Management Research in Iran

Abstract One of the common problems in manufacturing firms is selecting the best manufacturing system with regard to firm capabilities, market situation, competitors and political and economical issues. Just-In-Time system is one of the best manufacturing systems, which has many benefits. In contrast; implementation of this system is very difficult because of various constraints. Therefore, manufacturing managers encounter the problem of using or not using this system in their firm. In this article, a decision making model based on Analytic Network Process (ANP) is presented for analyzing this problem in a printing factory for finding the appropriate manufacturing strategy. To sum up, the decision making criteria were determined by studying the literature, relevant articles and using Nominal Group Technique among the experts. Then, the related decision making model was prepared by expert interviews. Finally, the best strategy was selected by paircomparison and solving the model.