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Appendix (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5782152). Ortega-Jimenez, C.H., Garrido-Vega, P., C... more Appendix (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5782152). Ortega-Jimenez, C.H., Garrido-Vega, P., Cruz Torres, C.A., 2020. Achieving plant responsiveness from reconfigurable technology: Intervening role of SCM. International Journal of Production Economics. 219, 195–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJPE.2019.06.001.<br>
Appendices for paper<b>Achieving plant responsiveness from reconfigurable technology: inter... more Appendices for paper<b>Achieving plant responsiveness from reconfigurable technology: intervening role of SCM</b><br>
Appendix (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5782152). Ortega-Jimenez, C.H., Garrido-Vega, P., C... more Appendix (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5782152). Ortega-Jimenez, C.H., Garrido-Vega, P., Cruz Torres, C.A., 2020. Achieving plant responsiveness from reconfigurable technology: Intervening role of SCM. International Journal of Production Economics. 219, 195–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJPE.2019.06.001.<br>
The objective of this paper is to share some interesting findings in order to have a more holisti... more The objective of this paper is to share some interesting findings in order to have a more holistic view of fit for POM research by empirically testing, with an international survey (164 plants worldwide) and a 2SLS model, complementarities among production practices in the search for higher competitiveness.
The aim of this study is to identify the conditions of implementation for reconfigurability in su... more The aim of this study is to identify the conditions of implementation for reconfigurability in summarizing past flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) research by drawing overall conclusions from many separate High Performance Manufacturing (HPM) studies. Meta-analysis will be applied to links between HPM programs and their practices related to FMS and manufacturing performance with particular reference to responsiveness performance. More specifically, an application of meta-analysis will be made with reference to two of the main steps towards the development of an empirically-tested theory: testing the adequacy of the measurement of variables and testing the linkages between the variables. Keywords—FMS (flexible manufacturing system), HPM (high performance manufacturing), reconfigurability, RMS (reconfigurable manufacturing system), responsiveness
Manufacturers are currently facing rapid response markets, which means that implementing manufact... more Manufacturers are currently facing rapid response markets, which means that implementing manufacturing programs effectively should lead to better performance. Hence, this paper analyzes operations of programs in three industrial contexts with a threefold aim: (1) different programs operations implemented in different sectors; (2) programs links to performance; and (3) environment explaining differences.
International Journal of Production Economics, 2019
The aim of this paper is to examine relationships between the following production programs that ... more The aim of this paper is to examine relationships between the following production programs that lead to the greater plant responsiveness-PR necessary for market needs: strategic reconfigurable system-SRS (reconfigurable technology-RT supported by manufacturing strategy-MS and technology management-TM), with the emphasis on SCM's intervening role. The research model relating the programs to support and enhance PR is tested using the High-Performance Manufacturing survey database of 330 plants (3 sectors, 16 countries) and CB-SEM with latent variables. First, RT, MS and TM together form SRS, with a significant impact on PR. Second, when theorizing for mediation processes, SCM intervenes the relationship between the SRS program and PR. Third, the intervening role of SCM is also confirmed by testing for mediation processes. Fourth, environmental complexity interacts with the SRS program in its relationship with SCM. Research implications are twofold: (1) more responsive plants need a more holistic view in which SCM must be deployed in conjunction with SRS; and (2) SCM supports the execution of SRS by playing a key role in improving PR, even when contextual factors are present. Applied implications are that plants can achieve greater responsiveness if they match their production resources around RT through SRS programs. Further, due to SCM's intervening role, SC practitioners should link SCM dimensions to SRS to improve PR. The originality of this paper is that a fuller SRS is defined and its impact on PR is empirically tested. In addition, SCM fit logic is developed theoretically with empirical evidence of its intervention in the relationship between SRS and PR. ☆ This article was pre-selected from the highest evaluated papers presented at the 5th World Conference on Production and Operations Management (P&OM Havana, 2016), co-organized by the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) and the Japanese Operations Management and Strategy Association (JOMSA). The original paper has followed the standard review process for the International Journal of Production Economics and was managed by Afonso Fleury and Gerald Reiner, as co-Editors, and supervised by Peter Kelle (IJPE's Editor America).
