The Role Of Product Architecture In The Manufacturing Firm

Download The Role Of Product Architecture In The Manufacturing Firm full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online The Role Of Product Architecture In The Manufacturing Firm ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management

Author : Paul M. Swamidass
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 1402006128
Total Pages : 1012 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management by : Paul M. Swamidass

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management written by Paul M. Swamidass and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2006-09-21 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management is an encyclopedia that has been developed to serve this field as the fundamental reference work. Over the past twenty years, the field of production and operations management has grown more rapidly than ever and consequently its boundaries have been stretched in all directions. For example, in the last two decades, production and manufacturing management absorbed in rapid succession several new production management concepts: manufacturing strategy, focused factory, just-in-time manufacturing, concurrent engineering, total quality management, supply chain management, flexible manufacturing systems, lean production, and mass customization, to name a few. This explosive growth makes the need for this volume abundantly clear. The manufacturing industry thinks and acts more broadly than it did several decades ago. The most notable change has been the need for manufacturing managers to think in technological, strategic and competitive terms. This is a very favorable development, and it leads to manufacturing success. The entries in this encyclopedia include the most recent technical and strategic innovations in production and manufacturing management. The encyclopedia consists of articles of varying lengths. The longer articles on important concepts and practices range from five to fifteen pages. There are about 100 such articles written by nearly 100 authors from around the world. In addition, there are over 1000 shorter entries on concepts, practices and principles. The range of topics and depth of coverage is intended to suit both student and professional audiences. The shorter entries provide digests of unfamiliar and complicated subjects. Difficult subjects are made intelligible to the reader without oversimplification. The strategic and technological perspectives on various topics give this Encyclopedia its distinctiveness and uniqueness. The world of manufacturing today is increasingly competitive. It is apparent that manufacturers must respond to these competitive pressures with technical and strategic innovation. This encyclopedia has been developed to help researchers, students and those in the manufacturing industry to understand and implement these ongoing changes in the field.

Knowledge Integration and Innovation

Author : Christian Berggren
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191619620
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Knowledge Integration and Innovation by : Christian Berggren

Download or read book Knowledge Integration and Innovation written by Christian Berggren and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology-based firms continue to compete primarily on innovation, and one continuously required to present new solutions to an exacting market. As technological complexity and specialization intensifies, firms increasingly need to integrate and co-ordinate knowledge by means of project groups, diversified organizations, inter-organizational partnerships, and strategic alliances. Innovation processes have progressively become interdisciplinary, collaborative, inter-organizational, and international, and a firm's ability to synthesize knowledge across disciplines, organizations, and geographical locations has a major influence on its viability and success. This book demonstrates how knowledge integration is crucial in facilitating innovation within modern firms. This book provides original, detailed empirical studies of prerequisites, mechanisms, and outcomes of knowledge integration processes on several organizational levels, from key individuals, projects, and internal organizations, to collaboration between firms. It stresses the need to understand knowledge integration as a multi-level phenomenon, which requires a broad repertoire of organizational and technical means. It further clarifies the need for strong internal capabilities for exploiting external knowledge, reveals how costs of knowledge integration affect outcomes and strategic decisions, and discusses the managerial implications of fostering knowledge integration, providing practical guidance and support for managers of knowledge integration in high technology enterprises.

Transdisciplinarity and the Future of Engineering

Author : B.R. Moser
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 164368339X
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (436 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Transdisciplinarity and the Future of Engineering by : B.R. Moser

Download or read book Transdisciplinarity and the Future of Engineering written by B.R. Moser and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of TE2022, the 29th ISTE International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering, held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, United States, from 5 – 8 July 2022. Transdisciplinary engineering is the exchange of knowledge in the context of an innovation, in product, process, organisation or social environment. ISTE aims to explore and promote the evolution of engineering to incorporate transdisciplinary practices in which the exchange of different types of knowledge from a diverse range of disciplines is fundamental. The theme for the TE2022 conference is the future of engineering, and the 75 papers included here, which have all undergone a rigorous peer-review process, cover a wide range of topics and are grouped under 10 headings: Requirements, Knowledge and Architecture in Engineering; Case Studies; Energy, Environment, and Sustainability; Engineering Teamwork; Digital Engineering; imulation, Optimization, and Analytics; Manufacturing; Policy, Decisions, and Innovation; Engineering Education; Research on TE. The book will be of interest to all those working in the field of engineering today.

Entrepreneurship and Organizational Innovation

Author : Carolina Machado
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 303019289X
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Entrepreneurship and Organizational Innovation by : Carolina Machado

Download or read book Entrepreneurship and Organizational Innovation written by Carolina Machado and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-19 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the process of designing a new business, known as entrepreneurship. It gives emphasis to the deep relationship between entrepreneurship and organizational innovation. This book provides a wide range of information and knowledge, namely: - on the different initiatives to be developed in order to promote an entrepreneurial culture; - on the different types and levels of innovation and organizational change to be implemented by organizations; - on the possible strategies to be developed with a view to fostering qualified entrepreneurship through a strong training component; -on the involvement of the different agents of innovation to equip the promoting entrepreneurial projects teams with scientific and technical knowledge in the different areas of intervention, such as marketing, finance, human resources management, the protection of intellectual property, techniques to persuade investors, etc. This book contributes not only to the transmission of knowledge and know-how in what concerns the techniques, procedures and strategies of entrepreneurial management, but also, and above all, to the construction of the behaviors, characteristics and entrepreneurial attitudes, leading to high levels of success in the business world.

The Palgrave Handbook of Servitization

Author : Marko Kohtamäki
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030757714
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Palgrave Handbook of Servitization by : Marko Kohtamäki

Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Servitization written by Marko Kohtamäki and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manufacturers have shifted their focus from products to smart solutions in search of higher returns and additional growth opportunities. This shift, described as servitization, or lately as a digital servitization, is not a simple process. Academic study has revealed that its issues are complex, problematic, contingent, and even paradoxical, involving multiple organizational layers, such as operations, strategic, relational, and even ecosystemic layers. Recent literature studies have called for improved theories in servitization, and even alternative narratives. In this handbook, the chapters take different perspectives towards servitization, digital servitization or Product-Service-Software systems, presenting and debating over concepts such as organizational transformation, change management, strategic management, business models, innovation and product-service operations. The handbook provides an opportunity to develop improved theoretical grounds for servitization, and thus to elaborate and develop the field further. This volume will be of great interest for the servitization community, including scholars, Ph.D. and master students, but also company managers, developers and consultants facilitating company’s servitization efforts.

Human Performance in Planning and Scheduling

Author : B L MacCarthy
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482268272
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Human Performance in Planning and Scheduling by : B L MacCarthy

Download or read book Human Performance in Planning and Scheduling written by B L MacCarthy and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding how to make the best of human skills and knowledge is essential in the design of technology and jobs, particularly where these involve decision-making and uncertainty. Recent developments have been made in naturalistic decision-making, distributed cognition and situational awareness, particularly with respect to aviation, transport an

The Philosopher's Stone for Sustainability

Author : Yoshiki Shimomura
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642328474
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Philosopher's Stone for Sustainability by : Yoshiki Shimomura

Download or read book The Philosopher's Stone for Sustainability written by Yoshiki Shimomura and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Industrial Product-Service Systems (IPS2), which is defined as “an integrated industrial product and service offering that delivers value in use,” has expanded rapidly over the last decade. IPS2 has allowed us to achieve both high added value and high productivity and has enriched our QOL by improving the performance of products and services. We are now struggling with many awkward issues related to sustainability, but IPS2 is expected to be the “philosopher’s stone” for solving these issues. Following the pattern of conferences held in Cranfield in 2009, Linköping in 2010, and Braunschweig in 2011, the fourth International CIRP Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems, held on November 8-9, 2012, in Tokyo, will cover various aspects of IPS2. Topics planned for this year’s conference reflect the latest IPS2 information in both the natural sciences and humanities and include case studies from various industries. IPS2 is still a relatively new field, so it is important to keep track of the entire context in order to promote more cross-sectional cooperation between multimodal fields and disciplines. The fourth International CIRP Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems will serve as a vital platform for such collaborations and the discussion of new scientific ideas.

Handbook of New Product Development Management

Author : Christoph Loch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0750685522
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (56 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Handbook of New Product Development Management by : Christoph Loch

Download or read book Handbook of New Product Development Management written by Christoph Loch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a comprehensive view of the challenges in managing the development of new products from well-known and leading contributors in the field.

