caa a22 4500 475778340 CHVBK 20180406123637.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1008100514668 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1008100514668 Manufacturing Flexibility: Assessing Managerial Perception and Utilization [Elektronische Daten] [Marcio Zukin, Paulo Dalcol] This paper presents an empirical study of how consumer electronics companies in Brazil deal with the issue of manufacturing flexibility. The main purpose is to provide an understanding into how flexibility is being perceived and utilized in a newly industrialized country. It begins by explaining the relevance of this study. The participation of Brazil in the world economy is important. Here, companies can be very flexible, based on low cost and an abundant skilled work force, yet flexibility has not been addressed. The paper explains how indicators were established to obtain an analytical structure with which to assess the managerial perception and the actual industrial use of flexibility. Finally, we show the most relevant results of our investigation of 16 leading firms in Brazil, including multinational ones. The findings are divided according to managerial perception of flexibility and effective utilization of flexibility in the organization. The paper concludes that firms in the consumer electronics industry in Brazil do not use flexibility practices in the same proportion that they perceive its importance. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 flexibility assessment nationallicence flexible manufacturing systems nationallicence manufacturing flexibility nationallicence Zukin Marcio Department of Industrial Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil aut Dalcol Paulo Department of Industrial Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil aut International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems Kluwer Academic Publishers 12/1(2000-02-01), 5-23 0920-6299 12:1<5 2000 12 10696 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008100514668 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008100514668 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zukin Marcio Department of Industrial Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dalcol Paulo Department of Industrial Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems Kluwer Academic Publishers 12/1(2000-02-01), 5-23 0920-6299 12:1<5 2000 12 10696 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer