Integrating Multilayered Agility into Production Planning and Control: A Conceptual Model for Enhanced Manufacturing Efficiency
Résumé
This article introduces a conceptual model that integrates multilayered agility into Production Planning and Control (PPC), addressing the urgent need for manufacturing firms to adapt to the unpredictable challenges of the 21st-century marketplace. Grounded in the dynamic capabilities theory, our model synergizes organizational, operational, and personal-workforce agility layers within the PPC framework to enhance manufacturing efficiency in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA) environment. Through a comprehensive literature review, we identify gaps in the operationalization of agility in PPC and propose a structured approach to its integration. Our model offers a novel perspective on embedding agility into PPC, aiming to provide a roadmap for manufacturing firms to achieve operational excellence and a sustainable competitive advantage. The anticipated benefits of this model include improved responsiveness to market changes, enhanced operational flexibility, and a stronger innovation capability, paving the way for future empirical research in agile manufacturing.