FACTORY AUTOMATION AND INTEGRATION OF BUSINESS FUNCTIONS

Authors
GUPTA YP SOMERS TM
Citation
Yp. Gupta et Tm. Somers, FACTORY AUTOMATION AND INTEGRATION OF BUSINESS FUNCTIONS, Journal of manufacturing systems, 12(1), 1993, pp. 15-23
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Operatione Research & Management Science
Journal title
Journal of manufacturing systems → ACNP
ISSN journal
02786125
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
15 - 23
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-6125(1993)12:1<15:FAAIOB>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
This paper is based on data collected from 269 manufacturing organizat ions. The objective of this research is to examine the impact of the d egree of integration of business functions on the benefits accrued fro m the implementation of factory automation (FA) technologies. The resu lts indicate that highly integrated organizations tend to realize more of the strategic benefits of FA compared to organizations that are no t as integrated.