RAL model as a theoretical basis for the development of evaluation methods of manufacturing strategy

Abstract

This paper deals with methods for evaluating of manufacturing strategy and company competitiveness, especially for multicriteriamatrix-based evaluation. It shows the lack of quantitative evaluation methods based on mathematical approaches. The articledescribes possible ways of problem resolving outlined by analogy evaluation and calculation with the assistance of the newly proposedanalytical methods by using of mathematical patterns.

Keywords

• manufacturing strategy
• RAL model
• competitiveness
• flexibility