TY - JOUR
T1 - An investigation into manufacturing technology sourcing practices
AU - Baines, Timothy
AU - Whitney, Dan
AU - Kay, John M.
N1 - This is an electronic version of an article published in Baines, T., Whitney, D., & Kay, J. M. (1998). An investigation into manufacturing technology sourcing practices. International journal of logistics research and applications, 1(2), 127-139. International journal of logistics research and applications is available online at: www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13675569808962043
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - This paper investigates the decisions that companies make when choosing the source of their manufacturing technology. It builds on previous research that has identified differences between the practices of US and Japanese manufacturing companies. A structured study of manufacturing technology sourcing practices at 14 US-based manufacturing companies is described. This research has confirmed that there is a trend in the companies studied to acquire manufacturing technology from sources external to their organisations. However, no formal processes are used to form these policies. When a rationale for this behaviour was sought, companies gave a series of reasons concerned with business focus, efficiency of technology acquisition, and the extent, defence and support of manufacturing capabilities.
AB - This paper investigates the decisions that companies make when choosing the source of their manufacturing technology. It builds on previous research that has identified differences between the practices of US and Japanese manufacturing companies. A structured study of manufacturing technology sourcing practices at 14 US-based manufacturing companies is described. This research has confirmed that there is a trend in the companies studied to acquire manufacturing technology from sources external to their organisations. However, no formal processes are used to form these policies. When a rationale for this behaviour was sought, companies gave a series of reasons concerned with business focus, efficiency of technology acquisition, and the extent, defence and support of manufacturing capabilities.
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13675569808962043
U2 - 10.1080/13675569808962043
DO - 10.1080/13675569808962043
M3 - Article
SN - 1367-5567
VL - 1
SP - 127
EP - 139
JO - International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications
JF - International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications
IS - 2
ER -