Track: Operations Management

Abstract

Manufacturing organization as an entity is a combination of various functions ranging from production or operations, finance, marketing, human resources, R&D or innovation. For the successful running of a manufacturing organization, all these functions needs to be aligned, coordinated and implemented in for the achievement of common goals of the organization. Functional flexibility is one of the essential aspects which equips the organizations to deal with uncertain and dynamic environments. It is also interesting to learn that there exists evidence of synergistic relationships between the various functional flexibilities within an organization. These relations if properly identified and studied can be exploited further for gaining competitive benefits for the organization.