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Journal article
Unleashing the Power of Manufacturing Flexibility: Enhancing Performance in Bangladesh’s Ready-Made Garment Industry
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol.35(5), pp.434-457
2024
Abstract
Purpose
This research aims to investigate how manufacturing flexibility can address the challenges of an ever-changing and unpredictable business environment in Bangladesh’s labor-intensive ready-made garment (RMG) industry, which is underserved and situated in a developing country.
Design/methodology/approach
Using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling, this study empirically evaluated the relationships between manufacturing flexibility, environmental uncertainty and firm performance. The analysis utilized 320 survey responses from potential RMG experts, representing 95 organizations.
Findings
The study achieved a decision-making model for implementing manufacturing flexibility in the RMG industry of Bangladesh with acceptable model fit criterion. The research pinpointed that workforce flexibility plays the maximum mediating among different types of manufacturing in coping with demand and supply uncertainty in the RMG sector.
Research limitations/implications
The study made valuable contributions to theoretical and practical knowledge in the context of manufacturing flexibility in Bangladesh’s RMG and other underserved labor-intensive sectors in developing economies. It suggests that managers should shift from defensive and risky business strategies to more aggressive and proactive approaches by utilizing workforce flexibility resources adaptively to enhance manufacturing capabilities and align with dynamic market demand. Additionally, the study offers recommendations for future research to build upon its findings.
Originality/value
This study is unique in its approach because it presents a decision model for implementing manufacturing flexibility in a labor-intensive industry in a developing economy, specifically the RMG industry in Bangladesh, whereas previous research has primarily focused on high-tech industries in developed economies.
Details
- Title
- Unleashing the Power of Manufacturing Flexibility: Enhancing Performance in Bangladesh’s Ready-Made Garment Industry
- Authors
- Chowdhury Jony Moin (Corresponding Author) - Ahsanullah University of Science and TechnologyMohammad Iqbal (Author) - Shahjalal University of Science and TechnologyA B M Abdul Malek (Author) - Shahjalal University of Science and TechnologyMohammad Muhshin Aziz Khan (Author) - Shahjalal University of Science and TechnologyRezwanul Haque (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Publication details
- Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol.35(5), pp.434-457
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1108/JMTM-03-2023-0119
- ISSN
- 1758-7786; 1740-038X
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99991898602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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- Engineering, Manufacturing
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