Strategic positioning of manufacturing operations within global supply chains

Watcharavee Chandraprakaikul, Tim Baines, Benny Tjahjono, Roland Lim

Research output: Unpublished contribution to conferenceAbstract

Abstract

In global environment, a company has to make many decisions that impact upon its position in global supply chain networks such as outsourcing, offshoring, joint venture, vertical/horizontal integration, etc. All these decisions impact on the company’s strategic position, and hence on competitive space and performance. Therefore, it is important for a company to carefully manage strategic positioning by making careful decisions about the adoption of alternative manufacturing and supply chain activities. Unfortunately, there is no complete process studied in strategic positioning of manufacturing operations within global supply chain. Therefore, the work presented in this paper has investigated leading research and industrial practices to create a formal and rational decision process. An analysis of previous literature, industrial practices, and the resulting decision process are all presented in this paper.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event18th annual conference of the Production and Operation Management Society (POMS) - Dallas TX, United States
Duration: 4 May 20077 May 2007

Conference

Conference18th annual conference of the Production and Operation Management Society (POMS)
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDallas TX
Period4/05/077/05/07

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