The Management of Productivity and Technology in Manufacturing

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Editor’s Introduction

   1. Editor’s Introduction

      • Paul R. Kleindorfer

      Pages 1-6

3. The Nature of New Manufacturing Technology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Industrial Robotics and Flexible Manufacturing Systems

      • Steven M. Miller

      Pages 9-55

   3. Perspectives on Automotive Manufacturing

      • Steven A. Weiner

      Pages 57-72

   4. Impacts of Robotics and Flexible Manufacturing Technologies on Manufacturing Costs and Employment

      • Steven M. Miller

      Pages 73-110

4. Innovation and Manufacturing Strategy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. Invasion of a Stable Business by Radical Innovation

      • James M. Utterback, Linsu Kim

      Pages 113-151

   3. Manufacturing Strategy

      • Morris A. Cohen, Hau L. Lee

      Pages 153-188

   4. The Executive Dilemma

      • Christopher S. Fuselier

      Pages 189-195

5. Productivity Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

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   2. Working Smarter the Japanese Way: The X-Efficiency of Theory Z Management

      • John F. Tomer

      Pages 199-227

   3. Theory Z, Institutional Economics, and the Theory of Strategy

      • Jay B. Barney

      Pages 229-237

   4. Productivity Measurement and Management Control

      • Rajiv D. Banker

      Pages 239-257

   5. The 1983 Global Manufacturing Futures Study Preliminary Report Synopsis

      • Jack Romanosky

      Pages 259-272

6. Technology Management and Organization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-273

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   2. Organizational Issues in the Introduction of New Technologies

      • Ralph Katz, Thomas J. Allen

      Pages 275-300

   3. The Strategic Management of Technology

      • Charles S. Skinner

      Pages 301-316

7. Back Matter

   Pages 317-331

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This volume is concerned with the nature of new manufacturing technologies, such as CAD/CAM and robotics, as well as ap­ propriate methodologies for evaluating whether such technologies are financially and organizationally viable in particular contexts. The chapters included here were commissioned as papers for presen­ tation at The Wharton Conference on Productivity, Technology, and Organizational Innovation, which took place in Philadelphia on December 8 and 9 of 1983. The conference was sponsored by The University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Study of Organizational Innovation. There has been a surge of interest in the area of manufacturing over the past ten years as managers have come to realize that the operations function is critical to remaining competitive. New status has been given to factory and operations managers. New programs revitalizing manufacturing and distribution have been introduced in organizations. Corporate strategy is now explicitly considering operations and manufacturing functions. And the curricula of leading business schools are reflecting the rapidly advancing research on technology management and manufacturing operations. In spite of these important signs of progress, we are clearly just at the beginning of understanding the issues involved here. The present volume provides a state-of-the-art review of the realities of technology management and manufacturing strategy. As described in the Editor's Introduction, we address four topics: The Nature of New Manufacturing Technology, Innovation and Manufacturing Strategy, Productivity Management, and Technology Management and Organ­ ization. These issues are clearly very important themes for U.S.

• Innovation
• Management
• Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Strategy
• Manufacturing System
• Performance
• Processing
• organization
• production
• robot

• Center for the Study of Organizational Innovation, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

  Paul R. Kleindorfer

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