Biography
Biography: Adel Hejaaji
Abstract
Today’s manufacturing environment is characterized by dramatic and often unanticipated change. In this difficult and challenging situation, the manufacturing enterprise must develop and implement new and innovative strategies for competitive success. Among the most interesting competitive strategies being explored by manufacturing companies is the concept of the agile manufacturing. The Agile manufacturing represents a very interesting approach to developing a competitive advantage in today’s fast-moving marketplace. It places an extremely strong focus on rapid response to the customer demanding turning speed and agility into a key competitive advantage. An agile company is in a much better position to take advantage of this opportunity and fast changes in customer demand. This speech aims to introduce new model of agility for manufacturing SMEs which tested on 8 case studies and showing its impact in the SMEs Performance. My speech will focus on the following: ï€ The characteristic of today’s business environment ï€ Changes and Challenges facing the manufacturing SMEs ï€ The definition of agile manufacturing ï€ Comparison between the available models of agility ï€ Introducing the new model of agility ï€ The impact of new agile model in manufacturing SMEs