Study on Use of Information Technologies in Manufacturing Processes

Abstract:

This paper contains analysis and assessment of use of information technologies in manufacturing processes performed over the years 2010-2013 by manufacturing companies that employ at least 10 employees. Although companies use many different information technology automation devices and tools, this paper is only focused upon manufacturing process automation devices, since these automation devices exert a significant impact upon improvement of work safety levels. As a result of this study, industrial processing sector’s divisions were identified with the highest level of use of determined automation devices in relation to the adopted average value for the industrial processing sector as a whole, and directions of changes were identified in the area of use of the particular automation devices in the analysed groups of manufacturing companies being active in Poland.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 795)
• Pages: 220-226
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.795.220
• Online since: October 2015
• Authors: Joanna Tabor*
• Keywords: Information Technologies, Manufacturing, Means of Automating Production Processes, Occupational Safety

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