Title : 
Operational agility in Taiwan´s microelectronics and information industry
         
        
            Author : 
Chu, Yee-Yeen ; Pyi, Wen-How
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Ind. Eng. & Eng. Manage., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents a study directed to the investigation of the agility of Taiwan´s microelectronics and information industry. The paper addresses the business practices and indicators that reflect the rapid development and manufacturing capabilities as well as flexible management structures that support an agile organization in reponse to the rapidly changing environment
         
        
            Keywords : 
commerce; electronics industry; information industry; integrated circuit manufacture; management; Taiwan; agile organization; business indicators; business practices; flexible management structures; information industry; manufacturing capabilities; microelectronics industry; operational agility; rapid development; rapidly changing environments; Agile manufacturing; Engineering management; Environmental management; Flexible manufacturing systems; Industrial engineering; Manufacturing industries; Microelectronics; Pulp manufacturing; Research and development management; Virtual enterprises;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Portland, OR
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-890843-02-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/PICMET.1999.808058