Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Volume 7 Issue 5
Table of contents
Advanced technology design, people and organization: experience of Australian industrial collaboration
Patrick DawsonExamines the experience of Australian industrial collaborative projects. Identifies some of the people and organizational issues which surround the design, development and…
Advanced manufacturing technology investment: criteria for organizational choice and appraisal
Martin Putterill, William Maguire, Amrik S. SohalArgues that as opportunities arise for companies to exploit new markets, a critical issue is how firms should be organized to cope with innovation and competition in a fast moving…
Strategies of manufacturing flexibility, manufacturing performance measures and organizational performance: an empirical investigation
Robert H. ChenhallPresents a study which seeks to add to the body of knowledge that relates strategies to organizational performance. Examines the role of manufacturing performance measures to…
A longitudinal survey of robot usage in Australia
Stuart C. OrrPresents the findings of a longitudinal study of robot usage in Australia. The first stage was completed in 1990 and the second in 1993. In 1990, 74 companies were requested to…
Implementing team‐based cells in Australia: a configurational process approach
Richard Badham, Paul CouchmanConsiders the Smart Manufacturing Techniques project designed to implement team‐based manufacturing cells in participating Australian companies. Draws on case studies of the three…
Computer‐aided design system upgrade process: a case study
Udayan Nandkeolyar, Amrik S. Sohal, Graham BurtReports on the computer‐aided design (CAD) upgrade implementation process at PBR Automotive Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia. Views the implementation as successful since many of the…