This paper outlines the results of a survey conducted involving manufacturing firms, operating in a competitive context. The survey was done to collect evidences about the use of modern operations management methodologies and tools, considering the various aspects and contributions of several authors. To compose a theoretical basis as a support for analysis and conclusions, this paper presents a brief comments about a bibliographic revision, involving some contributions of the main authors and the structure of analysis being suggested. The results obtained presents a very illustrative framework of the practices addopted by the firms, virtually a systemic context analysis, that allows to view clearly the cause-effects relationships between the managerial actions (strategic and day-to-day) and the reality of its concurrent'tal context.
Competitiveness; operations management; performance criteria; business management; concurrential framework