產品彈性能力決定因素之實證研究

Determinants of Product Flexibility Capability: An Empirical Study

張世佳(Shih-Chia Chang) ； 林能白(Neng-Pai Lin)

《管理評論》 20卷1期 (2001/01) Pp. 99-127

https://doi.org/10.6656/MR.2001.20.1.CHI.99

摘要

在面對顧客對產品需求之不確定性、產品生命週期快速縮短的市場環境下，積極提昇產品彈性能力，已成為廠商迅速反應市場變動的重要策略之一；基於產品彈性能力對市場競爭優勢具關鍵影響性，因此廠商如何正確地從事製造系統之投資或管理活動之投入，以強化其產品彈性能力，係決策者目前面臨之重要課題；本研究將產品彈性能力，區分為三種不同類型：產品範疇彈性、產品機動彈性及產品一致彈性，並探討該三種產品彈性類型之決定因素，以作為廠商提昇或發展產品彈性能力之決策依據；本研究以國內54家主機板廠商之資料，利用複迥歸模式進行實證分析，研究結果如下：1．可程式化生產設備使用程度、員工技能多樣化程度及良好供應商關係對產品範疇彈性具顯著正面影響作用；2．可程式化生產設備使用程度、良好供應商關係及零件共用程度對產品機動彈性具顯著正面影響作用；3．零件共用程度對產品一致彈性具顯著正面影響作用。

關鍵字

產品範疇彈性 ； 產品機動彈性 ； 產品一致彈性 ； 產品彈性能力

並列摘要

In the environment of uncertain product demand and short product life cycle, increasing product flexibility capability is a critical issue for firms to improve market responsiveness. Production managers have to decide on how to adequately invest in manufacturing systems in order to enhance product flexibility capability. This research use multiple regression model to analyze the determinants of product flexibility capability based on the data collected from 54 mother board manufacturing firms. Product flexibility capability was divided into three distinct types named product range, product mobility and product uniformity flexibility. Our findings are as follows: 1.the degree of using programmable equipment, multi-skill employee and close supplier relationship are significantly positive associated with product range flexibility; 2.the degree of using programmable equipment, close supplier relationship and the degree of part commonality are significantly positive associated with product mobility flexibility; 3.the degree of part commonality are significantly positive associated with product uniformity flexibility.

並列關鍵字

product range flexibility ； product mobility flexibility ； product uniformity flexibility ； product flexibility capability

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