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Manufacturing flexibility, business model design, and firm performance

With the increasing significance of the business model in a connected economy, a new stream of literature has turned to explore the antecedents of business model design. Beyond external antecedents derived from a rational positioning view, little research has investigated the role of internal manufacturing flexibility. Based on theory of constraints and business ecosystem theory, this examines how manufacturing flexibility affects efficiency- and novelty-centred business model designs and consequent firm performance. We propose and test eight hypotheses using data from one hundred and eighty-six manufacturing firms in China. The results indicate that manufacturing flexibility promotes both efficiency- and novelty-centred business model designs and subsequent firm performance. Furthermore, the relationship between manufacturing flexibility and an efficiency-centred business model design is strengthened by competitive intensity but weakened by demand heterogeneity. In contrast, the relationship between manufacturing flexibility and novelty-centred business model design is weakened by competitive intensity but strengthened by demand heterogeneity.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925527317302104

Field/Sector:

Manufacturing

Year:

2016

Publisher:

International Journal of Production Economics

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English

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Unpacking Coordination Benefits in Supply Networks: Findings from Manufacturing SMEs

This paper examines how coordination among firms in supply networks generates benefits in the short and long terms for firms. It focuses on information technology (IT) and process improvement coordination. Analysis was performed on quantitative and qualitative data from a sample of SMEs in plastics manufacturing in Pennsylvania. Results indicate that coordination on both IT and process improvement leads to short and long-term benefits. These relationships were mediated by the adoption of innovations (when coordinating on IT) and access to new capabilities (in process improvement coordination). These results extend the understanding of how participation in supply networks benefits individual firms.

Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jsbm.12159

Field/Sector: Manufacturing

Year: 2016

Publisher: Copenhagen Business School

Language: English

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Examples of flexible manufacturing systems for milling machines with horizontal axis

A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is a manufacturing system in which there is some amount of flexibility that allows the system to react in the case of changes, whether predicted or unpredicted. The main advantages of an FMS is its high flexibility in managing manufacturing resources like time and effort in order to manufacture a new product.

Source: https://www.pdffiller.com/406621146-TOTH-TASCAU-Mirela-L3pdf-Fascicle-of-Management-and-Technological-Engineering-Volume-IX-XIX-2010-NR2-

Field/Sector: Manufacturing

Year: 2010

Publisher: University of Oradea

Language: english

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A Review on Micro-manufacturing, Micro-forming and their Key Issues

Micro-manufacturing has received good attention globally in terms of its manufacturing methods/processes. One of the most popular micro-manufacturing processes is micro-forming. Many efforts have been focused on micro-forming, mainly on the micro-stamping process due to the process itself contributing numerous products, especially in its conventional macro-process.

Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705813002051

Field/Sector: Manufacturing

Year: 2013

Publisher: University Malaysia Perlis

Language: english

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