Adoption of AMT by South African manufacturers

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-34

  Sohal, Amrik S ^a   Schroder, Richard ^a   Uliana, Enrico O ^b   Maguire, William ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies; Decision making; Implementation; Planning; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; IMPLEMENTATION BENEFITS; IMPLEMENTATION RISKS; IMPLEMENTATION TIME PERIOD; POSTAL QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0034888198     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060110361519     Document Type: Article

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