%0 Journal Article %A Takahiro Togawa and Nguyen Huu Phuc and Shigeyuki Haruyama and Oke Oktavianty %D 2017 %J International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 123, 2017 %T Framework for Improving Manufacturing "Implicit Competitiveness" by Enhancing Monozukuri Capability %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10008570 %V 123 %X Our research focuses on a framework which analyses the relationship between product/process architecture, manufacturing organizational capability and manufacturing "implicit competitiveness" in order to improve manufacturing implicit competitiveness. We found that 1) there is a relationship between architecture-based manufacturing organizational capability and manufacturing implicit competitiveness, and 2) analysis and measures conducted in manufacturing organizational capability proved effective to improve manufacturing implicit competitiveness. %P 751 - 757