Manufacturing Capability to Improve Project/engineer-to-order Manufacturing Performance

摘要

Project manufacturing or engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing is an operation designed to provide unique but similar products. It not only takes advantage of common manufacturing requirements and efficiency, but also allow for customization into unique combinations. Unique orders may be managed like a manufacturing project. However, many manufacturers do not adequately enhance manufacturing capability leading to a poor project manufacturing performance. Thus, the primary purpose of this study was to assess the relationships between manufacturing capability and manufacturing project performance. The results suggest that manufacturing capability can improve manufacturing project performance. Furthermore, the positive association between manufacturing capability and manufacturing project performance depends on process maturity, complexity, time availability, and team size.