Economía y Administración (E&A), 2017
Este ar culo ha decidido usar un modelo dinámico de compe vidad de la Producción de Alto Rendimie... more Este ar culo ha decidido usar un modelo dinámico de compe vidad de la Producción de Alto Rendimiento (High Performance Manufacturing, HPM), que presente las condiciones actuales en el escenario industrial a nivel mundial, para la futura implementación de Sistemas de Manufactura Reconfigurable (Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, RMSs). Así pues, aunque los RMSs pueden ser esenciales para la mejora con nua, la globalización ha hecho di cil ganar ventaja (o aún paridad) compe va a largo plazo con sólo implementar tales sistemas innovadores. Ello se debe en parte a la incesante e impredecible (y a veces predecible) evolución de las estructuras de mercado, de las demandas y de la tecnología de productos y de procesos. Por tanto, puede ser arriesgado el hacer predicciones de posibles rendimientos del impacto de futuros RMSs, desde mucha de la literatura teórica y empírica relacionada con el tema. Además, la evidencia de estudios empíricos en HPM muestra que la piedra angular de la compe vidad industrial no es crear una nueva tendencia, sino más bien mejorar con nuamente al seleccionar y adaptar, según sea necesario, sólo las prac cas avanzadas de producción (PAPs) que se ajusten al contexto especifico de la fábrica, estableciendo vínculos entre las PAPs existentes y las nuevas por instalar. Así pues, tomando el contexto del HPM, se establecen las condiciones actuales para la implementación del RMS. Finalmente, este ar culo hace sugerencias en relación al RM Se idenfica posibles direcciones para futura inves gación.
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](International Journal of Production Economics, 2015
Studies of interaction fit have been used in Production and Operations Management for a lot of ti... more Studies of interaction fit have been used in Production and Operations Management for a lot of time. The purpose of this paper is to propose the complete view of interaction fit to evaluate the effect of possible interrelation between two Manufacturing Practices (MP's). Two interaction forms may be used for a complete view of this kind of fit: 1) that of difference (supplementary) to measure fit line and 2) multiplicative (complementary) to measure the impact on performance of a MP when another MP changes (Schoonhoven, 1981). Each form demands specific technical analysis because they have specific theoretical suppositions and imply different research tasks. Although both forms test independent variables through interaction effects, they differ in their theoretical suppositions about interaction. This has implications in the performance functions (fit lines) and impacts assumed. However, researchers many times don't acknowledge interaction form, and are not clear about their theoretical position, exchanging between both models. Hence, this paper highlights theoretical differences between these two interaction forms, thus avoiding potential problems that could arise if such conflicts were not taken in consideration. Nevertheless, the intention of this paper is not to contrast both interaction forms to verify a possible opposition; on the contrary, both forms may complement thus evaluating the interrelation studied from dual perspectives, like in the duality of the faces of a coin.
International Journal of Production Economics, 2015
Many production plants are pursuing responsiveness (i.e., timely purposeful change guided by exte... more Many production plants are pursuing responsiveness (i.e., timely purposeful change guided by external demands) as one of their main performance priorities and are looking for ways for their responsiveness to be improved. One of the ways that they are currently trying to do this is through the flexibility provided by production practices. On the other hand, other systems are also being now developed based on reconfigurability (such as reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs)) which can enhance a company's technological ability to respond to market requirements by reconfiguring its products and processes. This paper analyses how current production programmes can be a prior step to achieving reconfigurability. The analysis uses a holistic framework that considers a number of linkages or combinations of practices (technology, JIT, TQ, HR, TPM and production strategy) and how these enhance performance in terms of cost, quality and responsiveness. The framework is tested with data collected from a survey of 314 plants worldwide using a series of canonical correlation analyses. The results confirm not only the importance of practice linkages that do not only include technology as the launch pad for reconfigurability, but also that in their pursuit of responsiveness it is vital for plants to implement practices in the technology programme as well as to link them to organisational programmes. The framework presents a contribution to both theory and practice. It offers novel insights into the programme and production practices involved in transitioning from flexibility to reconfigurability in the pursuit of responsiveness and provide a basis for future research.
