Winch, Graham (1992) The implementation of CAD/CAM systems in the metalworking industries. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

This thesis reports on a case survey of 15 UK metalworking companies and their experience of
implementing an integrating technology - CAD/CAM. The thesis places this process of
implementation in the organisational context of these companies by examining the ways in which
the engineering/manufacturing interface is coordinated. This interface is important, because it is
also critical to the effective implementation of such techniques as total quality management and
simultaneous engineering.
In order to develop an incisive analysis of these companies, a contingency approach to
organisational analysis is developed around the idea of flows of information and materials and
their interaction with the structure of the organisation in a process of structuration. This analysis
is placed in the strategic context of the organisations' relationships to their environment through
the notion of a production strategy. Models of the process of implementation are then reviewed,
and a recursive model of implementation as organisational changing is developed which
emphasises the processes of organisational learning.
The management of the engineering design process has been little examined, in comparison to the
management of manufacturing, and research and development. This thesis develops an analysis
of the management of the entire production process from the conception of the product right
through to its delivery to the customer in these 15 firms. It then goes on to examine the recent
organisational changes in the engineering and manufacturing functions before examining the
implementation process in detail. Finally, the basis of organisational integration from both a
technological and organisational perspective is analysed, which provides the basis for some more
general propositions on the development of production management over the next decade.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	T Technology > TS Manufactures H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Metalworking industries -- Case studies, Metalworking industries -- Information technology, CAD/CAM systems, Industrial engineering -- Management
Official Date:	May 1992
Dates:	Date Event May 1992 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Warwick Business School
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Voss, Christopher, 1942-
Description:	A revised version of the thesis was published in book form: Winch, G. M. (1994) Managing production; engineering change and stability. Oxford : Clarendon Press.
Extent:	307, [35] leaves : ill.
Language:	eng

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