Information Technologies in Automotive Assembly Industry in Thailand

This paper gave an attempt in prioritizing information 
technologies that organizations should give concentration. The case 
study was organizations in the automotive assembly industry in 
Thailand. Data were first collected to gather all information 
technologies known and used in the automotive assembly industry in 
Thailand. Five experts from the industries were surveyed based on 
the concept of fuzzy DEMATEL. The information technologies were 
categorized into six groups, which were communication, transaction, 
planning, organization management, warehouse management, and 
transportation. The cause groups of information technologies for each 
group were analyzed and presented. Moreover, the relationship 
between the used and the significant information technologies was 
given. Discussions based on the used information technologies and 
the research results are given.

• Jirarat Teeravaraprug
• Usawadee Inklay

• Information technology
• automotive assembly industry
• fuzzy DEMATEL.

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