dc.contributor.author | Mwangi, Paul M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-12T09:53:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-12T09:53:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Masters thesis University of Nairobi (2002) | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/22400 | |
dc.description | Degree of Masters in Business Administration | en |
dc.description.abstract | The world is rapidly changing to become a global village, which is
necessitated by the advancement in information and communication
technology. These days business is done online with the production and
procurement being monitored on real time basis. The manufacturing firms
have taken the challenge in technology by embracing the latest
developments in the production systems.
This research was carried out to identify to what extent the advanced
manufacturing technology has been adopted by Kenyan manufacturing
firms. The scope of the study included identifying what types of
technologies are available in the market and the benefits the organizations
are deriving from them. The barriers preventing manufacturers from
adopting these technologies were also identified. The research reports the
findings from the food processing, beverage and tobacco sectors. From
the findings, it was identified that Kenyan manufacturing firms are
responding to the changes in technology by adopting the latest
manufacturing technologies. These include .Computer Aided
Manufacturing, Computer Integrated Manufacturing Computer Aided
Manufacturing among the available technologies. However it was identified
that the scope of the adoption is quite low. The respondents singled out
government policies, monopolies and ownership structures as the main
barriers of adopting these technologies.
The scope of the research have enlightened the practices in the
manufacturing firms and further gives some areas of possible research
being on the integration of information and communication technologies
with the production practices. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi. | en |
dc.title | Advanced manufacturing technologies in Kenya: the case of agro-based industries | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Faculty of Commerce | en |