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A study proposes and tests a multidimensional construct of production competence and provides additional empirical evidence of its impact on business performance. The study validates the production competence construct in terms of five dimensions of cost, flexibility, quality, delivery and environmental protection competence, and also provides evidence that production competence has a major impact on business performance.

An integrated conceptual model is developed to explain the various consequences and factors that affect the agile manufacturing industry in Spain. An integrate application of various agile manufacturing practices is shown to lead to better performance of the company, even in a turbulent environment.

Types of manufacturing strategies implemented by major Spanish manufacturing companies are compared with the strategies of American and European industrial companies in order to offer an international area of reference to Spanish managers. Based on a mail survey, the study takes 1994 as a year of reference and looks at the development of policies and objectives from 1992 until 1999 in major Spanish companies.