A Case Study of a Two Wheeler Manufacturing Unit on Manufacturing Competency & Strategic Success

Abstract:

Competence management comprises the management, building, leveraging and deployment of strategic and operational competencies, the causal relationships and linkages between them, and the way competencies are embedded in organizational and individual resources. In-house development and external acquisition to contextual factors, for small manufacturing firms, such as the firms’ strategic orientations are inter related. This paper presents a detailed case study in a two wheeler manufacturing unit.Keywords: Manufacturing Competency, Strategic Success, Case Study, Two Wheeler Manufacturing Unit

• Periodical: International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa (Volume 19)
• Pages: 156-170
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JERA.19.156
• Online since: October 2015
• Authors: Chandan Deep Singh*, Jaimal Singh Khamba
• Keywords: Case Study, Manufacturing Competency, Strategic Success, Two Wheeler Manufacturing Unit

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