The New Roles of Management in Plants with an Advanced CNC‐Technology

The project Users Demands on CNC‐Lathes, commenced in 1988, is examined. The project′s main object was to contribute to an increase in the empirically‐based knowledge of the new demands involved in management, organisation and the operators′ job content along with the design of hard‐and software that new technology brings about. The study was carried out at 29 plants whose production is based mainly on CNC lathes. Findings as to the role and impact of management in connection with the new technology are the main focus.