Technology adoption and lean manufacturing: a case of sony sugar company, Awendo, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine, through a model that integrates the different study approaches observed in the literature, how technology adoption – via level of trialability, level of observability, degree of compatibility and degree of complexity improve organizational performance in Sony Sugar Company, Awendo, Kenya. The study objective was to establish the effect of technology adoption on organizational performance in Sony Sugar Company, Awendo, Kenya. The study used correlation research design. Questionnaires use correlation research design. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used as tools for data collection. Previous research has already tested how each indicator, considered individually, positively influences lean manufacturing. An integrated model that includes all the indicators would reveal whether they have a direct effect on organizational performance or not. Structural equation modeling is used to analyze how the indicators of the model interact among them and the testing of hypotheses, with a sample of 79 financial advisors. Results show observability as the indicator directly connected to organizational performance with a mean of 3.35 and Std.Dev of 1.328, while complexity with a mean of 3.3.34 and Std.Dev of 1.417, compatibility had a mean of 3.29 and Std.Dev of 1.411and triability only affect performance indirectly through their interaction with observability with a mean of 3.26 and Std.Dev of 1.439. The results of this study also offer information on the relationship between technology adoption and lean manufacturing to improve organizational performance. This article offers the base to identify measures that can lead to an improvement in organizational performance through technology adoption and lean manufacturing.