The Concepts and Determinants of Manufacturing Flexibility

Manufacturing companies nowadays are facing intense global challenges to sustain in this competitive market. As the global market are becoming more globalized and many new technologies being introduce, it has changed the demand preference for new products. The new market demand requires that the man...

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Main Authors: Mohd Ghazali, Maarof, Gusman, Nawanir, Muhammad, Fakhrul
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Language:English
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description Manufacturing companies nowadays are facing intense global challenges to sustain in this competitive market. As the global market are becoming more globalized and many new technologies being introduce, it has changed the demand preference for new products. The new market demand requires that the manufacturing firms to deliver customize products that can meet the individual customer’s needs. This has created high level of market uncertainty and add complexity to the manufacturing processes set-up in many manufacturing companies. Manufacturing flexibilities provide a better way for manufacturers to overcome this uncertainty. This article will examine the contributing factors that can assist manufacturing firms to implement effective manufacturing flexibility in their manufacturing processes. Method used in conducting this review analysis is based on analysing the literature review done by the past researchers. This study reveals that the contributing factors can be simplified into three categories, namely advance manufacturing technology (AMT), organizational and environment. Findings from this study is expected to expand the knowledge on manufacturing flexibility requirements. In addition, this study can help industrial practitioners to implement manufacturing flexibility in a much better way.
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spelling ump-375412023-05-08T01:28:29Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37541/ The Concepts and Determinants of Manufacturing Flexibility Mohd Ghazali, Maarof Gusman, Nawanir Muhammad, Fakhrul HD Industries. Land use. Labor HD28 Management. Industrial Management Manufacturing companies nowadays are facing intense global challenges to sustain in this competitive market. As the global market are becoming more globalized and many new technologies being introduce, it has changed the demand preference for new products. The new market demand requires that the manufacturing firms to deliver customize products that can meet the individual customer’s needs. This has created high level of market uncertainty and add complexity to the manufacturing processes set-up in many manufacturing companies. Manufacturing flexibilities provide a better way for manufacturers to overcome this uncertainty. This article will examine the contributing factors that can assist manufacturing firms to implement effective manufacturing flexibility in their manufacturing processes. Method used in conducting this review analysis is based on analysing the literature review done by the past researchers. This study reveals that the contributing factors can be simplified into three categories, namely advance manufacturing technology (AMT), organizational and environment. Findings from this study is expected to expand the knowledge on manufacturing flexibility requirements. In addition, this study can help industrial practitioners to implement manufacturing flexibility in a much better way. Springer Book Chapter PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/37541/1/The%20concept%20and%20determinants%20of%20manufacturing%20flexibility.pdf Mohd Ghazali, Maarof and Gusman, Nawanir and Muhammad, Fakhrul The Concepts and Determinants of Manufacturing Flexibility. In: Enabling Industry 4.0 through Advances in Manufacturing and Materials. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering . Springer, Singapore, pp. 189-197. ISBN 978-981-19-2889-5 (Printed); 978-981-19-2890-1(Onlne) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2890-1_19 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2890-1_19
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
HD28 Management. Industrial Management
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Gusman, Nawanir
Muhammad, Fakhrul
The Concepts and Determinants of Manufacturing Flexibility
title The Concepts and Determinants of Manufacturing Flexibility
title_full The Concepts and Determinants of Manufacturing Flexibility
title_fullStr The Concepts and Determinants of Manufacturing Flexibility
title_full_unstemmed The Concepts and Determinants of Manufacturing Flexibility
title_short The Concepts and Determinants of Manufacturing Flexibility
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topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
HD28 Management. Industrial Management
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