Satisfactions and Purchasing Factors of Manufacturing Machines in Food Factories
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This research aimed to investigate the satisfactions in currentmachines using in manufacturing processes and the purchasing factorswhen food factories plan to purchase new machines. The data wascollected by questionnaire survey from 58 food factories in NakornPathomPrivince, Thailand. The results indicated that the difference inexperience of using machines in manufacturing processes and the size offactories affected the satisfactions in current machines and the purchasingfactors for new machines significantly. The experience and size of factoriesalso affect the type of machine and the payment method when buying thenew machine. The result should be useful for the businesses related tomanufacturing machine such as developer, supplier, distributors, and soon.
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