The Future Envelope 1

Author : Ulrich Knaack
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 1586038273
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (86 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Future Envelope 1 by : Ulrich Knaack

Download or read book The Future Envelope 1 written by Ulrich Knaack and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges the market and creates discussions on the basis of concrete material. This book also focuses on non technological topics. It discusses items such as issues of strategy and the analysis of customer desires and demands.

Building Network Capabilities in Turbulent Competitive Environments

Author : Paul Hong
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1040083420
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Building Network Capabilities in Turbulent Competitive Environments by : Paul Hong

Download or read book Building Network Capabilities in Turbulent Competitive Environments written by Paul Hong and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-12-19 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) are among the largest and fastest-growing economies in the world. The enormous size of the customer base in these emerging markets is the strategic concern of global business firms. Successful market performance in these markets requires sound understanding of dynamic environmental factors and timely investme

Profitability, Productivity, and Sustainability

Author : Dennis N. Onyama
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000402797
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Profitability, Productivity, and Sustainability by : Dennis N. Onyama

Download or read book Profitability, Productivity, and Sustainability written by Dennis N. Onyama and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an in-depth study of how the drive to optimize organizational performance can be significantly improved by investigating the causal relationships between profitability, productivity, and sustainability (PPS). This is presented through an assessment of a triple combined therapy that studies the interplay between Organizational DNA, Strategic Alignments for Value, and their implications for Sustainability. Through this approach, this volume seeks to answer critical mind-searching questions and provide useful guides as to how some firms are able to sustainably create higher value or wealth, especially through corporate entrepreneurship, or via the creation of new business models than others. In tackling the three elements of profitability, productivity, and sustainability, this book also provides greater insight through an in-depth study of the pervasively unresolved and disturbing issues surrounding the prospects of increasing the chances of success for entrepreneurial start-off ventures, making it of value to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of organizational studies, strategy, and sustainability.

Lean Development and Innovation

Author : Luciano Attolico
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351059580
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Lean Development and Innovation by : Luciano Attolico

Download or read book Lean Development and Innovation written by Luciano Attolico and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Toyota's principles for product and process development, this book focuses the implementation of the Lean system during the past 10 years in dozens of corporations across various industries. The book highlights all steps on the journey from common trouble area to remarkable results. As it is written by a manager for other managers, it contains real work discoveries and insights. The author provides case studies from many different fields of application. The reader gains insight on US and European companies that successfully streamlined their innovation and product-development processes. These companies have overcome difficult periods and major challenges thanks to the ability to innovate with new Lean methodologies and, above all, a new workplace culture and mindset. The goal of this book is to help managers successfully apply Lean principles in the innovation and development area of their company while benefitting from the author's lessons learned during his many years of capitalized experience. This book provides a comprehensive framework that supports, step-by-step, the successful application of Lean principles in the innovation and development areas of the company. Readers learn how to drastically reduce the time required to develop products and discover and eliminate hidden costs and critical waste while increasing value for customers.

Leveraging Knowledge for Innovation in Collaborative Networks

Author : Luis M. Camarinha-Matos
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642045685
Total Pages : 821 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Leveraging Knowledge for Innovation in Collaborative Networks by : Luis M. Camarinha-Matos

Download or read book Leveraging Knowledge for Innovation in Collaborative Networks written by Luis M. Camarinha-Matos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 821 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collaborative Networks A Tool for Promoting Co-creation and Innovation The collaborative networks paradigm offers powerful socio-organizational mec- nisms, supported by advanced information and communication technologies for p- moting innovation. This, in turn, leads to new products and services, growth of better customer relationships, establishing better project and process management, and building higher-performing consortia. By putting diverse entities that bring different perspectives, competencies, practices, and cultures, to work together, collaborative networks develop the right environment for the emergence of new ideas and more efficient, yet practical, solutions. This aspect is particularly important for small and medium enterprises which typically lack critical mass and can greatly benefit from participation in co-innovation networks. However, larger organizations also benefit from the challenges and the diversity found in collaborative ecosystems. In terms of research, in addition to the trend identified in previous years toward a sounder consolidation of the theoretical foundation in this discipline, there is now a direction of developments more focused on modeling and reasoning about new c- laboration patterns and their contribution to value creation. “Soft issues,” including social capital, cultural aspects, ethics and value systems, trust, emotions, behavior, etc. continue to deserve particular attention in terms of modeling and reasoning. Exploi- tion of new application domains such as health care, education, and active aging for retired professionals also help identify new research challenges, both in terms of m- eling and ICT support development.

