A Contingency Model of Manufacturing Strategy Based on Advanced Manufacturing Paradigms:an Empirical Study
Wang Jian
Nicholas Makayi
Cao De-bi
Shao Guo-qing
Qu Peng
Liu Hui-xia
Abstract：In a turbulent environment , the traditional approaches to manufacturing strategy formation are facing challenges.A new idea is proposed to integrate the two traditional approaches , i.e., the manufac-turing paradigms and contingency strategy .To do so, a questionnaire on manufacturing organization is de-veloped based on the review of manufacturing paradigms and 98 Chinese manufacturing firms .With a fac-tor analysis , six types of manufacturing organizations are identified .These common factors provide the choices for the manufacturing objectives in the contingency model .Based on the results of factor analysis , an integrated model for manufacturing strategy formation in the turbulent environment is proposed .
Keywords：manufacturing strategycontingency theorymanufacturing paradigmfactor analysis
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 55-59,79 )