Title: Critical implementation decisions for advanced manufacturing technologies

Authors: Carol Beatty

Addresses: School of Business, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

Abstract: A three-year longitudinal field study of ten advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) projects revealed that critical choices face companies during the implementation stage. Those that used a two-tiered transitional structure and those that planned for integration were more likely to meet their AMT goals.

Keywords: advanced manufacturing technology; AMT implementation; technological change; technology management; transitional structures; integrated manufacturing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.1993.025768

International Journal of Technology Management, 1993 Vol.8 No.3/4/5, pp.189 - 196

Published online: 24 May 2009 *

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