... The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the financial resources invested in advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) and social capital (SC), in terms of the set of internal and external relationships a firm holds, have a positive effect on the adoption of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies...

...Corrado lo Storto Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a methodological framework that combines several data envelopment analysis (DEA) models to deal with the problem of evaluating and ranking advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) without introducing any subjectivity...

... their manufacturing operations more productive. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Lean production China Advanced manufacturing technologies Appendix shows the assessment tool. The questions in each area attempt to focus on the key performances. In the section of inventory control...

... the effects of factors such as inflation, taxation and the UK and EU economic outlooks. Responses confirm near universal usage of the payback method in financial appraisals and widespread use of multiple criteria. Looks at UK investment in advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) and what allowances are made...

... Limited 1992 Channel management R&D Product development Supplier relations Advanced manufacturing technologies MANAGING USER-SUPPLIER INTERACTIONS; MANAGEMENT OF R&D ACTIVITY 49 U ser-supplier interactions are at the heart of effective and successful advanced manufacturing technology...

...K. Swann; W.D. O′Keefe This article is the second half of a series concerning advanced decisions. Central to the problem of AMT(advanced manufacturing technology) is that investment is uncertainty. Under consideration is a highly expensive innovation, often bringing unprecedented operational...

...K. Swann; W.D. O′Keefe This article is the first half of a series concerning advanced manufacturing technology (AMT)investment decisions. Individual problems with formalised techniques in this field are reduced by the frequency of their joint use in organisations. The article emphasises...

... the implementation of new technology. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Manufacturing industry Production management Technological innovation Advanced manufacturing technologies Automated operations Computer‐aided manufacturing ...