TY  - JOUR
AB  - Within the framework of the Swedish Manufacturing Strategy Project
a panel study of 66 manufacturing business units has been made. These 66
companies participated in a questionnairebased study performed both in
1986 and in 1989. The results showed that the companies have tended to
consolidate their positions in existing markets rather than put emphasis
on efforts to enter new markets. The competitive means used to support
this strategic direction are in 1989 even more biased towards high
quality products, reliable deliveries and aspects of flexibility. The
importance of low price as a competitive means has been dramatically
reduced. This strategic emphasis has even more accentuated the concern
for personnel issues within manufacturing. In order to create the
competitive advantage depicted, great emphasis is put on
decentralisation of the organisational structure at the plant level.
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
SN  - 0144-3577
DO  - 10.1108/01443579110145096
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579110145096
AU  - Åke Hörte Sven
AU  - Börjesson Sofia
AU  - Tunälv Claes
PY  - 1991
Y1  - 1991/01/01
TI  - A Panel Study of Manufacturing Strategies in Sweden
T2  - International Journal of Operations & Production Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 135
EP  - 144
Y2  - 2024/09/20
ER  -