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Global Manufacturing Strategies and Practices: A Study of Two Industries

Scott T. Young (University of Utah, Salt Lake City)
K. Kern Kwong (California State University, Los Angeles)
Cheng Li (California State University, Los Angeles)
Wing Fok (Loyola University, New Orleans, USA)

International Journal of Operations & Production Management

ISSN: 0144-3577

Article publication date: 1 September 1992

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Abstract

Describes the manufacturing strategy implications of a two‐industry study of manufacturing practices. A research team administered questionnaires to managers in the machine tools and textiles industries in China, Japan, Korea, the USA and Western Europe. Highlights of the results include the superior Japanese delivery speed and the extensive use of information systems in the USA. An overview of the relative industrial strengths of each country provides a setting to discuss manufacturing strategy. Each national industry is then classified according to the Hayes and Wheelwright stages of manufacturing competitiveness.

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Young, S.T., Kern Kwong, K., Li, C. and Fok, W. (1992), "Global Manufacturing Strategies and Practices: A Study of Two Industries", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 12 No. 9, pp. 5-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579210017141

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1992, MCB UP Limited

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