Survey the Barriers to implementation of an electronic factory withAHP method ( Case study of Guilan province Industries)

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this research is identifying and ranking barriers of implementing e-factory in the countryʹs industry that has been done by collecting data through library studies and distribution of specialized and limited questionnaire, accompanied by interview with experts of Guilan industries( as case study ). Methodology of this research can be divided into 3 major sections that at the first step barriers and factors facing the industry were identified for establishing e-factory based on the questionnaire.Cronbachʹs alpha coefficient was used for determining indicators validity. At the second step identified barriers and indicators were prioritized by using questionnaire < < B > > and constitution of the model of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) by EC(expert choice) software. At the third step regarding prioritizing barriers, appropriate procedures of situation of the countryʹs internal and external environment was presented. The method of statistical analysis of data is based on nonparametric inferential statistic methods by SPSS software .Therefore, identified barriers in order of priorities are: management, organizational culture, manpower, production strategy, quality management, on-time production and technology.