Transforming Design Practice in a Small Manufacturing Enterprise

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
David F. Radcliffe ◽  
Peter Harrison
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Design Theory And Methodology ◽  
House Design

Abstract Small manufacturing enterprises comprise the bulk of manufacturing industry yet little account is taken of such firms in the literature on design theory and methodology. This paper presents an account of the in-house design style of a small, innovative company that designed and manufactures an award winning range of hydraulic cylinders. With assistance from the University of Queensland this company is adopting more formal design methods as part of a major new product development project over three years. The company’s experience of learning about and adopting quality function deployment (QFD) concepts and procedures is presented as an example of this process. The transition to new methods has been accompanied by changes in personnel and responsibilities. Based on this shared experience, the process of transforming design practice in the company is not characterised by a linear model of technology transfer. Rather it is best described by an action research model of cyclic learning and mutual discovery focused on practice, research and teaching leading to a set of concurrent outcomes for each participant.

Enhancing Design Research in the Context of Design Education

2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (7) ◽  
pp. 717-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vassilis Agouridas
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Design Theory And Methodology

Research into design theory and methodology is central to postgraduate design education. It has been widely acknowledged in the literature that a key activity in ensuring the quality of research in the area of design theory and methodology is to put particular emphasis on addressing both technical and social aspects that underpin the socio-technical nature of design research. In addition, this is requisite in linking design theory to design practice. However, explicit research methodologies that take into consideration both of these aspects, as well as explicitly address the issue of linking design theory to design practice, are scarce. The overall aim of this paper is to increase the awareness of stakeholders involved in design research education (e.g., master and doctoral students, faculty, and education planners), of the need to safeguard and assure the credibility and validity of design research outputs. The paper reviews issues and challenges associated with the use of research methodologies in the context of design theory and methodology research. It reports findings from the development, application, and evaluation of a research methodology based on hypothesis testing, action research, and case study research methodologies. Application and evaluation of the methodology showed that the introduced concepts of basis-of-action and course-of-action proved key elements in establishing intellectual frameworks for design research. Conclusions are drawn on the effectiveness of the methodology to address issues and challenges associated with the nature of design research, and on pedagogical benefits that can be gained from its application in postgraduate design research education.

Effect of empowering leadership on the turnover intention of industrial workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Chenhui Ouyang ◽  
Yongyue Zhu ◽  
Minyu Guo
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Empowerment Theory ◽  
Industrial Workers ◽  
Empowering Leadership ◽  
Moderation Model

We used empowerment theory and job design theory to build a mediated moderation model to examine the relationship between empowering leadership and the turnover intention of industrial workers. Participants were 272 industrial workers in Chinese manufacturing enterprises. Results show that empowering leadership significantly reduced participants' turnover intention and that job crafting exerted a partial mediating effect on the negative correlation between empowering leadership and turnover intention. Participants' proactive personality positively moderated the effect of empowering leadership on their turnover intention, and part of the moderating effect was transmitted via job crafting. Our results have theoretical implications for related research and practical implications for human resource management practices in the manufacturing industry.

scholarly journals BHEL Smart Wall Blowing System: New Product Development in Manufacturing Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 025609092110056
Author(s):  
Abhishek Kumar ◽  
R. Dhanuskodi ◽  
R. Kaliappan ◽  
K. Nandakumar
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
New Product

scholarly journals Goals and measures for analyzing power consumption data in manufacturing enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
Sören Henning ◽  
Wilhelm Hasselbring ◽  
Heinz Burmester ◽  
Armin Möbius ◽  
Maik Wojcieszak
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Fog Computing ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Computing Paradigm ◽  
Consumption Data ◽  
Analyzing Power

AbstractThe Internet of Things adoption in the manufacturing industry allows enterprises to monitor their electrical power consumption in real time and at machine level. In this paper, we follow up on such emerging opportunities for data acquisition and show that analyzing power consumption in manufacturing enterprises can serve a variety of purposes. In two industrial pilot cases, we discuss how analyzing power consumption data can serve the goals reporting, optimization, fault detection, and predictive maintenance. Accompanied by a literature review, we propose to implement the measures real-time data processing, multi-level monitoring, temporal aggregation, correlation, anomaly detection, forecasting, visualization, and alerting in software to tackle these goals. In a pilot implementation of a power consumption analytics platform, we show how our proposed measures can be implemented with a microservice-based architecture, stream processing techniques, and the fog computing paradigm. We provide the implementations as open source as well as a public show case allowing to reproduce and extend our research.