International Journal of Production Economics, 2015
Many industries face open, global markets with requirements for rapid response and low costs. Giv... more Many industries face open, global markets with requirements for rapid response and low costs. Given the major role that technology plays in business competitiveness, proper technology management (T) in combination with a good production strategy (S), is important to address current challenges. This paper analyzes the nature of T & S implementation in different industrial contexts to examine whether there are differences in how T & S are implemented in different sectors, whether implementation is linked to performance, and whether contextual factors explain the differences. A database from the High Performance Manufacturing Project is used to test the research questions based on a survey of 267 plants across nine countries in three different industrial contexts (machinery, electronics and auto suppliers). The findings show some differences between the T and S practice modes in the three industries. T and S implementation is observed to be related to performance, but not in the same way. Three of the eight contextual factors are found to differ in the three sectors, which may explain the differences found in T and S implementation. The results imply that plants should consider the joint implementation of T and S as their interdependencies may affect performance, outweighing the possible differences between industries in which plants operate. However, when implementing a specific technology practice, not all plants necessarily consider the same production strategy practices across industries. Likewise, when adopting a certain production strategy, it is not necessarily influenced by the same technology practices across industries.
International Journal of Production Economics, 2011
Each manufacturing plant has to develop its own path to success based on contingencies and on man... more Each manufacturing plant has to develop its own path to success based on contingencies and on manufacturing practices links. On the basis of the latter, this paper tests the link between two of the most important manufacturing practices areas, manufacturing strategy (MS) and technology, without addressing causality or their combined effect on performance. This is done by selection fit, i.e. congruency adjustment. However, this paper goes beyond grouping both sets of practices in pairs, by using a more general selection view version, with practices from both sets related multidimensionally and subordinated by regression analysis to test for any congruent pattern. Regression results from a wide-ranging survey of auto supplier plants show that, in general, MS seems to have some kind of impact on technology, and that technology has some kind of influence on MS. In addition, a strong congruency between both practices areas is observed when using correlation. This suggests that when implementing or adjusting MS or technology, the other should also be considered; otherwise they may not operate effectively.
International Journal of Production Economics, 2011
Although much of the literature on manufacturing strategy (MS) and technology studies the impleme... more Although much of the literature on manufacturing strategy (MS) and technology studies the implementation and impact of these manufacturing programs in isolation, this paper goes further by assessing the joint implementation and effect of these two manufacturing programs on performance, even when some contextual factors are present. Thus, this paper investigates how plants from the auto supplier sector make use of some operations practices from manufacturing strategy (MS) and from both product and process technology, by testing the effectiveness of both sets of practices, with the ultimate goal of enhancing operational performance. The results suggest that there are only very minor differences between high and standard performers on the aggregated level for technology practices, which may be the reason why technology does not result in significant performance differences between the two plant types. On the other hand, on the aggregated levels, there are somewhat greater differences for MS practices than for technology in both plant types, leading to larger differences in performance. While this study provides a foundation for examining MS, technology and context within a single framework, it is only through further research that a full understanding of the relationship between them will be obtained.
International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 2012
PurposeUsing the matching/difference perspective, the purpose of this paper is to examine the int... more PurposeUsing the matching/difference perspective, the purpose of this paper is to examine the interaction fit between a set of managerial practices from manufacturing strategy (MS) and another set from technology management (TM) and the link of this fit to operational performance.Design/methodology/approachThe paper applies multiple statistical methods to a database of an international sample of plants in the auto supplier sector to explore (deviation score analysis/multiple linear regression) and confirm (correlation and variance subgroup analysis) whether a matching model presents organisational disequilibrium, where states of fit are related to effectively higher performance than states of misfit.FindingsResults from regression show that there were no states of misfit between the levels of both manufacturing practice sets/areas. This means that there are no significant differences in performance that may be tested for matching interaction. However, subgroup analysis provides grea...
