TY - JFULL AU - Zahra Banakar and Farzad Tahriri PY - 2010/6/ TI - Justification and Classification of Issues for the Selection and Implementation of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies T2 - International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering SP - 409 EP - 417 VL - 4 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/13434 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 41, 2010 N2 - It has often been said that the strength of any country resides in the strength of its industrial sector, and Progress in industrial society has been accomplished by the creation of new technologies. Developments have been facilitated by the increasing availability of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT), in addition the implementation of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) requires careful planning at all levels of the organization to ensure that the implementation will achieve the intended goals. Justification and implementation of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) involves decisions that are crucial for the practitioners regarding the survival of business in the present days of uncertain manufacturing world. This paper assists the industrial managers to consider all the important criteria for success AMT implementation, when purchasing new technology. Concurrently, this paper classifies the tangible benefits of a technology that are evaluated by addressing both cost and time dimensions, and the intangible benefits are evaluated by addressing technological, strategic, social and human issues to identify and create awareness of the essential elements in the AMT implementation process and identify the necessary actions before implementing AMT. ER -