ABSTRACT
This chapter indicates the transfer and the use of advanced technology in both Algerian firms have led to the persistence of considerable difficulties which derive from lack of technical as well as managerial experience. The firm's strategy is based on the idea that assimilation of assembly techniques is associated with assimilation of machinery used in the whole process of the assembly line as well as the assimilation of components manufacturing. The current organisational system is based on Fordist principles with a high level of hierarchies and a strong division between departments and activities that make the co-ordination and integration of the activities of the different workshops extremely difficult. Dempsey suggests that most of these problems are typical of firms neglecting organisational adaptations. Ebrahimpour, Schonberger, and Bessant consider these difficulties as typical of firms from developing countries which can be dealt with via a systematic approach based on rationalisation and simplification of work.