Many industries face open, global markets with requirements for rapid response and low costs. Giv... more Many industries face open, global markets with requirements for rapid response and low costs. Given the major role that technology plays in business competitiveness, proper technology management (T) in
Each manufacturing plant has to develop its own path to success based on contingencies and on man... more Each manufacturing plant has to develop its own path to success based on contingencies and on manufacturing practices links. On the basis of the latter, this paper tests the link between two of the most important manufacturing practices areas, manufacturing strategy (MS) and technology, without addressing causality or their combined effect on performance. This is done by selection fit, i.e. congruency adjustment. However, this paper goes beyond grouping both sets of practices in pairs, by using a more general selection view version, with practices from both sets related multidimensionally and subordinated by regression analysis to test for any congruent pattern. Regression results from a wide-ranging survey of auto supplier plants show that, in general, MS seems to have some kind of impact on technology, and that technology has some kind of influence on MS. In addition, a strong congruency between both practices areas is observed when using correlation. This suggests that when implementing or adjusting MS or technology, the other should also be considered; otherwise they may not operate effectively.
Although much of the literature on manufacturing strategy (MS) and technology studies the impleme... more Although much of the literature on manufacturing strategy (MS) and technology studies the implementation and impact of these manufacturing programs in isolation, this paper goes further by assessing the joint implementation and effect of these two manufacturing programs on performance, even when some contextual factors are present. Thus, this paper investigates how plants from the auto supplier sector make use of some operations practices from manufacturing strategy (MS) and from both product and process technology, by testing the effectiveness of both sets of practices, with the ultimate goal of enhancing operational performance. The results suggest that there are only very minor differences between high and standard performers on the aggregated level for technology practices, which may be the reason why technology does not result in significant performance differences between the two plant types. On the other hand, on the aggregated levels, there are somewhat greater differences for MS practices than for technology in both plant types, leading to larger differences in performance. While this study provides a foundation for examining MS, technology and context within a single framework, it is only through further research that a full understanding of the relationship between them will be obtained.
Appendix (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5782152). Ortega-Jimenez, C.H., Garrido-Vega, P., C... more Appendix (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5782152). Ortega-Jimenez, C.H., Garrido-Vega, P., Cruz Torres, C.A., 2020. Achieving plant responsiveness from reconfigurable technology: Intervening role of SCM. International Journal of Production Economics. 219, 195–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJPE.2019.06.001.<br>
Appendices for paper<b>Achieving plant responsiveness from reconfigurable technology: inter... more Appendices for paper<b>Achieving plant responsiveness from reconfigurable technology: intervening role of SCM</b><br>
Appendix (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5782152). Ortega-Jimenez, C.H., Garrido-Vega, P., C... more Appendix (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5782152). Ortega-Jimenez, C.H., Garrido-Vega, P., Cruz Torres, C.A., 2020. Achieving plant responsiveness from reconfigurable technology: Intervening role of SCM. International Journal of Production Economics. 219, 195–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJPE.2019.06.001.<br>
The objective of this paper is to share some interesting findings in order to have a more holisti... more The objective of this paper is to share some interesting findings in order to have a more holistic view of fit for POM research by empirically testing, with an international survey (164 plants worldwide) and a 2SLS model, complementarities among production practices in the search for higher competitiveness.
The aim of this study is to identify the conditions of implementation for reconfigurability in su... more The aim of this study is to identify the conditions of implementation for reconfigurability in summarizing past flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) research by drawing overall conclusions from many separate High Performance Manufacturing (HPM) studies. Meta-analysis will be applied to links between HPM programs and their practices related to FMS and manufacturing performance with particular reference to responsiveness performance. More specifically, an application of meta-analysis will be made with reference to two of the main steps towards the development of an empirically-tested theory: testing the adequacy of the measurement of variables and testing the linkages between the variables. Keywords—FMS (flexible manufacturing system), HPM (high performance manufacturing), reconfigurability, RMS (reconfigurable manufacturing system), responsiveness
Manufacturers are currently facing rapid response markets, which means that implementing manufact... more Manufacturers are currently facing rapid response markets, which means that implementing manufacturing programs effectively should lead to better performance. Hence, this paper analyzes operations of programs in three industrial contexts with a threefold aim: (1) different programs operations implemented in different sectors; (2) programs links to performance; and (3) environment explaining differences.
