Gaining sustainable competitive advantage through equipment selection : the decision making process /
The industrial community continues to look for methods of gaining competitive advantage through manufacturing techniques. These programs, however, can be matched by competitors if used without the guidance of a strategic framework. Similarly, structural capacity choices can be matched by market comp...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The industrial community continues to look for methods of gaining competitive advantage through manufacturing techniques. These programs, however, can be matched by competitors if used without the guidance of a strategic framework. Similarly, structural capacity choices can be matched by market competitors without the infrastructures benefits of a well defined operations strategy. In this study, structural and infrastructures strategic factors were examined through an experimental analysis to understand the effect of these factors toward sustaining competitive advantage within the context of the capacity selection decision. Multiattribute Utility (MAU) theory analysis was used in the experiment to quantify the contribution of the structural and infrastructures strategic factors. The experimental respondents were manufacturing managers and professionals from the plastics industry. The capacity level decision was evaluated within the context of an equipment choice selection. This research provides the groundwork for understanding the role of strategic infrastructures factors in sustaining competitive advantage within a structural capacity decision. Managers can use this information in planning and selecting capacity within their firms to gain and sustain a competitive advantage rather than selecting capacity that could be matched by competitors within the marketplace. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Information and Operations Management". |
| Physical Description: | xi, 185 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-153). |