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Table 1. Information related to the factories studied
Number of factories according to
number of employees
Number of factories according to sales
size (in 1000JD)
Number of factories according to
number of computers
Employees
Factories
Sales
Factories
Computers
Factories
1-50
31
Less than 100
10
Less than 10
36
51-100
7
100-1000
16
10-100
22
101-200
7
1000-10000
13
> 100
10
201-1000
20
> 10000
8
No Info.
6
>1000
9
No Info.
27
Total
74
Total
74
Total
74
aimed at computer technology adoption by
Saudi workers in 136 organizations. The usable
responses were 1190, and the dependent variable
was adoption of computer technology. The results
confirmed the five proposed constructs adapted
from the IDT (relative advantage, complexity,
compatibility, trialability, and observability).
on managers' perceptions about adopting this
type of systems and how well they accepted such
technology. Total number of surveys collected
was 91 usable surveys. The two studies were not
addressing the same sample, and results of both
studies are not closely related.
jordanian pis usability
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firMs Adoption of pis
Table 1 shows the demographic details of the
sample distributed, where 100 surveys were
distributed and 74 were collected (response rate
74%). The survey aimed at collecting data related
to managers' opinions on the usage and availabil-
ity of PIS and other related systems. The main
objective was to measure the adoption of PIS in
the manufacturing sector in Jordan. When asking
managers about using IT in their operations, 66
factories out of 74 reported that they used one
or more of the systems listed in Table 2. Also, 8
factories only reported that they did not use any
type of IT or systems in their operations. Table
2 lists different types of systems and the users
among Jordanian factories.
Managers were asked about the relationship
between supply chain management systems
(SCM) and the employment of PIS, and how these
systems are related to suppliers' capabilities also.
Results indicated that 39 factories employ central
systems, 13 factories employ distributed systems,
This paper investigated the extent that manufac-
turing firms in Jordan are adopting IT as one of
the innovation tools that help in the production
and operation processes. PIS are considered, for
the purpose of this research, the innovation un-
der consideration. This research consists of two
tests, where a group of surveys were distributed
on factories mainly in the Northern region of the
country (mainly in Al-Hasan Industrial Zone).
The total collected surveys were 74 surveys that
included a number of questions related to the
information technology and applications con-
tent of the firm and some information about the
organization itself and their information systems
usability. On the other hand, another survey was
distributed in Al-Hasan Industrial Zone and only
to general managers, information managers and
heads of departments. The second survey focused
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