International Journal of Production Economics, 2019
The aim of this paper is to examine relationships between the following production programs that ... more The aim of this paper is to examine relationships between the following production programs that lead to the greater plant responsiveness-PR necessary for market needs: strategic reconfigurable system-SRS (reconfigurable technology-RT supported by manufacturing strategy-MS and technology management-TM), with the emphasis on SCM's intervening role. The research model relating the programs to support and enhance PR is tested using the High-Performance Manufacturing survey database of 330 plants (3 sectors, 16 countries) and CB-SEM with latent variables. First, RT, MS and TM together form SRS, with a significant impact on PR. Second, when theorizing for mediation processes, SCM intervenes the relationship between the SRS program and PR. Third, the intervening role of SCM is also confirmed by testing for mediation processes. Fourth, environmental complexity interacts with the SRS program in its relationship with SCM. Research implications are twofold: (1) more responsive plants need a more holistic view in which SCM must be deployed in conjunction with SRS; and (2) SCM supports the execution of SRS by playing a key role in improving PR, even when contextual factors are present. Applied implications are that plants can achieve greater responsiveness if they match their production resources around RT through SRS programs. Further, due to SCM's intervening role, SC practitioners should link SCM dimensions to SRS to improve PR. The originality of this paper is that a fuller SRS is defined and its impact on PR is empirically tested. In addition, SCM fit logic is developed theoretically with empirical evidence of its intervention in the relationship between SRS and PR. ☆ This article was pre-selected from the highest evaluated papers presented at the 5th World Conference on Production and Operations Management (P&OM Havana, 2016), co-organized by the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) and the Japanese Operations Management and Strategy Association (JOMSA). The original paper has followed the standard review process for the International Journal of Production Economics and was managed by Afonso Fleury and Gerald Reiner, as co-Editors, and supervised by Peter Kelle (IJPE's Editor America).
Economía y Administración (E&A), 2017
Este ar culo ha decidido usar un modelo dinámico de compe vidad de la Producción de Alto Rendimie... more Este ar culo ha decidido usar un modelo dinámico de compe vidad de la Producción de Alto Rendimiento (High Performance Manufacturing, HPM), que presente las condiciones actuales en el escenario industrial a nivel mundial, para la futura implementación de Sistemas de Manufactura Reconfigurable (Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, RMSs). Así pues, aunque los RMSs pueden ser esenciales para la mejora con nua, la globalización ha hecho di cil ganar ventaja (o aún paridad) compe va a largo plazo con sólo implementar tales sistemas innovadores. Ello se debe en parte a la incesante e impredecible (y a veces predecible) evolución de las estructuras de mercado, de las demandas y de la tecnología de productos y de procesos. Por tanto, puede ser arriesgado el hacer predicciones de posibles rendimientos del impacto de futuros RMSs, desde mucha de la literatura teórica y empírica relacionada con el tema. Además, la evidencia de estudios empíricos en HPM muestra que la piedra angular de la compe vidad industrial no es crear una nueva tendencia, sino más bien mejorar con nuamente al seleccionar y adaptar, según sea necesario, sólo las prac cas avanzadas de producción (PAPs) que se ajusten al contexto especifico de la fábrica, estableciendo vínculos entre las PAPs existentes y las nuevas por instalar. Así pues, tomando el contexto del HPM, se establecen las condiciones actuales para la implementación del RMS. Finalmente, este ar culo hace sugerencias en relación al RM Se idenfica posibles direcciones para futura inves gación.
