TY  - JOUR
AB  - Links the concept of market‐driven business strategies with the
design of production systems. It draws upon the case of a firm which,
during the last decade, changed its strategy from being
“technology led” to “market driven”. The
research, based on interdisciplinary fieldwork involving long‐term
participant observation, investigated the factors which contribute to
the successful design and implementation of flexible production systems
in electronics assembly. These investigations were conducted in
collaboration with a major computer manufacturer, with other electronics
firms being studied for comparison. The research identified a number of
strategies and actions seen as crucial to the development of efficient
flexible production systems, namely: effective integration of
subsystems, development of appropriate controls and performance
measures, compatibility between production system design and
organization structure, and the development of a climate conducive to
organizational change. Overall, the analysis suggests that in the
electronics industry there exists an extremely high degree of
environmental complexity and turbulence. This serves to shape the
strategic, technical and social structures that are developed to match
this complexity, examples of which are niche marketing, flexible
manufacturing and employee harmonization.
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
SN  - 0144-3577
DO  - 10.1108/01443579210009032
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579210009032
AU  - Bennett David
AU  - Forrester Paul
AU  - Hassard John
PY  - 1992
Y1  - 1992/01/01
TI  - Market‐driven Strategies and the Design of Flexible
Production Systems: Evidence from the Electronics Industry
T2  - International Journal of Operations & Production Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 25
EP  - 37
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -