The Transformable and Reconfigurable Factory: Strategies, Methods and Case Study

Manufacturing ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Peter Wiendahl ◽  
Christian Fiebig ◽  
Roberto Herna´ndez
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Setup Times ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Turbulent Environment ◽  
Competitive Position ◽  
The Past ◽  
Delivery Reliability ◽  
The Creation

The often discussed challenge facing today’s manufacturing companies can be summarized in just a few words: the rapid fulfillment of customers’ requests in agile networks to secure a competitive position in the market. The continual changes occurring in the markets demand greater agility on the part of companies in adjusting to changing circumstances. In the past years, persistent pressures from the market forced enterprises to fundamentally reconsider their production concepts regarding quality and delivery reliability, among other things. The realization of those goals was closely related to a consistent reduction of setup times and to the creation of thorough and easy setting-up procedures. If this idea is transferred to the entrepreneurial level, the necessary continualy modification, transformation and reconfiguration of factories in response to their turbulent environment may be understood as analogous to technical setting-up. Along the value-added chain, components or elements of agility allow for an “easily transformable factory”.

How can dynamic capabilities make sense in avoiding value co-creation traps?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinbo Sun ◽  
Qingqiang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Network Capability

PurposeThe existing research rarely explains the role of dynamic capabilities in the creation of value co-creation behaviors. The purpose of this paper is to explore how dynamic capabilities play a role in avoiding value co-creation traps and generating new value co-creation behaviors.Design/methodology/approachThis paper collects rich interview and archival data from two Chinese manufacturing companies to examine value co-creation in digital servitization by the case study.FindingsThe paper discovers the value co-creation traps that enterprises face in digital servitization and analyzes the important role of resource and technology integration capabilities in avoiding these traps. Also, the research explores how network capability affects the generation of new value co-creation behaviors.Originality/valueThis paper develops a framework for dynamic capabilities to avoid value co-creation traps and generate new value co-creation behaviors.

Implications of product centric servitization for global distribution channels of manufacturing companies

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
pp. 1020-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Aminoff ◽  
Taru Hakanen
Keyword(s):  
Customer Value ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Distribution Channels ◽  
Production Equipment ◽  
Global Distribution ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Critical Determinant ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The ability to operate global distribution channels of products is commonly considered a critical determinant of a manufacturer’s competitiveness. Nowadays, many products are often complemented with value-added services challenging the efficacy of the status quo of distribution channels. Investigating this rather new phenomenon, the purpose of this paper is to provide an initial understanding of the implications of servitization for manufacturers’ global business-to-business (B2B) distribution. Design/methodology/approach The aim is to elaborate service-dominant logic (SDL) in the context of global B2B distribution. The study builds on case study data collected from a medium-sized European manufacturing company offering production equipment and solutions, and three of its global distributors. Findings The results indicate that the co-producing customer value, the increasing role of operant resources of both a distributor and a manufacturer, and triadic co-creation between a manufacturer, a distributor and an end customer have increasing importance in the indirect distribution network. Research limitations/implications Data are limited to data collected from a single in-depth case study. The results of this study should be investigated by collecting more data in a broader context in the form of surveys. Practical implications Several guidelines related to global distribution are developed for managers, and current distributor selection criteria are completed to meet the needs of this servitization approach. Originality/value Empirical research on servitizing manufacturers with global B2B distribution is scarce. This paper employs SDL to provide an in-depth understanding of the implications of servitization for distribution.

New Problems in Banking

2011 ◽  
pp. 109-129
Author(s):  
Enid Mumford
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Fast Moving ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Management Of Change ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Definition Of

In the last three case studies there has been a logical progression through the management of change, considering first the definition of the problem; second, the development of a strategy for handling it; and third, the creation of an appropriate organizational structure. But, in today’s fast-moving world, there are many situations in which it is difficult to carry out this systematic approach. For example what do we do if change involves a technological jump, bringing with it new problems and challenges which have not been experienced before and which are poorly understood? This happened to white-collar work in the next case study. It has also happened many times in the past and is likely to happen many times in the future.

The Designer as a Social Agent and Promoter of Local Memories

2020 ◽  
pp. 236-248
Author(s):  
Cátia Rijo ◽  
Helena Grácio
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Social Agent ◽  
Responsible Agent ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

The aim of this chapter is to evaluate the role of the designer as a socially responsible agent and the impact that artefacts created by designers have. The goal is to understand if the designer can help preserve local memories, as well as assess whether co-working influences how they emerge in the project. The awareness of the designer as a social agent, who works in collaboration with various agents towards the creation of value-added artefacts, is essential nowadays. As a case study, we bring the project developed by the Designlab4u laboratory in the village of Alhos Vedros, were the cultural and artistic itinerary of the village was designated as a place of memory. Ultimately, the intention is to evaluate whether or not the work developed for the exhibition was a driver of local memories.

scholarly journals Endless Emergency: The Case of Egypt

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 532-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadiq Reza
Keyword(s):  
Political Power ◽  
Prominent Feature ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Constitutional Amendments ◽  
The Past ◽  
Emergency Powers ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Many

