Technical Innovation Concepts in Slovenian Manufacturing Companies

This paper deals with the concept of technical innovation in Slovenian manufacturing companies. We have conducted a survey within international project European Manufacturing Survey (EMS). We have asked manufacturing companies with at least 20 employees which technical innovation concepts they use and to what extent they use them. The paper presents also the trends in use of this technical innovation concepts and future plans of companies. The results are presented with the use of descriptive statistics and they show that the use of specific advanced technologies in Slovenian manufacturing companies is quite diverse. The research also shows that the trends in using selected technologies in Slovenian manufacturing companies is positive, although the use of specific advanced technologies is slightly missed.