International Journal of Production Economics, 2015
Studies of interaction fit have been used in Production and Operations Management for a lot of ti... more Studies of interaction fit have been used in Production and Operations Management for a lot of time. The purpose of this paper is to propose the complete view of interaction fit to evaluate the effect of possible interrelation between two Manufacturing Practices (MP's). Two interaction forms may be used for a complete view of this kind of fit: 1) that of difference (supplementary) to measure fit line and 2) multiplicative (complementary) to measure the impact on performance of a MP when another MP changes (Schoonhoven, 1981). Each form demands specific technical analysis because they have specific theoretical suppositions and imply different research tasks. Although both forms test independent variables through interaction effects, they differ in their theoretical suppositions about interaction. This has implications in the performance functions (fit lines) and impacts assumed. However, researchers many times don't acknowledge interaction form, and are not clear about their theoretical position, exchanging between both models. Hence, this paper highlights theoretical differences between these two interaction forms, thus avoiding potential problems that could arise if such conflicts were not taken in consideration. Nevertheless, the intention of this paper is not to contrast both interaction forms to verify a possible opposition; on the contrary, both forms may complement thus evaluating the interrelation studied from dual perspectives, like in the duality of the faces of a coin.
International Journal of Production Economics, 2015
Many production plants are pursuing responsiveness (i.e., timely purposeful change guided by exte... more Many production plants are pursuing responsiveness (i.e., timely purposeful change guided by external demands) as one of their main performance priorities and are looking for ways for their responsiveness to be improved. One of the ways that they are currently trying to do this is through the flexibility provided by production practices. On the other hand, other systems are also being now developed based on reconfigurability (such as reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMSs)) which can enhance a company's technological ability to respond to market requirements by reconfiguring its products and processes. This paper analyses how current production programmes can be a prior step to achieving reconfigurability. The analysis uses a holistic framework that considers a number of linkages or combinations of practices (technology, JIT, TQ, HR, TPM and production strategy) and how these enhance performance in terms of cost, quality and responsiveness. The framework is tested with data collected from a survey of 314 plants worldwide using a series of canonical correlation analyses. The results confirm not only the importance of practice linkages that do not only include technology as the launch pad for reconfigurability, but also that in their pursuit of responsiveness it is vital for plants to implement practices in the technology programme as well as to link them to organisational programmes. The framework presents a contribution to both theory and practice. It offers novel insights into the programme and production practices involved in transitioning from flexibility to reconfigurability in the pursuit of responsiveness and provide a basis for future research.
International Journal of Production Economics, 2015
Many industries face open, global markets with requirements for rapid response and low costs. Giv... more Many industries face open, global markets with requirements for rapid response and low costs. Given the major role that technology plays in business competitiveness, proper technology management (T) in combination with a good production strategy (S), is important to address current challenges. This paper analyzes the nature of T & S implementation in different industrial contexts to examine whether there are differences in how T & S are implemented in different sectors, whether implementation is linked to performance, and whether contextual factors explain the differences. A database from the High Performance Manufacturing Project is used to test the research questions based on a survey of 267 plants across nine countries in three different industrial contexts (machinery, electronics and auto suppliers). The findings show some differences between the T and S practice modes in the three industries. T and S implementation is observed to be related to performance, but not in the same way. Three of the eight contextual factors are found to differ in the three sectors, which may explain the differences found in T and S implementation. The results imply that plants should consider the joint implementation of T and S as their interdependencies may affect performance, outweighing the possible differences between industries in which plants operate. However, when implementing a specific technology practice, not all plants necessarily consider the same production strategy practices across industries. Likewise, when adopting a certain production strategy, it is not necessarily influenced by the same technology practices across industries.
International Journal of Production Economics, 2011
Each manufacturing plant has to develop its own path to success based on contingencies and on man... more Each manufacturing plant has to develop its own path to success based on contingencies and on manufacturing practices links. On the basis of the latter, this paper tests the link between two of the most important manufacturing practices areas, manufacturing strategy (MS) and technology, without addressing causality or their combined effect on performance. This is done by selection fit, i.e. congruency adjustment. However, this paper goes beyond grouping both sets of practices in pairs, by using a more general selection view version, with practices from both sets related multidimensionally and subordinated by regression analysis to test for any congruent pattern. Regression results from a wide-ranging survey of auto supplier plants show that, in general, MS seems to have some kind of impact on technology, and that technology has some kind of influence on MS. In addition, a strong congruency between both practices areas is observed when using correlation. This suggests that when implementing or adjusting MS or technology, the other should also be considered; otherwise they may not operate effectively.
