A new approach to select strategy for developing countries to build a machine tool industry
Abstract
The Machine tool industry is an old industry which has taken more than two centuries to reach its current status in the industrialized world. However, because of the current state of technological complexity, the industry has reached a stage at which it is difficult for industrialized countries to keep pace with each other and for developing countries to reduce their lag. In order to be competitive, developing countries must move much more rapidly, with orderly planning, and try to skip the unnecessary stages which the industrialized countries went through in the past. But, so far, the progress of this industry in the developing countries is not as good as expected. A new quantitative methodology is developed in order to provide a more rational comparison of the evolution and strategy of the machine tool industry in different countries. Developing countries can refer to the results of the comparison to select the appropriate strategies at different development stages of their machine tool industries. This methodology is developed based on both qualitative and quantitative statistics of the machine tool industry in a number of countries. With this new method the progress of the machine tool industry in different countries could be compared in the same technical domain. Thus, the strategy of the development for machine tool industry in different countries could be evaluated and compared reasonably. The fundamental concept of this new methodology is to quantify the intangible characteristics of the machine tools-"quality"-by measurable weighted values. With these quantified weight values the technical level of a country's machine tool industry could be measured. However, it is impossible to evaluate each individual machine technically when there are so many different types. Nevertheless, a meaningful technical evaluation may be conducted on a certain level by reference to a fixed pattern of evaluation factors such as precision, efficiency, structure, accessories and materials, plus human factors under centain conditions. Thus, a more objective methodology could be developed with the consideration of machine tool quality to complement the pure quantitatively oriented research in order to measure the machine tool industry's technical progress in different development stages.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Barash, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Industrial engineering
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