Technology Efficiency Engineering

The focus of industrial engineering on technology level cost reduction can be termed as technology efficiency engineering and be made an important activity of industrial engineering departments. - Narayana Rao

Technology Efficiency Engineering - Tools and Techniques

1. Outside Technology Monitoring
2. Technical and Engineering Economic Analysis
3. Technology Absorption and Assimilatino
4. Application of Operations Research
5. Application of Six Sigma Methodology
6. Statistical Process Control
7. Human Effort Engineering Techniques

Paper presented in an international conference.




DEVELOPMENT OF ABSORPTION CAPABILITY ATTRIBUTES FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PERFORMANCE: A PILOT STUDY IN NATIONAL  AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/1700/1/development_of_absorption_capability_attributes.pdf


Technology Absorption in South Africa
2011 presenation
http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/ISG/innovation/documents/7SMITAFosteringtechnology_PPT_V4CoorMB.pdf

Fostering Technology Absorption in Southern African Enterprises

The World Bank

World Bank Publications, 16-Sep-2011 - Technology & Engineering - 224 pages

While economic theory considers technological progress to be a key factor for sustained long-term economic growth and job creation, technology absorption is particularly an important driver for 'catch-up growth.' This study seeks to identify channels of technology transfer and absorption for Southern African enterprises, constraints to greater technology absorption, and discuss policy options open to governments and the private sector in light of relevant international experience. It has been done based on sector and enterprise case studies carried in four countries: South Africa, Mauritius, Lesotho and Namibia. This study uses a combination of econometric and in depth case study analyses to investigate the presence of specific channels of absorption and the various constraints that the firms face to effectively absorb this technology. There is evidence of learning by exporting, and spillovers from FDI underscoring the importance of trade and FDI as important channels of absorption. The study finds that four countries while open to trade and FDI face a number of constraints that inhibit them from maximizing the economic benefits from technology absorption. These constraints include a major skills mismatch, insufficient research and development and ineffective industry-research linkages. While outlining broad policy directions in four areas namely increasing skills supply, fostering learning through trade, increasing domestic spillovers from FDI and incentivizing greater firm level research and development, it lays out some priority areas for each of the four countries. We hope that the issues discussed and the dialogue initiated during the course of this study would lend itself to policy design to foster technology absorption with a view to higher growth and job creation in this highly globalized world.

http://books.google.co.in/books?id=UK6KKyOdbGcC

Industrial Development and Technology: Absorption in Indian Steel Industry
2005
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=AG-7S7QIIX8C


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http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2018/05/applied-industrial-engineering-process.html


Updated on 30 June 2018
First Published on 9 August 2013