International Journal of Production Economics, 2011
Although much of the literature on manufacturing strategy (MS) and technology studies the impleme... more Although much of the literature on manufacturing strategy (MS) and technology studies the implementation and impact of these manufacturing programs in isolation, this paper goes further by assessing the joint implementation and effect of these two manufacturing programs on performance, even when some contextual factors are present. Thus, this paper investigates how plants from the auto supplier sector make use of some operations practices from manufacturing strategy (MS) and from both product and process technology, by testing the effectiveness of both sets of practices, with the ultimate goal of enhancing operational performance. The results suggest that there are only very minor differences between high and standard performers on the aggregated level for technology practices, which may be the reason why technology does not result in significant performance differences between the two plant types. On the other hand, on the aggregated levels, there are somewhat greater differences for MS practices than for technology in both plant types, leading to larger differences in performance. While this study provides a foundation for examining MS, technology and context within a single framework, it is only through further research that a full understanding of the relationship between them will be obtained.
International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 2012
PurposeUsing the matching/difference perspective, the purpose of this paper is to examine the int... more PurposeUsing the matching/difference perspective, the purpose of this paper is to examine the interaction fit between a set of managerial practices from manufacturing strategy (MS) and another set from technology management (TM) and the link of this fit to operational performance.Design/methodology/approachThe paper applies multiple statistical methods to a database of an international sample of plants in the auto supplier sector to explore (deviation score analysis/multiple linear regression) and confirm (correlation and variance subgroup analysis) whether a matching model presents organisational disequilibrium, where states of fit are related to effectively higher performance than states of misfit.FindingsResults from regression show that there were no states of misfit between the levels of both manufacturing practice sets/areas. This means that there are no significant differences in performance that may be tested for matching interaction. However, subgroup analysis provides grea...
Many industries face open, global markets with requirements for rapid response and low costs. Giv... more Many industries face open, global markets with requirements for rapid response and low costs. Given the major role that technology plays in business competitiveness, proper technology management (T) in
Each manufacturing plant has to develop its own path to success based on contingencies and on man... more Each manufacturing plant has to develop its own path to success based on contingencies and on manufacturing practices links. On the basis of the latter, this paper tests the link between two of the most important manufacturing practices areas, manufacturing strategy (MS) and technology, without addressing causality or their combined effect on performance. This is done by selection fit, i.e. congruency adjustment. However, this paper goes beyond grouping both sets of practices in pairs, by using a more general selection view version, with practices from both sets related multidimensionally and subordinated by regression analysis to test for any congruent pattern. Regression results from a wide-ranging survey of auto supplier plants show that, in general, MS seems to have some kind of impact on technology, and that technology has some kind of influence on MS. In addition, a strong congruency between both practices areas is observed when using correlation. This suggests that when implementing or adjusting MS or technology, the other should also be considered; otherwise they may not operate effectively.
Although much of the literature on manufacturing strategy (MS) and technology studies the impleme... more Although much of the literature on manufacturing strategy (MS) and technology studies the implementation and impact of these manufacturing programs in isolation, this paper goes further by assessing the joint implementation and effect of these two manufacturing programs on performance, even when some contextual factors are present. Thus, this paper investigates how plants from the auto supplier sector make use of some operations practices from manufacturing strategy (MS) and from both product and process technology, by testing the effectiveness of both sets of practices, with the ultimate goal of enhancing operational performance. The results suggest that there are only very minor differences between high and standard performers on the aggregated level for technology practices, which may be the reason why technology does not result in significant performance differences between the two plant types. On the other hand, on the aggregated levels, there are somewhat greater differences for MS practices than for technology in both plant types, leading to larger differences in performance. While this study provides a foundation for examining MS, technology and context within a single framework, it is only through further research that a full understanding of the relationship between them will be obtained.