Purpose

The researchers maintain that when a firm tackles “green concerns,” there could be several repercussions for manufacturing strategy decision areas (MS DAs). However, such repercussions are complex and have not been widely researched. This paper aims to propose a conceptual maturity stage model to study the configuration of MS DAs.

Design/methodology/approach

Firms exhibit different levels of “green” maturity in their journey and tend to make different choices in green technologies (GTs), resulting thereby in other compatible choices in their MS DAs. Extant literature has been synthesized in this light to build a conceptual maturity stage model in two steps. First, what is the GT that is involved! The second step discusses the possible implications of such a GT for MS DAs. Further, such information is organized according to a firm’s four maturity stages for all GTs that may be applicable. A case study has been undertaken to illustrate the model.

Findings

The results show good potential for the proposed conceptual model to examine the repercussions of MS DAs in industrial cases, and thereby develop relevant theories on this subject.

Research limitations/implications

The proposed model was applied to a paint manufacturing company, which potentially limits the findings’ generalizability to other industries and/or geographies.

Practical implications

The proposed conceptual model can help managers assess the maturity stages of manufacturing to determine suitable adjustments that may be required in configuring MS DAs to improve their positions.

Originality/value

This is among the very few models to explore the repercussions of green manufacturing for MS DAs according to the four-stage maturity model.

中文翻译：

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探索绿色制造对制造战略决策领域影响的成熟阶段模型

目的

研究人员坚持认为，当一家公司解决“绿色问题”时，可能会对制造战略决策领域 (MS DA) 产生多种影响。然而，这种影响很复杂，尚未得到广泛研究。本文旨在提出一个概念成熟度阶段模型来研究 MS DA 的配置。

设计/方法/方法

公司在其旅程中表现出不同程度的“绿色”成熟度，并倾向于在绿色技术 (GT) 上做出不同的选择，从而在其 MS DA 中产生其他兼容的选择。已有文献在此基础上进行了综合，分两步构建了概念成熟度阶段模型。首先，所涉及的GT是什么！第二步讨论了这种 GT 对 MS DA 的可能影响。此外，此类信息根据公司可能适用的所有 GT 的四个成熟度阶段进行组织。已经进行了一个案例研究来说明该模型。

发现

结果表明，所提出的概念模型具有很好的潜力，可以检验 MS DA 在工业案例中的影响，从而发展有关该主题的相关理论。

研究限制/影响

所提出的模型被应用于一家油漆制造公司，这可能会限制研究结果对其他行业和/或地区的推广。

实际影响

提议的概念模型可以帮助管理人员评估制造的成熟阶段，以确定在配置 MS DA 以改善其位置时可能需要的适当调整。

原创性/价值

这是根据四阶段成熟度模型探索绿色制造对 MS DA 影响的极少数模型之一。