Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Ph.D. in Production and Operation Management, Management and Economics Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University
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Management and Economics Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University
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Management and Economics Faculty, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The objective of the present research is to present a model of social manufacturing in the furniture industry. This study has been conducted in two phases; in the first qualitative phase, the grounded theory approach was employed to identify influential factors in social manufacturing, and in the second quantitative phase, the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach was utilized to assess conceptual model. Thus, this research is fundamental in purpose and descriptive-exploratory in method. The data collection tool in the qualitative part comprised interviews, with senior managers in the furniture industry constituting the statistical population. Purposeful sampling was employed for participant selection in this qualitative phase. In the quantitative section, a questionnaire served as the data collection instrument, with stratified random sampling as the chosen method. Based on the results of open and axial coding in the qualitative phase, axial codes such as decentralized structure, participatory space, social networks, network-based training, information and communication technologies, and research and development capacities were recognized as necessary infrastructures for social manufacturing. In the following, environmental monitoring, product commercialization, development of collaborative capacities. , intellectual property of ideas, evaluation of idea to product and development of networking are classified as social manufacturing strategies. The results of quantitative section indicated that the most significant strategy for implementing social manufacturing in the furniture industry is the development of networking. Additionally, based on the findings, the most crucial infrastructures for implementing the concept of social manufacturing in the furniture industry is the reinforcement of information and communication technologies.
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