Surpetitive strategy as a portfolio for the next millennium

Due to the gloom of global economics, competition among manufacturing firms is getting even tougher. Lean production, agile manufacturing, total quality management, and World-Class philosophies are not providing robust solutions that enable those companies to face such a turbulent environment. This ongoing research work proposes a framework that consists of a set of strategies that enable companies not only to maintain their market share but also to go beyond. It also focuses on speeding-up time to market as a key driver for business competitiveness. (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.