Citation
Scannell, T.V. (2014), "2013 Awards for Excellence", Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 25 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-02-2014-002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2013 Awards for Excellence
Article Type:
2013 Awards for Excellence
From:
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Volume 25, Issue 1
The following article was selected for this year’s Outstanding Paper Award for Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
"Shop floor manufacturing technology adoption decisions: an application of the theory of planned behavior"
Thomas V. Scannell, Roger J. Calantone and Steven A. Melnyk
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify key factors that influence the decision to adopt computerized numerical control (CNC) and direct numerical control (DNC) machines, material working lasers and robots (specific advanced manufacturing technologies – AMT) using the theory of planned behavior (TPB) as the underlying framework.
Design/methodology/approach – Firms that had recently adopted a shop floor manufacturing technology were surveyed. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the 123 responses.
Findings – The TPB explained a substantial amount of variance in behavioral intentions to adopt an AMT. As proposed, attitude towards adoption and subjective norms significantly influence a decision maker. However, perceived behavioral control did not have a significant impact on intentions. The TPB was shown to be an effective predictor of technology adoption in a specific context.
Research limitations/implications – Single respondents were used – future research might include multiple respondents. Though sufficient statistical power was realized, there was a relatively low response rate – future research may pre-screen potential respondents to ensure eligibility.
Practical implications – Primary implications include: adopters may be willing to tolerate a difficult adoption process in order to realize significant competitive benefits; suppliers of AMT may want to develop greater customer knowledge to influence adoption decisions; and champions of AMT adoption may want to proactively influence the opinions of other key stakeholders.
Originality/value – The research context was controlled by focusing on a specific type of AMT. Further, actual technology adoption decisions were investigated. Most applications of the TPB assume that the “intentions to “behavior relationship holds.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/JMTM-02-2014-002
This article originally appeared in Volume 23 Number 4, 2012, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
The following articles were selected for this year’s Highly Commended Award
"Fit manufacturing: a framework for sustainability"
Duc T. Pham and Andrew J. Thomas
This article originally appeared in Volume 23 Number 1, 2012, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
"A model to determine complexity in supply networks"
Markus Gerschberger, Corinna Engelhardt-Nowitzki, Sebastian Kummer and Franz Staberhofer
This article originally appeared in Volume 23 Number 8, 2012, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
"Towards the explanation of goal-oriented and opportunity-based networks of organizations"
Jens Eschenbächer and Novica Zarvic
This article originally appeared in Volume 23 Number 8, 2012, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management