionnaires to managers in the machine tools and textiles industries in China, Japan, Korea, the USA and Western Europe. Highlights of the results include the superior Japanese delivery speed and the extensive use of information systems in the USA. An overview of the relative industrial strengths of each country provides a setting to discuss manufacturing strategy. Each national industry is then classified according to the Hayes and Wheelwright stages of manufacturing competitiveness.
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Citation
Young, S.T., Kern Kwong, K., Li, C. and Fok, W. (1992), "Global Manufacturing Strategies and Practices: A Study of Two Industries", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 12 No. 9, pp. 5-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579210017141
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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