Document Type
Article
Department or Administrative Unit
Finance and Supply Chain Management
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
Under a uncertain environment (i.e., growing global competition, changing customer demand, shorter product life cycles, and increasing market diversity), two manufacturing strategies often emerge: manufacturing technology automation and manufacturing system integration. Existing case studies indicate that firms should adapt manufacturing integration first and then automate the manufacturing system to improve manufacturing performance. Using 288 responses from manufacturing managers, the findings of this study empirically supports this proposition. Analytical results also show that the combination strategies of manufacturing system integration followed by manufacturing technology automation have more than twice the effect on manufacturing performance than using manufacturing automation strategy alone.
Recommended Citation
Tu, Q., Liao, K., & Li, Y. (2011). The relationship of integration and automation under an uncertain environment: a SEM model. International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management 22(4). DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2011.041876
Journal
International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management
Rights
Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
Included in
Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Operations and Supply Chain Management Commons
Comments
This article was originally published in International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.
The download link on this page is to an accepted manuscript version of this article and may not be the final version of this article.