To read this content please select one of the options below:

WCM Practices of North American Manufacturing Organizations

Jaideep Motwani (Assistant Professor of Management, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI.)
Ashok Kumar (Assistant Professor of Management, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI.)
Yunus Kathawala (Professor in the Department of Computer and Operations Management, Lumpkin School of Business, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, USA.)

Industrial Management & Data Systems

ISSN: 0263-5577

Article publication date: 1 September 1994

676

Abstract

Determines the extent to which world‐class philosophy and methods are being adopted and utilized by North American manufacturing organizations. Using mailing lists obtained from several US and Canadian chambers of commerce, 800 organizations were identified as a target group. Managers of 251 manufacturing organizations served as respondents to the survey (31.37 per cent response rate). Results indicate that these manufacturers are aware of and committed to the basic concepts underlying world class manufacturing status. However, some weaknesses in translating philosophy into policies and methods were identified. Future research directions are suggested.

Keywords

Citation

Motwani, J., Kumar, A. and Kathawala, Y. (1994), "WCM Practices of North American Manufacturing Organizations", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 94 No. 7, pp. 18-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/02635579410068266

Publisher

:

MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1994, MCB UP Limited

Related articles