Software support for manufacturing operations in Belgian SMEs: one size fits all?

Manufacturing companies face a big challenge to bridge the gap between their business and manufacturing processes. The urge to increase efficiency makes it necessary to align the business and manufacturing processes. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) experience several barriers to adopt software support for manufacturing operations. This paper gives an overview of a research study conducted in Belgian SMEs. The research studied the current adoption of software support for manufacturing operations and the barriers that SMEs experience to invest in this type of software. The study is con... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Desmarey, Thierry
Degryse, Kris
Cottyn, Johannes
Dokumenttyp: conference
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Schlagwörter: Technology and Engineering / SME / Manufacturing operations / MOMS / ISA 95
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28878446
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Link(s) : https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3069301

Manufacturing companies face a big challenge to bridge the gap between their business and manufacturing processes. The urge to increase efficiency makes it necessary to align the business and manufacturing processes. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) experience several barriers to adopt software support for manufacturing operations. This paper gives an overview of a research study conducted in Belgian SMEs. The research studied the current adoption of software support for manufacturing operations and the barriers that SMEs experience to invest in this type of software. The study is concluded with a number of considerations to enable the adoption of software support for manufacturing operations by SMEs.