Dr. Balkrishna E. Narkhede
Abstract
Manufacturing strategy is always a matter of concern to manufacturers for sustaining and improving the manufacturing outputs. The consistent improvement of manufacturing outputs is imperative for manufacturers. The manufacturing level is decided by competitive priorities required in the market. The production system required to give this competitive priorities is selected. To realize the manufacturing outputs or capabilities, firm need to have a plan of action. This action plan composed of decisions in improvement activities. Such action plan is derived from vision and mission of the manufacturing plant. This research is proposed to assess the implications of organizational knowledge, source of information and functional orientation, resource based view of the manufacturing and global orientation, on manufacturing practices which include advanced manufacturing technology. The implication of manufacturing strategy practices on manufacturing and business performance has been assessed.
Keywords- Manufacturing strategy: Manufacturing technology; Business Performance; Manufacturing and Global Orientation.