There is little empirical research to support the allegation that ‘leagile’
manufacturing organisations thrive in hostile environments, nor has it been
demonstrated that organisation processes (referred to as enablers) actually
support ‘leagile’ performance. This study tests the statistical significance of five
selected HITOP (highly integrated technology, organisation and people) ‘leagile’
enablers. This was accomplished by using a mail survey instrument to measure
the presence of ‘leagile enablers’ in a sample of companies taken from best
factory award winners in UK, US and Japan. [Continues.