Grey relation analysis of 4S service pilot in high-end equipment manufacturing industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Chunyue Xiao ◽  
Jian Sun
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Product Model ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Customer Interaction ◽  
Cooperative Production ◽  
Equipment Manufacturing ◽  
Equipment Manufacturing Industry

Servitization has a significant impact on the upgrading and reform of the equipment manufacturing industry. From the perspective of application of high-end servitization theory in business practice of equipment manufacturing industry, based on the review of relevant literature, this paper analyzes the concept of integration delay strategy mechanism of cooperative production between enterprises and customers, and thus constructs the theoretical model framework of 4S service pilot high-end equipment manufacturing product-customer interaction experience. With the Liaoning equipment manufacturing industry as a case for quantitative analysis, the feasibility of using delay strategy in the 4S service pilot program is demonstrated, and the three-stage development plan of Liaoning 4S service pilot is outlined. The results show that: At present, in the trend of servitization of China’s equipment manufacturing enterprises, 4S service pilot high-end manufacturing product model enables equipment manufacturing enterprises to delay production time and produce according to customer orders, improve service efficiency and optimize resource allocation, and help enterprises to obtain new exclusive competitive advantages.

scholarly journals Monopoly behavior of China’s manufacturing enterprises

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-179
Author(s):  
Guidong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Slow Decline ◽  
State Capital ◽  
The Government ◽  
Do So ◽  
Initial Jump

Purpose With the increase of state capital, corporate total factor productivity (TFP) has a tendency to jump up at first and then slowly decrease. Generally, no significant “productivity paradox” can be observed in China’s manufacturing industry. With the increase of export density, corporate TFP also shows a trend of initial jump growth and subsequent slow decline. This paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Using the 1996–2013 China Industrial Enterprise Database, this paper studies the monopolistic behavior of Chinese manufacturing enterprises through the measurement of TFP and corporate monopoly power. Findings Results show that China’s manufacturing monopoly enterprises are generally innovation-oriented rather than rent-seeking. However, there are certain differences between diversified types of monopoly enterprises: the ones with state capital are more inclined to innovate than those without, whereas the ones with export delivery value are more inclined to seek rent than those without. Originality/value Therefore, the government should implement differentiated policies for diversified types of monopoly enterprises, and do so in a targeted manner fully reflecting the containment of rent-seeking and the encouragement of innovation.

Factors Influencing Innovation and Industrial Performance in Chinese Manufacturing Industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (06) ◽  
pp. 1750040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi ◽  
Girish Panchakshara Murthy ◽  
Chinenye Comfort Emodi ◽  
Adaeze Saratu Augusta Emodi
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Patent Application ◽  
New Product ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Industrial Performance

This study investigates the factors influencing the Chinese manufacturing industry’s innovation and industrial performance utilizing a panel data approach on a sample of Chinese manufacturing enterprises over the period of 2008–2013. The industries were grouped according to related sectors into five groups, a general group was also created which included the whole data sample. The study found that research and development (R&D) expenditure positively influenced the growth of product innovation and industrial performance, but not necessarily knowledge innovation and export performance. Also, expenditure on new product development had a positive impact on both innovation and industrial performance. The growth of patent application was discovered to be influenced by an R&D project and foreign patent license. Finally, the number of enterprises and firm size (i.e. number of employees) contributed positively to the industrial output performance. The findings suggest that industrial R&D and new product development influences the success of product innovation and sales performance. The study recommends that the government should set up policies that will stimulate industrial R&D, while supporting technology transfers from foreign partners. Most importantly, government policies on the development of the industry should be addressed on a sectorial level and not a “one-size-fit-all” type of policy.

Research of Industrial Collaborative Manufacturing System on Based on Cloud Computing

2014 ◽  
Vol 635-637 ◽  
pp. 1866-1870
Author(s):  
Chun Xiao Wang ◽  
Ying Guo ◽  
Jun Wang ◽  
Liang Li
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Support System ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
Service Model ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Collaborative Manufacturing ◽  
Design Collaboration ◽  
Elastic Computing ◽  
Economic Growth Mode

This paper analyzes the main problems in informatization of china's manufacturing industry, and researches an industrial collaborative manufacturing system for large and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises taking advantage of the benefits of cloud computing such as resource integration, elastic computing, mass data, and service integration. The system includes technical support system, business support system, security system and service portal, which providing design collaboration services, production collaboration services, business collaboration services, office collaboration services for enterprises, and forming a complete standard system. This will further promote the innovation of the service model and change of economic growth mode in our country.

A new fuzzy decision-making approach for selecting new product development project

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiu-Chi Wei ◽  
Agus Andria ◽  
Houn-Wen Xiao ◽  
Chiou-Shuei Wei ◽  
Ting-Chang Lai
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
New Product ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Fuzzy Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Decision ◽  
Product Development Project
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