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A profile of successful US manufacturers:: a starting point for evaluating the effectiveness of manufacturing strategies and practices

Mahmoud M. Yasin (Associate Professor of Management in the Department of Management and Marketing, East Tennessee State University, Islington City, USA)
Marwan A. Wafa (Chairman of the Department of Decision Sciences, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, USA)
Thomas W. Zimmerer (Holds the Allen and Ruth Harris Chair of Excellence in Business and is a Professor of Management at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, USA)

Industrial Management & Data Systems

ISSN: 0263-5577

Article publication date: 1 December 1995

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Abstract

Examines the relationship between business strategy, organizational performance and manufacturing techniques and practices among 130 US companies. The research supports the notion that innovative strategies, which stress customer orientation and differentiation through the careful manipulation of the operating systems to achieve higher levels of quality, flexibility and dependability, form the basis for strategic success.

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Yasin, M.M., Wafa, M.A. and Zimmerer, T.W. (1995), "A profile of successful US manufacturers:: a starting point for evaluating the effectiveness of manufacturing strategies and practices", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 95 No. 10, pp. 8-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/02635579510101456

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MCB UP Ltd

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