Selection and Evaluation of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VI

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Matthew J. Liberatore

      Pages 1-5

3. Innovation Issues

   1. Some Needed Advances in the Evaluation of Technological Advances

      • Bela Gold

      Pages 6-28

   2. An Orienting Theory for Implementing Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

      • John Guarino, David Wilemon

      Pages 29-56

   3. Industrial Adoption and Use of Programmable Controllers

      • Richard C. Dorf, Johann Sandholzer

      Pages 57-84

   4. The Intra-Firm Diffusion of CADCAM in the U.K. Mechanical Engineering Industry

      • M. J. Pokorny, V. G. Lintner, M. M. Woods, M. R. Blinkhorn

      Pages 85-111

4. Methods and Applications

   1. A Synthesis of Methods for Evaluating Interrelated Investment Projects

      • James M. Reeve, William G. Sullivan

      Pages 112-138

   2. A Strategic Evaluation Methodology for Manufacturing Technologies

      • Fariborz Y. Partovi

      Pages 139-162

   3. The Dante Model: Dynamic Appraisal of Network Technologies and Equipment

      • Nicolas V. Danila

      Pages 163-185

   4. The Economic Evaluation of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

      • P. L. Primrose

      Pages 186-204

5. Performance Measurement

   1. Performance Measurement and Product Costing in the AMT Environment: A Literature Review

      • James Borden

      Pages 205-229

   2. Cost Control and Performance Measurement: A Problem Diagnosis and Some Recommendations for the New Manufacturing Environment

      • Lourdes D. Ferreira, Thomas W. Lin

      Pages 230-256

   3. Management Accounting and the Adoption of Flexible Automation

      • Tony P. Dimnik

      Pages 257-279

   4. Managing the Flexibility of Flexible Manufacturing Systems for Competitive Edge

      • Chen-Hua Chung, In-Jazz Chen

      Pages 280-305

   5. On an Economic Measure of Super-Flexibility in an Uncertain Environment

      • Abraham Mehrez

      Pages 306-321

6. Back Matter

   Pages 322-326

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Matthew J. Liberatore Department of Management Villanova University Villanova, PA 19085 1. BACKGROUND The weakening competitive position of many segments of u.s. manufacturing has been analyzed, debated and discussed in corporate boardrooms, academic journals and the popular literature. One result has been a renewed commitment toward improving productivity and quality in the workplace. The drive to reduce manufacturing­ related costs, while meeting ever-changing customer needs, has led many firms to consider more automated and flexible manufacturing systems. The extent to which these new technologies can support business goals in productivity, quality and flexibility is an especially important issue for manufacturing firms in the u.s. and other Western nations. Problems have arisen in developing performance measures and evaluation criteria which reflect the full range of costs and benefits associated with these technologies. Some would argue that managerial policies and attitudes, and not the shortcomings of the equipment or manufacturing processes, are the major impediments to implementation (Kaplan 1984).

• Fertigungstechnologie
• Investitionsanalyse
• Manufacturing technology
• Multicriteria methods
• Technologie
• Technology
• Technology adoption/diffusion
• development
• management
• manufacturing
• organization
• organizations
• performance
• planning
• technological innovation

• Department of Management College of Commerce and Finance, Villanova University, Villanova, USA

  Matthew J. Liberatore

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