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The impact of market requirements focus and manufacturing characteristics focus on plant performance
Author(s) -
Bozarth Cecil,
Edwards Steve
Publication year - 1997
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/s0272-6963(97)00002-8
Subject(s) - focus (optics) , automotive industry , argument (complex analysis) , mediation , manufacturing , business , industrial organization , work (physics) , marketing , engineering , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , aerospace engineering , political science , law , optics
This study examines the relationship between market requirements focus, manufacturing characteristics focus, and manufacturing performance. Results from a sample of plants serving the automotive industry support the general argument that market requirements focus and manufacturing characteristics focus have an impact on manufacturing performance, and provide partial support for a mediation model of focus proposed by Bozarth (1993). The results also show that focused work cells or plants‐within‐a‐plant might not be entirely successful at buffering plants from the negative impact of diverse market requirements.