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The Financial Impact of Lean Transformations: A Fuzzy-set Analysis
No full textThis research, by examining a sample composed by some of the best Italian SMEs that are engaged in a lean effort and by adopting a multi-method approach, investigates the relationship between the level of implementation of lean systems, the adoption of a set of “high involvement” management behaviors and a sustained financial performance, controlling for such variables as the duration of the “lean journey” and the size of the firm. Through fuzzy-set analysis, this study focuses on the process of financial value creation within a firm due to the lean transformation and on the complex relation among its determinants
Lean management systems adoption and financial performance: a multiple method applied analysis
No full textThis research, by examining a sample composed by some of the best Italian SMEs that are engaged in a lean effort and by adopting a multi-method approach, investigates the relationship between the level of implementation of lean systems, the adoption of a set of “high involvement” management behaviors and a sustained financial performance, controlling for such variables as the duration of the “lean journey” and the size of the firm. Through fuzzy-set analysis, this study focuses on the process of financial value creation within a firm due to the lean transformation and on the complex relation among its determinants
Competent Production Supervisors
No full textWhile the manufacturing sector is vanishing in most European and North American regions, North East Italian firms have successfully contrasted global competition thanks to superior manufacturing capabilities grounded, among other things, on people’s competencies.
Applying non-parametric statistical analysis on data from 212 behavioral event and 44 repertory grid interviews, the research presented in this note investigates the nature of these competencies for production supervisors in North East Italian firms. We identify four threshold and nine distinctive competencies and offer insights on the relationship between these competencies and North East Italian firms’ manufacturing capability. We also suggest how to use competency tools to design skill development policies in industrial clusters and implement effective human resource management practices in small and medium sized enterprises
Dynamic Capabilities and Manufacturing Automation: Organizational Learning in the Italian Automobile Industry
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Dal prodotto alla progettazione organizzativa? Corsi e ricorsi della modularità
No full textIn questo articolo presentiamo una review della letteratura più rilevante sul tema della modularità ripercorrendone le origini e le più recenti applicazioni: dall’architettura di prodotto alla progettazione organizzativa passando per l’evoluzione dei sistemi produttivi. Il contributo, senza la pretesa di essere esaustivo, mette in luce quegli aspetti che animando il dibattito il letteratura, hanno maggiore impatto e potenzialità di applicazione nella pratica. L’articolo coglie anche l’occasione per fare il punto sulle evidenze prodotte negli ultimi anni a supporto (o contro) sull’ipotesi formulata da Sanchez e Mahoney (1996) secondo cui l’architettura di prodotto disegna la struttura (intra e inter) organizzativa
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