Communicating the realization process during technology implementation
2015 (English)In: International Journal of Intelligent Decision Technologies, ISSN 1872-4981, E-ISSN 1875-8843, Vol. 9, no 1, p. 55-65Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
New technology implies improved efficiency. This potential is not always realized. It has been observed that implementation of new technology within Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, (SMEs), is not as widely spread as it could be. There are several likely grounds for this, e.g. difficulties to keep up to date on the latest technology, financial grounds due to expensive technology and uncertainty regarding what gain one would get from the new technology. Looking at technology implementation, a major part of the failed implementation attempts are caused by non-technological reasons, such as organizational and human reasons. Visualizing the expected result and also the implementation process to the SME prior to the actual implementation, the communication is much more direct and the actions the SME has to perform before, during and after the implementation is made clear. When implementing new technology, the information process is crucial. This paper discusses the value of communicating the entire process and the results thereof when evaluating a technology for eventual implementation. The results is viewed in two ways, first the realization of the products whether they meet the needs of the companies or not, second the actual realization process is developed and analysed to suit each company.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2015. Vol. 9, no 1, p. 55-65
Keywords [en]
Implementation, communication, visualization, realization, prototypes, CogInfoCom
National Category
Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Industrial Design; Product Innovation; Engineering Psychology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-2958DOI: 10.3233/IDT-140205ISI: 000357256900006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84921019415Local ID: 0b45b99b-9a48-4670-b03e-c201f686cf06OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-2958DiVA, id: diva2:975813
Note
Validerad; 2015; Nivå 1; 20140402 (ahak)
2016-09-292016-09-292022-08-30Bibliographically approved