Adoption of AMT by South African manufacturers

This paper presents the results of a survey of South African manufacturers that examined their planning and implementation activities relating to advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) investments. Data were collected by means of a postal questionnaire survey to which 84 companies responded to ques...

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Published inJournal of manufacturing technology management Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 15
Main Authors Sohal, Amrik S, Schroder, Richard, Uliana, Enrico O, Maguire, William
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.01.2001
Subjects
Advanced manufacturing technologies
Apartheid
Computer peripherals
Decision making
Electronic data interchange
Investment
Manufacturers
Manufacturing
Manufacturing execution systems
Questionnaires
Research methodology
Software
Strategic planning
Wide area networks
South Africa
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Summary:This paper presents the results of a survey of South African manufacturers that examined their planning and implementation activities relating to advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) investments. Data were collected by means of a postal questionnaire survey to which 84 companies responded to questions regarding their largest AMT investment in the last three years. The analysis is structured on a process model of adoption of AMT comprising three stages: motivation and idea generation for AMT, AMT proposal evaluation, and AMT implementation. The paper presents results relating to formulation of strategies, nature and size of AMT investments, sources of AMT investment ideas and forces motivating AMT investments, AMT proposal development, training in AMT and production management, AMT proposal evaluation, planning and implementation time periods and benefits and risks/difficulties. These dimensions are evaluated across dimensions of company size, types of AMT, and type of production system.
ISSN:1741-038X
1758-7786