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How do you successfully adopt an advanced manufacturing technology?

Article Abstract:

Investing in advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) is expensive and risky and managers need to know about the best methods of implementation. Companies can learn about the process from others, or they can simulate the new technology or they can build prototypes. The latter is the most useful method but it is expensive and takes time. Research on 188 companies showed that those which adopted early AMT need to focus on clarifying their AMT strategies with experts and vendors and while late AMT adopters should focus on confirming strategies such as simulated and experimental learning.

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, Manufacturing NEC, All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing, Research, Production management

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Manufacturing operations in Europe: where do we go next?

Article Abstract:

A survey of manufacturing management strategies in Europe, conducted over a 10-year period to 1996, reveals significant trends and suggests implications for the future of manufacturing in Europe. European manufacturers adopted Japanese manufacturing techniques during the late 1980s and early 1990s. This practice enabled them to catch up, but priorities in Japan and Europe have since diverged. Priorities for manufacturing in Europe now include a focus on closer integration, both between manufacturing and service and in the value added chain, and a focus on knowledge-based management.

Europe

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Assessing an organization with the quality model

Article Abstract:

A Working Group of executives examines the methods used by organizations and external analysts to check the health of an organization. These methods include the balanced scorecard and the quality model. They conclude that no method is superior to others, but acknowledge the strengths of the quality model. They recommend that organizations should undertake some form of self-assessment, and that organizations should release the results of internal assessments to external analysts, as this makes a significant improvement to the non-financial elements of the analysis.

Evaluation, Business enterprises, Total quality management, Business success

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