Impact of manufacturing AI capability on operational performance: Mediating roles of AI internalization and digital transformation resilience

Key Points

• The study aims to examine the structural causality of manufacturing AI capability on operational performance, focusing on the mediating roles of AI internalization and digital transformation resilience.
• Survey-based data collection from small manufacturing companies
• Utilized SPSS and AMOS for structural equation modeling analysis
• Examined relationships between manufacturing AI capability, AI internalization, digital transformation resilience, and operational performance.
• Manufacturing AI capability significantly affects both AI internalization and operational performance
• AI internalization positively influences both digital transformation resilience and operational performance
• Significant indirect effects of manufacturing AI capability on operational performance through AI internalization were identified.

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