One of the ways to deal with changes caused by environmental uncertainty is to use manufacturing flexibility which has been addressed in recent years by many scholars. Manufacturing flexibility is a multidimensional concept pointed to by many scholars; manufacturing companies act differently in using these dimensions. The purpose of this study was to understand this concept and taxonomy and identify dominant groups of manufacturing flexibility, which has been less addressed despite its significance. Dimensions of manufacturing flexibility were extracted by content analysis of literature and expert judgements. Manufacturing flexibility was measured by using the questionnaire developed to survey managers of manufacturing companies. The sample size was estimated at 379. To identify dominant groups of flexibility based on dimensions of flexibility determined, HCA, ICA and SVM were used by cluster validity indices. The best algorithm for clustering was SVM with three clusters, designated as leading delivery-based flexibility, frugal flexibility and sufficient plan-based flexibility

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