The way in which European industry competes and operates is changing rapidly. The drivers which force this change can come form many different sources, these may include a customer’s need for mass customised products where the highest quality, lowest product cost and consistent and reliable delivery is expected as the norm, through to the strategic pressures exerted by low labour cost countries where product quality is generally good but unit costs are significantly lower. In this instance it can be difficult for a company especially an SME, to decide which strategic direction to take in order to remain sustainable in the future. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview to academics and practitioners of the key, current and future manufacturing management technologies and strategies that will enable European manufacturing industry to compete on the world stage and to remain sustainable in the future. This review will be facilitated through the development of a conceptual Roadmap which clearly highlights the critical deficiencies in current manufacturing systems and provides an approach to resolving such problems through active research into technological and strategic management systems.
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Dear Authors, thank you for your paper. You mentioned that a key feature of the roadmap is it allows a company to see where each of the key strategic paradigms is on its development cycle. Kindly give more information on how organisations can accomplish this using the roadmap.
Thank you.