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Take-aways from Clark, K, B., Competing through manufacturing and the new manufacturing paradigm: Is manufacturing strategy passe?. Considers lean production, the new paradigm, in the context of manufacturing strategy.
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Take-aways from Clark, K, B., Competing through manufacturing and the new manufacturing paradigm: Is manufacturing strategy passe? • Considers lean production, the new paradigm, in the context of manufacturing strategy. • For all its power lean production does not provide competitive advantage. Like all other generic solutions, it can be duplicated, although with some difficulty. • Lean production means making strategic choices on a new frontier that provides decided advantage against those who have not made the shift. • Good summary articulation of manufacturing strategy in section 2.
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