Identifying the appropriate method of technology transfer in an automotive battery industry aimed at world-class manufacturing
Subject Areas :Amir Hossein Latifian 1 , Reza Tavakoli Moghadam 2 , mphammadali keramati 3
1 - Department of Technology Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Technical Faculty, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Technology Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Today, with the progress of science and the increasing trend in complexity of technological processes, cooperation between organizations is among their significant strategies and their public policies in technology development all around the world. So, success in the world today is obviously dependent on utilizing technology. Technology transfer is just one of the fields in implementation of technology management, which requires a broad and delicate vision. For this very reason, this research deals with recognizing and ranking the parameters influential in technology transfer in the automotive battery industry, to reach manufacturing world class. In the first part, effective indexes in assessing technology transfer methods in the automotive battery industry section were recognized and within the second part, Weighting coefficients related to any individual index were calculated through implementing fuzzy step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) decision-making method and then, in order to implement the proposed model, the methods of technology transfer were evaluated and their final prioritization was calculated utilizing the combined method of GRA-VIKOR relation analysis under the fuzzy environment .According to the results of the fuzzy step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis (SWARA) method, three influential factors in evaluation of technology transfer methods in the automotive battery industry were introduced as “he management style development”, “the strategic consequences” and “the cost effectiveness”. Finally, based on the results of the proposed method, the transfer method of “joint investment” was recognized as the most suitable technique for technology transfer in this industry, and through this method, all the managers and policy-makers can focus all theiractivities based on this system.
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