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Organizational Effects of Information Technology: Investigating Information Technology Use in the Context of Lean Manufacturing

Organizational Effects of Information Technology: Investigating Information Technology Use in the Context of Lean Manufacturing
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Author(s): Johan Tetzlaff (Umeå University, Sweden)and Jonny Holmström (Umeå University, Sweden)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 17
Source title: Industrial Informatics Design, Use and Innovation: Perspectives and Services
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jonny Holmström (Umea University, Sweden), Mikael Wiberg (Umea University, Sweden)and Andreas Lund (Umea University, Sweden)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-692-6.ch012

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Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to better understand the enabling and inhibiting impacts IT has on lean manufacturing. This chapter provides a rich picture of a paper mill producing liner reels and the impact of a reel administration system on the manufacturing process. It is important that an IT tool supporting lean manufacturing reflects its organization. When it does the IT tool can act as an enabler of organizational change that in turn increase productivity and the production quality, when it fails to do so it inhibits organizational change and hampers the quality of production. The conclusion is that framing the definition of high production quality regarding product and process is important and that teambuilding would be a contribution to this end by enhancing perspective taking among the employees.

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