Are internal manufacturing and external supply chain flexibilities complementary capabilities?

Manufacturing flexibility is often viewed as a strategic capability that enables firms to more effectively meet heterogeneous market demands arising, in part, from increased product proliferation. However, recent studies suggest that the operational challenges associated with meeting this objective...

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Published in:Journal of operations management 2012-03, Vol.30 (3), p.180-200
Main Authors: Malhotra, Manoj K., Mackelprang, Alan W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Complementarity
Delivery performance
Flexibility
Industrial engineering
Logistics
Manufacturers
Manufacturing
Markets
Mix flexibility
Modification flexibility, New product flexibility
Operations management
Plants
Studies
Suppliers
Supply chain flexibility
Supply chain management
Supply chains
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