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Advancements in computing systems, software, materials, management techniques, supply chain management, communications, outsourcing and concurrent engineering has changed the dynamics of shop-floor. The use of smart materials, advanced manufacturing processes and psychometric testing of highly skilled labor in a target focused, team environment has enhanced the performance expectations from Man, Machine and Resources. Global competitiveness demands that dissemination and absorption of knowledge by managers and workers need to be achieved through extraordinary effort. A number of working principles and guidelines have been developed and employed in industries for diffusion of knowledge from one level to another. Aircraft industry has also been a source of immense research in various areas of technology. The overall research in area of technology diffusion has added phenomenal knowledge to industry working practices. At this stage, its ia also major consideration in aircraft manufacturing industry. Whereas; the literature on diffusion of technologies in aircraft manufacturing environment is very limited. This paper reviews the techniques developed and adopted in other industries for technology diffusion. The same knowledge has is used to develop framework of technology diffusion in aircraft manufacturing environment. Later, the frame work was applied in a typical aircraft manufacturing industry to evaluate its validity, limitations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) are gaining popularity as an approach to provide flexibility and agility, not just in systems development but also in business process management. Studies of the practical business impacts of SOA are crucial as the number of SOA implementations grows, and are required for a better critical understanding of this popular architectural concept that is being rapidly adopted by industry organizations. Although there is a significant amount of ongoing research related to technology implementations of SOAs, there is a paucity of research literature on the factors affecting the adoption of service-oriented computing and the realization of business value in practice. This paper empirically examines the adoption of service-oriented computing (SOC) as an enterprise strategy across fifteen firms, and discusses the organizational constraints that influence the enterprise adoption and implementation of SOA. In doing so, this paper fills a crucial gap in the academic literature about the practical use of SOA as an enterprise strategy for agility, and lays the groundwork for future work on SOA alignment with organizational strategy. The paper also provides practitioners with guidelines for the successful implementation of SOA to achieve business value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]