Barriers and Drivers:Information Technology in Manufacturing Firms of Australia
The purpose of this research is to provide insights into the motivating success factors and challenges of information technology implementation.A survey conducted for collection of data from manufacturing firms.And identify to the impact of information technology on performance of companies.A survey has been conducted for the data collection purposes from the manufacturing firms.The key findings of this article shows,there are many significant challenges and motivating success factors(tangible & in-tangible)involve in implementation of information technology in manufacturing firms and why manufacturing firms are not aggressively adopting information technology mainly barriers involve lack of leadership commitments in IT projects,Optimistic approach on initial phase of cost and benefits analysis,Implementation of latest technology with rigid and old processes(legacy),lack of Collaboration of Australian manufacturing firms,lack of business management skills and Scarcity of IT professionals in Australia.And associated motivating success factors of IT are: linkage to the supply chain(end to end),improvement in planning and scheduling,high visibility and velocity,decrease in SC variability and disruptions and overall cost reductions in the systems.This research will contribute in the existing knowledge and find out challenges,drivers of information technology and how companies can overcome or minimize to those challenges effectively.
Information Technology Scarcity of IT Professionals Cost Collaboration Lack of Leadership Commitment Increased Visibility
Syed Abdul Rehman Khan
Logistics Engineering & Management Department School of Economics &Management,Chang”an University,Xi”an,China
国内会议
China Marketing International Conference 2015 (2015中国市场营销国际学术年会)
西安
英文
6-16
2015-07-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）