Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development: A Macroergonomics Perspective

1987 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 1156-1160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle M. Robertson ◽  
Ann Majchzark
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Order Effects ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Systematic Assessment ◽  
Manufacturing Technologies

This paper examines and discusses the implications of a macroergonomic perspective for assimilating advanced manufacturing technological innovations into an organization's human infrastructure. A framework for integrating sociotechnical systems and advanced manufacturing technology design is presented which identifies first-and second-order effects of the new technology on the human infrastructure. The Human Infrastructure Impact Statement (HISS) operationalizes these concepts into a systematic assessment tool. This paper ends with a brief list of some of the pertinent macroergonomic decisions that a manager and a macroergonomist must consider in implementing and designing Advance Manufacturing Technologies.

scholarly journals Advanced Manufacturing Technology: Implementation of Design AMT

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 7633-7640
Keyword(s):  
Technology Implementation ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Knowledge Processes ◽  
Developed Nations

Technology plays a key role to create and maintain competitiveness in the universal arena. Technology is all the knowledge, processes, methods, tools, products and systems engaged in the design of goods or in providing services. Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) is a new technology whose adoption changes the industry’s manufacturing practice, production and approaches to design and management systems. Moreover, AMT plays a critical role in developing socio-economic environment and this brings further external effects to the country. Importance of technology for competitiveness is rising in emerging environment of AMT. The role of AMT had always been well understood in the developed nations, it is being touched by small scale and medium scale industries in developing country also. The importance of technology for business success and competitiveness has been confirmed empirically in several contexts.

An approach for negating the view that technology ‘competes’ with humans

Robotica ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Primrose ◽  
R. Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Ability ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Government Incentives ◽  
Cad Cam

SUMMARYEngineers have traditionally invested in Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT), such as FMS, Robots, CAD/CAM, CNC and MRP to achieve a reduction in the labour force. Similarly, government incentives for introducing AMT, have also placed an undue emphasis on the ‘need to replace labour with technology’. This policy creates severe industrial relations problems and leads to the view that technology, especially robots, ‘competes’ with human beings for employment. Research at U.M.I.S.T. has shown that AMT is much more viable when the objective of the investment is to increase a company's overall competitive ability, thereby generating increased sales which, in turn, necessitates an INCREASED labour force. The paper discusses various aspects of AMT and in each case it is shown how the acceptability of the investment is improved when the new technology is viewed ‘company-wide’. When this occurs, technology is viewed as being ‘complementary to’ and not ‘instead of’ humans.

Study of Cloud Computing and Advanced Manufacturing Technology under Information Technology Development

2014 ◽  
Vol 484-485 ◽  
pp. 227-230
Author(s):  
Guo Hong Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Network Resources ◽  
Emerging Industries ◽  
Virtualization Technology ◽  
Information Technology Development

Cloud computing can be regarded as the integration of grid computing and virtualization technology: namely the use of grid distributed computing processing power of IT resources and build into a resource pool, plus on a mature server virtualization, storage virtualization technology make users can real-time monitoring and deployment of resources. Cloud computing and advanced manufacturing technology is facing many challenges during the process of development in the future, including security and privacy will become a primary issue. This study focused on relations with the important areas of emerging industries, the fast scheduling network resources in the cloud computing and advanced manufacturing technology key issues, as well as cloud computing security management issues related to cloud computing and advanced manufacturing technology.

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