Assessing the existence of manufacturing strategy and its impact

Manufacturing is crucial for the robust growth of the economy, for exports and for generating substantial relevant employment. But manufacturing function was ignored by production group as a strategic function, shown by seminal article of Skinner (1969). Later on manufacturing function has passed through dramatic changes. It is influenced by manufacturing philosophies in the eastern countries like TQM, JIT whereas "World Class Manufacturing" in the western countries. In academic research, manufacturing function is studied by many authors from strategic point of view.

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Dr. Pradip P. Patil is Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering department of SIES Graduate School of Technology, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. He received his Ph.D. degree in Production Engineering from VJTI in the year 2013. He has published several research papers in international Journals in the field of manufacturing systems and static and dynamic.