Specific decisions categories related to the content of manufac-
turing strategy are divided into structural strategic decisions and
infrastructural strategic decisions (
Franceschini & Rossetto,
1997
). A manufacturing’s structural decisions are those which pri-
marily influence design activities, while infrastructural decisions
are those which influence the planning and control, workforce
organization, and improvement activities (
Fine & Hax, 1985; Platts
et al., 1998
). Associating with these structural decisions and infra-
structural decisions are policy areas.
Table 1
specifies the policy
areas of the main decision categories.