Developing a framework for the effective planning and implementation of advanced manufacturing technology
International Journal of Operations & Production Management
ISSN: 0144-3577
Article publication date: 1 May 1997
Abstract
Uses information gathered from the advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) literature to develop an integrated conceptual framework for effectively planning and implementing these systems. Then examines the efficacy of this framework by investigating the relationship between adoption of various advanced manufacturing technology (AMT), the way that firms plan for and implement them and their eventual performance. A detailed survey instrument was administered to a cross‐section of manufacturing firms in the USA to collect the required data. The results of this investigation indicate that the rate of adoption for integrated technologies was higher among firms that adopted more extensive formal planning approaches. In addition, these firms were found to be outperforming other firms. Also provides managerial and research implications of these and the other findings of this study.
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Citation
Small, M.H. and Yasin, M.M. (1997), "Developing a framework for the effective planning and implementation of advanced manufacturing technology", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 17 No. 5, pp. 468-489. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579710167203
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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