Impact of Manufacturing Flexibility on Business Performance: Malaysian’s Perspective

IF 1.1 Q4 BUSINESS

Gadjah Mada international journal of business Pub Date : 2019-12-27 DOI:10.22146/gamaijb.27402

Kong Woun Tan, K. T. Lim

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Abstract

This research aims to investigate the impact of manufacturing flexibility on business performance. The manufacturing flexibility dimensions are mix, new product, labor, machine, material handling, routing and volume flexibility. The measures for the business performance are product market performance, customer satisfaction and profitability. The impact of manufacturing flexibility on business performance has been tested using a cross sectional study employing survey methodology, conducted within five manufacturing industries in Malaysia. Data were obtained from 137 returned questionnaires, which were analyzed using correlational and regression analyses. The results of the correlation analyses indicated that the manufacturing flexibility dimensions were positively and highly correlated among themselves, thus suggesting that the dimensions were interdependent. Meanwhile, the findings of the regression analyses provided support for the idea that manufacturing flexibility has a positive and significant impact on business performance. In other words, manufacturing flexibility improves business performance. In conclusion, this empirical research provides insights and a better understanding about the relationship between manufacturing flexibility and business performance. This research allows researchers/practitioners to gain in-depth knowledge about the concept of manufacturing flexibility and its impacts.

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马来西亚制造业灵活性对企业绩效的影响

本研究旨在探讨制造业弹性对企业绩效的影响。制造灵活性维度包括混合、新产品、劳动力、机器、材料处理、路线和体积灵活性。衡量企业业绩的指标是产品市场业绩、客户满意度和盈利能力。在马来西亚的五个制造业中，采用调查方法进行了一项横断面研究，测试了制造业灵活性对业务绩效的影响。数据来自137份返回的问卷，并采用相关和回归分析进行分析。相关分析结果表明，制造柔性维度之间存在正相关和高度相关，表明制造柔性维度是相互依存的。同时，回归分析的结果为制造业灵活性对企业绩效有积极而显著的影响这一观点提供了支持。换句话说，制造业的灵活性提高了业务绩效。总之，这项实证研究提供了对制造业灵活性与企业绩效之间关系的见解和更好的理解。这项研究使研究人员/从业者能够深入了解制造灵活性的概念及其影响。

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Gadjah Mada international journal of business BUSINESS-

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2.00

自引率

14.30%

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审稿时长

40 weeks

期刊介绍： An objective of the Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business (GamaIJB) is to promote the wide dissemination of the results of systematic scholarly inquiries into the broad field of business research. The GamaIJB is intended to be the journal for publishing articles reporting the results of research on business. The GamaIJB invites manuscripts in the areas: Marketing Management, Finance Management, Strategic Management, Operation Management, Human Resource Management, E-business, Knowledge Management, Management Accounting, Management Control System, Management Information System, International Business, Business Economics, Business Ethics and Sustainable, and Entrepreneurship.