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Designing production planning and control systems
Author(s) -
Van Dierdonck Roland,
Miller Jeffrey G.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.649
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1873-1317
pISSN - 0272-6963
DOI - 10.1016/0272-6963(80)90010-8
Subject(s) - contingency theory , aggregate planning , production (economics) , aggregate (composite) , control (management) , contingency , sample (material) , production planning , industrial organization , contingency plan , business , investment (military) , business system planning , computer science , information system , production control , process management , knowledge management , economics , microeconomics , composite material , philosophy , materials science , computer security , artificial intelligence , law , linguistics , chemistry , engineering , chromatography , political science , politics , electrical engineering
This paper presents a contingency model designed to explain aggregate differences in the specifications for production planning and control systems across firms. The specifications for a firm's system, stated broadly in terms of the investment in information processing systems and organizational integrativeness, are related to that firm's competitive strategy and environment. An analysis of data from a limited sample of companies, and a panel of managers, provides insights into the applicability of the concepts used in the model, and its potential usefulness.