Strategic Management of Global Manufacturing Networks: Aligning Strategy, Configuration, and Coordination

✍ Scribed by Thomas Friedli, Andreas Mundt, Stefan Thomas (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 278
• Series: Management for Professionals
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The preceding process of globalization and the continuously rising competitive pressure on manufacturing companies in more developed economies unveiled the limits of classical site-focused optimization approaches. The focus of network optimization shifts ever more towards an integrative view of manufacturing networks, striving for a harmonization of the strategy-, configuration- and coordination levels. This book presents such an integrative approach to the strategic management of manufacturing networks. Besides strategic network requirements, this book discusses the derivation of an optimal global footprint and the optimization of network coordination activities. Special attention is paid to the site roles concept, especially to the concept of 'lead factory'. A large number of up-to-date cases from the producing industry enrich the book and provide the reader with vivid examples for the application of the presented concepts. Hence, this book is a must-read for both practitioners and academic researchers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-13
Development of Production Management: From Site to Network Optimisation....Pages 15-44
A Reference Framework for Network Design....Pages 45-66
Clarification of the Initial Strategic Situation....Pages 67-84
Network Configuration....Pages 85-112
Network Coordination....Pages 113-171
Analysis and Design of Networks in Practice....Pages 173-189
Outlook and Summary....Pages 191-195
Back Matter....Pages 197-271

✦ Subjects

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management; Emerging Markets/Globalization