The Path Analysis on Factors Influencing Manufacturing Informatization Benefits

The manufacturing informatization engineering (MIE), which is conducted by the government of China, is a systems engineering for improving the competition ability of the China manufacturing enterprises by informatization means. Revealing the relations between the government supports and the enterprise benefits is a significant work for more effective implementation of MIE and better development of China manufacturing. In this paper, the path analysis is used to exploring the relations between those factors influencing manufacturing informatization benefits, basing on the manufacturing informatization index system (MIIS) and the standard database of China manufacturing informatization. Our study indicates that the application level is the most decisive factor influencing manufacturing informatization benefits of China currently. The key to solve informatization investment-benefit paradox is turning the informatization resources of enterprises into the informatization ability of them through improving the management level of the informatization construction project. Based on the results of path analysis, some constructive suggestions are proposed for the implementation of MIE in the future.