Abstract
This paper looks at the way in which mechanical engineering companies must behave if they are to make successful use of an Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) such as CADCAM. Experience shows that it is only in small areas of the company that a purely technological solution is suitable. At the individual level, in small teams, and in factory cells, pure technology can produce apparently significant gains at the local level. However, when looked at from the company level, these gains generally appear less significant. (To illustrate this, although use of a CADCAM system may mean that drawings are produced three times as fast as before, corresponding product lead times will not be reduced by a factor of three). Pure technology is not sufficient to make significant changes at the company level. Organisational issues must also be addressed, and the roles and responsibilities of people must be reassessed.
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