Proposed in this thesis is a quantitative indexing system for assessing the level of informatization of die-making companies. The level of informatization is measured in terms of information-infrastructure, IS(information-system) utilization amount, and IS utilization benefit. Information-infrastructure of a company is defined in terms of its information-processing capability, networking capacity, and human-resource. The level of IS-utilization is defined as the proportion of the operations performed by utilizing information technology. The IS-utilization benefit is defined as marginal gains of the competitive position of the company in terms of TQC(time, quality, and cost). These marginal gains usually come from an increase in communication, better collaboration among the members (or among departments), closer coordination of various activities, integration of overall operations.
Based on the above definitions of information-infrastructure, IS-utilization amount, and IS-utilization benefit, a questionnaire form has been developed and applied to two die-making companies. Also proposed in the thesis are quantification formulas to convert the questionnaire results into numerical indices. The informatization level of a company is then plotted on a radar-chart. The proposed informatization indexing system has much room for improvement, but it may effectively be used as a guideline for further informatization.
