Product/process definition, technology adoption and workforce qualification: impact on performance
Date
2019
Version
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Type
Artículo / Artikulua
Version
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa
Project Identifier
AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/ECO2017-86305-C4-4-R/ES/ 
MINECO//AGL2015-65897-C3-1-R/ES/
MINECO//AGL2015-65897-C3-1-R/ES/
Impact
Abstract
This paper analyses the impact of manufacturing technologies (MTs) and workers' qualifications on labour productivity and flexibility, taking into account the product-process (P-P) strategy adopted by the company. This allows for a discussion about the well-known P-P matrix initially proposed by Hayes and Wheelwright (1994) in order to evaluate options of production systems. The empirical analysi ...
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Subject
Product-process strategy,
Manufacturing technologies,
Worker qualifications,
Complementary effects,
Labour productivity,
Flexibility
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Published in
International Journal of Production Research, 57 (1), 200-215
Departament
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Gestión de Empresas /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Enpresen Kudeaketa Saila /
Universidad Pública de Navarra/Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE
Publisher version
Sponsorship
This work was financially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness research projects ECO2017-86305-C4-4-R and AGL2015-65897-C03-1_R.
