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Manufacturing globalisation: new issue identification and the strategy framework modification

In recent decade, the world economy has been strongly driven by worldwide foreign direct investment (FDI) of transnational corporations (TNCs). Business globalisation is leading to widespread re-structuring of international manufacturing systems in TNCs. However, little systematic research in manufacturing engineering or production/operations management (P/O M) has focused on these new manufacturing systems, and little communication is organised between different academic disciplines such as manufacturing, management studies, economics, geography, international development studies and so on. Many critical issues are poorly understood and are not covered by current research agendas. In industry, the lack of global vision and appropriate strategies during internationalisation have become major barrier to the effective management of international operations. In academia, the limited multi-discipline exchanges have inhibited developments not only in each area but also knowledge contribution to industry which could arise from discipline integration. This paper introduces a recent research work on global manufacturing networks. Based on detailed case observations, it highlights some key industrial issues in manufacturing internationalisation and suggests a modified research framework to tackle international manufacturing.