The Arab Republic of Egypt has been in a declared state of emergency since 1981 and for all but three of the past fifty years. Emergency powers, military courts, and other "exceptional" powers are governed by longstanding statutes in Egypt and authorized by the constitution, and their use is a prominent feature of everyday rule there today. This essay presents Egypt as a case study in what is essentially permanent governance by emergency rule and other exceptional measures. It summarizes the history and framework of emergency rule in Egypt, discusses the apparent purposes and consequences of that rule, mentions judicial limitations on it, and notes the many targets of its exercise over the years, particularly the government's two most prominent and persistent groups of opponents: Islamists and liberal political activists. It also explains how the country's March 2007 constitutional amendments, much decried by humanrights organizations inside and outside Egypt, further entrench emergency rule there. The thesis of the essay is that the existence and exercise of emergency powers have been far from exceptional in Egypt; instead they have been a vehicle for the creation of the modern Egyptian state and a tool for the consolidation and maintenance of political power by the government.

scholarly journals THE IDEOLOGICAL MEANINGS OF HERITAGE: THE CONFLICTING SYMBOLS IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Johannes Parlindungan Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Meaning Production ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The City

The heritage of Yogyakarta is always situated in a dynamic urban environment. Heritage conservation has been challenged by a lack of understanding on the ideological process in the creation of meanings. This paper investigates the creation process of urban space that is currently appreciated as heritage. The paper uses the city of Yogyakarta as the case study because its uniqueness as a mix of traditional and colonial cities. The study uses the concept of meaning production to understand the association between the construction of urban space and ideological meanings. This concept corresponds to the creation of urban objects and the recognition of meanings in the society. This study uses data sourced from a literature study. As the result, the process of meaning production has demonstrated social and political forces in the construction of traditional and colonial buildings. Situation in the past demonstrates urban space as a tool of political hegemony of traditional court and colonialist. A different social milieu in the present day changes the conflicting ideologies into history. Therefore, the urban structure expresses political strategies of relevant authorities in proclaiming hegemony and regulating society. This study provides a basis for investigating the influence of ideologies on the meaning of heritage that corresponds to cultural significant.

The Revitalization of the Old Harbor in Reykjavik by a Cultural Economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Konior
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Economy ◽  
Original Form ◽  
The Past ◽  
National Heritage ◽  
The Creation

This article concerns the revitalization of the Old Harbor in Reykjavik, Iceland. The research was conducted from May to July 2014 in Reykjavik. It was based on participant observations, document analyses, and interviews with people involved in the revitalization process. The case study of the Old Harbor in Reykjavik shows that the national heritage—fishing (in both material and intangible terms)——can be transformed in a creative way with regard to the past. This process shows that while preserving the original form of the place, it can be connected with the creation of a new value, helping generate tangible and intangible profits, for both its citizens and tourists, respectively.

Archaeology, Indigenous erasure, and the creation of white public space at the California missions

2022 ◽  
pp. 146960532110616
Author(s):  
Lee M Panich
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Important Case ◽  
The Past ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
California Missions ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The University ◽  
California Mission

This paper explores how the materiality of the past has been mobilized to simultaneously erase Indigenous presence and create white public space at Spanish mission sites in California. As the site of present-day Santa Clara University, Mission Santa Clara de Asís presents an important case study. The documentary record associated with more than a century of archaeology at the mission reveals its intersections with heritage-making, particularly the maintenance of public memory that privileges and valorizes whiteness. These same records further detail how the university and local residents effectively erased the heritage of the thousands of Ohlone people and members of neighboring Indigenous groups who lived, worked, and died at Mission Santa Clara. Recognizing how archaeology has contributed to the current heritage landscape at Santa Clara and other California mission sites is a necessary first step in the creation of new archaeological and heritage practices that center the experiences and persistence of Native Californian communities.

scholarly journals GST in India – Deal Maker or Breaker for Distributers

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 885-894
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Tax Structure ◽  
Value Added Tax ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Past ◽  
Distribution Process ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

When GST was implemented in India in the year 2017, there was a sea of change in the way in which tax was collected. In the Distribution process where there was different levels of partners involved there was collection of taxes in different stages which was followed till the implementation of GST. In this case study in order to familiarize the students with the evolution of the GST system and the impact of it on the channel partners we are looking at the case of Mr.Kumar , he had started his distribution agency Pitambar Distributors in 1986 the tax structure for a distributor in India had - value added tax, octroi and service tax .In 2006 the first step towards the implementation of GST - Goods and Services Tax was taken which became a reality and came into being by July 2017.The Post GST Scenario changed the playing field for FMCG companies which automatically reflected on their channel members namely distributers like Pitamber Industries. In this context with the data available from Pitambar agencies in the past year Mr.Kumar has to now rethink his strategies and decide whether to continue in the same business or not. This case can be used to identify the impact of GST on The FMCG Sector, Chart the progress of GST till date, to familiarize students regarding distribution processes and the implication of GST on the same, to identify impact on sales of different category of FMCG products after the implementation of GST

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