The impact of membership on network performance of efficient, innovative and flexible manufacturing enterprises

Abstract

Making full use of network member resources to improve performance has become a strategic choice for manufacturing enterprises. Based on the analysis of member relationship dimensions and manufacture enterprise network types, the influences among member relationship dimensions and their influences on network performance are discussed. The weighting indexes and standards are designed, and structural equation method is used to test the hypothesis. The following results can be obtained: member relationship dimension self-accelerating effects commonly exit, and “the communication’s influence on trust” has become the key for member relation optimization. Trust is important for all networks cooperation. The contract, trust and communication individually become the management key or efficiency, innovation and flexibility manufacturing network.