Technology adoption in consumer goods manufacturing in Asian, low-cost sourcing countries
Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2017.
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| author | Stauber, Zachary Jason |
| author2 | Maria Yang, Nevan Hanumara and Charles Fine. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1112742022-01-28T17:47:04Z Technology adoption in consumer goods manufacturing in Asian, low-cost sourcing countries Stauber, Zachary Jason Maria Yang, Nevan Hanumara and Charles Fine. Leaders for Global Operations Program. Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Sloan School of Management Sloan School of Management. Mechanical Engineering. Leaders for Global Operations Program. Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2017. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2017. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 52-53). With increasing cost of labor, additional regulatory pressures, and changing consumer habits, consumer goods manufacturers in low-cost sourcing countries in Asia are increasingly looking at manufacturing technologies to help. These manufacturing technologies in the apparel industry range from electronic sewing machines that have been around for decades to the precision control robotics that are still in the development phase. We aim to demonstrate the benefit of technology adoption and catalog the barriers faced in implementation. To achieve this, the project first explores the extent of technology adoption within the Li & Fung supplier network through the use of the technical audit; a questionnaire which includes 5 technology related questions that are filled out on-site by a third party auditor. This analysis is then expanded through a vendor survey launched to hundreds of factories that asks additional questions around technology adoption. Finally, this analytical review of technology adoption is complemented by an in-depth design and implementation of a technology system, specifically an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) system, at a bottling factory. This study further demonstrates the potential impact of technology in factories and the challenges to implementation. In demonstrating the benefit of specific technologies, we are able to show a statistically significant correlation of higher performance with two technologies from the technical audit. Through our IIoT project, we also simulate how an inventory buffer optimized with the data gathered by the IIoT can increase productivity by as much as 34%. Finally, we catalog financial, strategic, and organizational barriers that factories face. by Zachary Jason Stauber. M.B.A. S.M. 2017-09-15T14:22:25Z 2017-09-15T14:22:25Z 2017 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111274 1003324374 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 59 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Sloan School of Management. Mechanical Engineering. Leaders for Global Operations Program. Stauber, Zachary Jason Technology adoption in consumer goods manufacturing in Asian, low-cost sourcing countries |
| title | Technology adoption in consumer goods manufacturing in Asian, low-cost sourcing countries |
| title_full | Technology adoption in consumer goods manufacturing in Asian, low-cost sourcing countries |
| title_fullStr | Technology adoption in consumer goods manufacturing in Asian, low-cost sourcing countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Technology adoption in consumer goods manufacturing in Asian, low-cost sourcing countries |
| title_short | Technology adoption in consumer goods manufacturing in Asian, low-cost sourcing countries |
| title_sort | technology adoption in consumer goods manufacturing in asian low cost sourcing countries |
| topic | Sloan School of Management. Mechanical Engineering. Leaders for Global Operations Program. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111274 |
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