Omelyanenko T. The Production Strategy of an Enterprise: Theory, Methodology, Practice

The dissertation is devoted to solving the essential problem of developing the theory of the production strategy of an enterprise, improving its methodological foundation, making scientific and conceptual generalized analysis of the nature of some new phenomena which characterize the functioning of contemporary production. The research resulted in the author's working out a paradigm of the production strategy theory, a range of integrated principles and factors of the production strategy and the model for its development. The methodological foundation underlying the typological classification of production strategies has been created and substantiated and certain types of typologies have been suggested. The production strategies of high technology enterprises, which manufacture sophisticated science-driven products, have been identified. The principles underlying the activities of enterprises based on mass customization and the nature of their production strategy have been defined. Substantial proofs have been furnished to support the idea that nowadays any decisions concerning production strategies must be backed by operational and task forces and facilities, and some options of providing them have been suggested.