Development of a two-stage advanced manufacturing technology option selection model to use in Turkish manufacturing companies

Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) constitutes one of the most important resources of manufacturing companies to achieve success in an extremely competitive world. Decision making processes for the Evaluation and Selection of AMT in these companies must lead to the best alternative available. Industry is looking for a combination of flexibility and high quality by doing significant investments in AMT. The proliferation of this technology has generated a whole field of knowledge related to the design, evaluation and management of AMT systems which includes a broad variety of methodologies and applications. This chapter presents a theoretical review of the term AMT, its diverse classification and a collection of the most effective multi-attribute models and methodologies available to support these processes. Relevant advantages are found in these models since they can manage complex decision making problems which involve large amount of information and attributes. These attributes frequently can be tangible and intangible when vagueness and uncertainty exist. There are several multi-attribute methodologies which are extensively known and used in literature; nevertheless, a new fuzzy multi-attribute axiomatic design approach is explained for an ergonomic compatibility evaluation of AMT.

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The Impact of Advanced Manufacturing Technology on a Mature Industry

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Management and engineering manufacture ◽

10.1243/pime_proc_1986_200_079_02 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 200 (4) ◽

pp. 247-255

Author(s):

G R Mackenzie

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Technology ◽

Business Strategies ◽

Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽

Advanced Manufacturing ◽

Market Demand ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Tube Output ◽

Manufacturing Competitiveness ◽

The Uk ◽

The Impact

TI Group plc is the largest private sector tube-maker in the UK. Group companies manufacture specialist and bearing tube as well as commodity welded and cold-drawn carbon seamless tube. A substantial proportion of tube output is exported from the UK. Continuing competitive pressures and the changing nature of demand from both home and export markets are forcing reappraisal of TI Group's approach to tube manufacture. TI Group sees the maintenance of manufacturing competitiveness as a key element of securing a profitable future, and policy now requires operating subsidiaries to give full weight to manufacturing considerations when formulating their business strategies. Against this background, TI Group tube manufacturing companies are devising plans and making fundamental changes to apply advanced manufacturing technology to their processes and manufacturing control systems so as to give a more flexible response to market demand whilst achieving further cost reductions.

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Investment appraisal of advanced manufacturing technology in the czech republic, usa and united kingdom

Prague Economic Papers ◽

10.18267/j.pep.174 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ladislav Hájek ◽

Josef Hynek ◽

Václav Janeček ◽

Frank Lefley ◽

Frank Wharton

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Manufacturing Technology ◽

Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽

Advanced Manufacturing ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Capital Projects ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Investment Appraisal ◽

The Usa ◽

The Uk

The results of a survey large Czech manufacturing companies are presented which shows the current levels of investment in advanced manufacturing technology (AMT), the techniques and criteria used to assess AMT capital projects, and attitudes to the need for further investment. Comparisons are made with the results of earlier identical surveys in the UK and the USA. The comparisons reveal numerous statistically significant differences. The current levels of AMT investment in the Czech Republic are relatively low, the techniques used for evaluation relatively unsophisticated, the investment criteria used are more short term, and there is less concern about the need for AMT.

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Motivation to Invest in Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.307.437 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 307 ◽

pp. 437-442

Author(s):

Josef Hynek ◽

Václav Janeček

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Technology Adoption ◽

Modern Technology ◽

Postal Survey ◽

Manufacturing Technology ◽

Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽

Advanced Manufacturing ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Potential Benefits

This paper presents selected results of postal survey focused on advanced manufacturing technology adoption and utilization that was carried out in the Czech Republic two years ago. We have narrowed our focus on motivation of managers of manufacturing companies to invest in modern technology here. We believe that the most important motives are strongly linked to potential benefits that are associated with particular technology and that is why we have studied various benefits of advanced manufacturing technology and we put it into context of the problems the managers have to face nowadays. Our results show that from this perspective there are many good reasons to invest in modern technology.

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Advanced Manufacturing Technology – Virtual Manufacturing

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.543-547.4638 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 543-547 ◽

pp. 4638-4641 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Guo Ru Xie ◽

Wei An Xie

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Technology ◽

Virtual Manufacturing ◽

Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽

Advanced Manufacturing ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Optimization Scheme ◽

Virtual Reality Technology ◽

Quality Cost ◽

Related Services ◽

Design And Manufacture

The main indicators of manufacturing companies competitiveness are time, quality, cost and related services, which make the manufacturing transform into new mode quickly. Manufacturing companies need flexibility and agility, so virtual manufacturing technology appeared. Virtual manufacturing is based on information technology, simulation technology and virtual reality technology. It can obtain many kinds of information by the aid of virtual environment. Before the design and manufacture of the product or system, virtual manufacturing can help people experience the performance and assembly relations of future product. Thus it can help people make decision and optimization scheme predictably.

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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY INTO ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (AMT) USAGE IN MALAYSIAN SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMEs)

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management ◽

10.1142/s0219877012500150 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 09 (02) ◽

pp. 1250015 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

SARA SABERI ◽

ROSNAH MOHD. YUSUFF

Keyword(s):

Exploratory Study ◽

New Technologies ◽

Global Market ◽

Manufacturing Technology ◽

Future Research ◽

Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽

Advanced Manufacturing ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Investment Planning ◽

Using Data

For manufacturing companies, to gain competitive advantage in the global market is not always a simple matter of just purchasing and installing new technologies. New technologies require careful planning and persistent efforts to integrate operating and organizational systems to support these operations. It is more important for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have more obstacles in implementing new technologies compared to big companies. Using data collected from 30 SMEs in Malaysia, this paper assesses their situation in terms of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) investment planning and implementation and its relationship to companies' performance and obstacles. This is an exploratory study with the purpose of providing background data to direct future research in building up a contingency study for technology management and implementation for SMEs in Malaysia. The results revealed that in spite of different levels of AMT usage, there were no significant differences between the companies in terms of performance and obstacles. The analysis outcomes implied that technology per se did not make a big difference in its users.

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