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The paper aims at increasing the understanding of how manufacturing strategy formulation can be facilitated in SMEs.

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Based on an assessment of the existing manufacturing strategy frameworks we have been able to identify one framework that fulfills 10 out of 14 of the theoretical and empirical requirements.

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Although a number of manufacturing strategy frameworks exist, their applicability in practice has seldom been investigated. The results presented provide valuable knowledge for the continued work of rendering manufacturing strategy frameworks suitable and thereby useful for SMEs.

Mats Winroth
Chalmers University of Technology

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This page is a summary of: Manufacturing strategy frameworks suitable for SMEs, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, January 2014, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/jmtm-08-2012-0081.
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