This study empirically tests a comprehensive set of strategic orientations that influence the development of manufacturing strategy, and examines manufacturing capability to show the impact of manufacturing strategy on a firm's financial and non-financial performance. The manufacturing strategy is posited to be influenced by customer orientation, competitor orientation, resource orientation, and innovation orientation. The findings of this study are based on a sample of the top management of 194 manufacturing concerns from the Canadian technology sector. The analysis using structural equal modelling informs that customer orientation impacts quality and flexibility strategies while competitor orientation influences cost and delivery strategies. Innovation strategy is impacted by innovation orientation. Resource orientation did not significantly impact manufacturing strategy. Quality strategy has the strongest influence on manufacturing capability, followed by cost, innovation and flexibility strategies. Manufacturing capability, in turn, influences both financial and non-financial performance.

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战略方向对制造战略发展和企业绩效的影响

这项研究以经验方式测试了一系列影响制造业战略发展的战略方向，并检验了制造业能力以显示制造业战略对公司财务和非财务业绩的影响。假定制造策略受客户导向，竞争对手导向，资源导向和创新导向的影响。这项研究的结果基于加拿大技术部门对194个制造问题的最高管理者的样本。使用结构均等模型进行的分析表明，以客户为导向会影响质量和灵活性策略，而以竞争对手为导向会影响成本和交付策略。创新策略受创新导向的影响。资源导向并没有显着影响制造策略。质量策略对制造能力的影响最大，其次是成本，创新和灵活性策略。反过来，制造能力会影响财务和非财务绩效。