Production System Design and Operational Performance of Steel Manufacturers in Kenya
Abstract
The current competitive world market has positioned many companies under immense
pressure to withstand the completion. The focus on the manufacturing or production
system design performance has become more important. Alongside the growing
competition in the industrial sector, it is apparent that improved levels of, effectiveness,
output, quality and efficiency will only be attained by advancing new and enhanced
production or manufacturing system design. The goals of this study were to find out the
production system design adopted by steel manufacturers in Kenya and the impact these
production system designs have on operational performance of steel manufacturers in
Kenya. The population in this study comprised of all steel manufacturing firms in
Kenya. Particularly, the respondents were the Maintenance Managers, Production
Managers, and Plant/Operations Managers. Primary data was used to collect the data
using questionnaires. The researcher has made use of descriptive and correlation and
regression analysis to present the result in tables and figures. Process Oriented
Production System Design, Industry Production System and Robust Production System
Design were established to be the main systems adopted by the companies. The study
also establishes that the product system designs have impacts on the leadership, quality,
customer satisfaction and the supply chain management. The study thus concludes a
positive relation between product system designs and the operational performance,
which is supported by a coefficient of correlation of 0.784. The study thus recommends
that the management of the companies to not only adopt any product design system, but
also choose the design that works the best for that particular organization.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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