Description of the development and operation of a radical new computer-integrated technologies are mostly hand meat processing industry. This technology was developed by a research organization in the meat industry for 15 years, and is now ready for commercial exploitation. Unfortunately, it is not clear how the industry can use the technology because of its scale require large firms than there are now, and its operation requires specialized knowledge that the industry has not. Commercialization of the company is also under pressure to break the system into smaller units, losing some of the benefits of computer integration, but get spread way. There is another model for improvement in the industry, based on the gradual improvement, but not a radical change in technology, and many said that the project is doomed because it can not provide the best way to improve the industry. "Hide
by David M. Upton Source: Harvard Business School 23 pages. Publication Date: January 16, 1995. Prod. #: 695030-PDF-ENG
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