Plant information systems, manufacturing capabilities, and plant performance

• DOI: 10.5555/2017307.2017314
• Publication Date: 2006-06-01
• Authors: Rajiv D. Banker; Indranil R. Bardhan; Hsihui Chang; Shu Lin
• Keywords: Dynamic Capabilities; Integrated Computer-Aided Manufacturing; Conceptual model; Manufacturing

Firms have been investing over $5 billion a year in recent years on new information technology and software their manufacturing plants. In this study, we develop conceptual model based the theory of dynamic capabilities to study how plants realize improvements plant performance by leveraging systems enable implementation advanced capabilities. We hypotheses about relationships between systems, impact practices, overall performance. Analysis survey data from 1,077 U.S. provides empirical support for suggests that mediate Our results underscore importance organizational studying IT productivity, provide sharper theoretical lens evaluate impact.