Abstract
Efficient utilization of advanced manufacturing technology is usually seen as one of the crucial factors in achieving competitiveness on global markets. On the other hand, there are many problems associated with the advanced technology utilization. These problems could be related to the individual phases of the relevant project life cycle - starting from the early stages of AMT projects preparation and evaluation, through various problems related to the project implemen- tation, its integration within the company environment, up to the issues related to the efficient utilization of the already deployed system. This paper focuses on the final stage of this process when the post-implementation assessment should be carried out in order to determine whether all initial expectations and objectives were met and whether all the originally promised benefits were delivered. Typical problems of technology benefits evaluation together with various meth - ods, concepts as well as metrics used in the process of the assessment will be discussed here in particular.
Highlights
Global competition in manufacturing poses invariably increasing requirements on manufacturing companies worldwide that have to take every opportunity in order to maintain or even increase their position on demanding markets
These problems could be related to the individual phases of the relevant project life cycle - starting from the early stages of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) projects preparation and evaluation, through various problems related to the actual project implementation, its integration within the whole company environment, up to the issues related to the efficient utilization of the already deployed system as well as the methods used to determine whether the system meets the originally planned objectives
Based on the results described in this paper we can confirm an uncomfortable conclusion that Czech manufacturing companies struggle with internationally accepted problems related to insufficient abilities to identify and quantify benefits of AMT
Summary
Global competition in manufacturing poses invariably increasing requirements on manufacturing companies worldwide that have to take every opportunity in order to maintain or even increase their position on demanding markets. It is obvious that manufacturing companies in economically developed countries cannot rely on cheap labor force and massive and effective utilization of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) is regarded as one of the crucial factors that help to achieve the above mentioned goals These computer-based technologies include a great variety of tools, machines and devices ranging from isolated systems like CAD, CAM, numerically controlled machines, robots etc. Based on the facts mentioned above it is clear that there are many problems associated with the advanced technology utilization These problems could be related to the individual phases of the relevant project life cycle - starting from the early stages of AMT projects preparation and evaluation, through various problems related to the actual project implementation, its integration within the whole company environment, up to the issues related to the efficient utilization of the already deployed system as well as the methods used to determine whether the system meets the originally planned objectives. That is why we have decided to study post-implementation phase evaluation processes in greater detail and we will present some of our results here
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