The Customer Centric Enterprise

Author : Mitchell M. Tseng
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642554601
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Customer Centric Enterprise by : Mitchell M. Tseng

Download or read book The Customer Centric Enterprise written by Mitchell M. Tseng and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companies are being forced to react to the growing individualization of demand. At the same time, cost management remains of paramount importance due to the competitive pressure in global markets. Thus, making enterprises more customer centric efficiently is a top management priority in most industries. Mass customization and personalization are key strategies to meet this challenge. Companies like Procter&Gamble, Lego, Nike, Adidas, Land's End, BMW, or Levi Strauss, among others, have started large-scale mass customization programs. This book provides insight into the different aspects of building a customer centric enterprise. Following an interdisciplinary approach, leading scientists and practitioners share their findings, concepts, and strategies from the perspective of design, production engineering, logistics, technology and innovation management, customer behavior, as well as marketing.

Adaptable Design

Author : Peihua Gu
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819958695
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Adaptable Design by : Peihua Gu

Download or read book Adaptable Design written by Peihua Gu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive discussion of Adaptable Design (AD). It covers the conception, method, and application of AD to the real-world product design. AD's benefits are substantial as it upgrades, reuses, remanufactures and recycles products throughout the product lifecycle. It rapidly adapts the existing design in development of new designs. Key elements of AD include rationalized function structures, adaptable product architectures, adaptable interfaces, and adaptability evaluations. The main feature of AD is adaptability in design methods and product applications with general and specific adaptability. AD has also modeling and evaluating adaptabilities.

SMEs and Economic Integration in Southeast Asia

Author : Cassey Lee
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
ISBN 13 : 981481878X
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (148 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis SMEs and Economic Integration in Southeast Asia by : Cassey Lee

Download or read book SMEs and Economic Integration in Southeast Asia written by Cassey Lee and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for about 97–99 per cent of total enterprises and 60–80 per cent of total employment in ASEAN countries. The participation of SMEs is thus crucial for achieving greater regional economic integration amongst ASEAN countries. SMEs are, however, often constrained by many disadvantages that limit their abilities to become importers and exporters. This is well documented in the research literature on trade and firm size. This volume contains selected ASEAN country studies on the participation of SMEs in regional economic integration based on primary microdata. This is supplemented by empirical studies on the role played by East Asian multinational enterprises in the region. "The editors and authors of SMEs and Economic Integration in Southeast Asia are to be congratulated for this major contribution to the scholarly and policy literature on a subject of much public discussion but limited analytical research. The emphasis on economic integration highlights the importance of these firms in Southeast Asia’s growing regional and global engagement. The thirteen chapters, by leading authors in the field, comprise both insightful country analyses and careful examination of the links between SMEs and foreign investment." Hal Hill, H.W. Arndt Professor Emeritus of Southeast Asian Economies, Australian National University

Strategic Planning Decisions in the High Tech Industry

Author : Dilek Cetindamar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447148878
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Strategic Planning Decisions in the High Tech Industry by : Dilek Cetindamar

Download or read book Strategic Planning Decisions in the High Tech Industry written by Dilek Cetindamar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scale and complexity of research and practices of open innovation mandate a correspondingly sophisticated form of decision making. Strategic Planning Decisions brings together a number of tools that ease the decision process in technology companies, providing both conceptual frameworks and practical applications. Innovative approaches are presented such as an ontology-based model where all the relevant aspects of a potential technology are interrelated to provide a comprehensive and logically connected data pool for decision makers. Divided into two sections, Strategic Planning Decisions describe both strategic approaches using the decision tools, and tactical approaches. Some of these tools are expanded while some others are embedded in a model that will lay the ground for practical application. These include: bibliometric analysis, ontology, roadmapping, lead user, six sigma, and multi-actor & multi-objective decision making methods Recent research and relevant theory are balanced with up–to–date practical applications and hands–on techniques making Strategic Planning Decisions ideal for engineers who wish to keep up–to–date with current ideas in the field of TM. It also provides workable methods for practising managers from all levels who wish to apply a more rigorous approach in their work and consultants concerned with technology assessment and its management.