Changing the manufacturing process to a new type of technology is a management decision. For example, a drilling company bid on a contract at a mine I is worked at and obtained the specs that we needed to do the job successfully ie for the drill configuration. Consequently, their manager decided to remove the drill mast from the back of the drill truck and mount it on the side of the drill so the collar of the holes would not be too high for us to access and this was for horizontal drainhole drilling and it worked very well. This then represented a management decision. But it is well to remember that good suggestions for technical innovations often come from the hourly employees and when implemented can be very effective. Also, it is the hourly employees, in essence the workers that have to implement the management decisions and that takes much skill and hard work.
