scholarly journals TEAMWORK IN MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE ACHIEVEMENT

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inese Lusena-Ezera ◽  
Diana Liduma
Keyword(s):  
Production Management ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Enterprise Performance ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprise ◽  
Performance Achievement ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Efficient Manufacturing ◽  
Determinant Factor

Even though various work organization forms and instruments exist for efficient manufacturing pro-cess and economic efficiency achievement in manufacturing enterprises, the issue is still topical which of the factors in production management – human resources or technologies is the main impellent in performance achievement in manufacturing enterprises. Research aim is to find out whether ap-proach based on teamwork is applied in performance achievement. Different level managers of eight manufacturing enterprises (total 21 managers) from Liepaja City (Latvia) and suburban area were questioned. Research results prove that in manufacturing enterprise performance characteristics of teamwork can be noticed in general. However, size of manufacturing enterprise (number of employ-ees) is the determinant factor to whether employees’ strive for a common goal and believe in team-work in

scholarly journals INVOLVEMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN OPERATIONAL PLANNING OF MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES: LATVIA EXPERIENCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-101
Author(s):  
Diāna Līduma ◽  
Inese Lūsēna-Ezera
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Employee Involvement ◽  
Operational Planning ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprise ◽  
Strategic Issues ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises

The main feature of teamwork is a common goal, and the involvement of employees is essential to its achievement. In a wider scope, it is understood not only by the involvement of employees in decision-making but also as the involvement of employees in operational planning and strategic issues. Research aim is to find out whether the involvement of employees in decision-making, goal setting and planning is inherent in manufacturing enterprises. According to a survey of 268 different level employees of 25 manufacturing enterprises in Latvia, it was found out that involvement of all employees in the decision-making process is not perceived by the enterprises` performance and strategic planning, and the involvement of employees in decision-making and goal setting can only be seen within the department. Keywords: decision-making, employee involvement, goal setting, operational planning, manufacturing enterprise, teamwork

scholarly journals Trustworthy data-driven networked production for customer-centric plants

2017 ◽  
Vol 117 (10) ◽  
pp. 2305-2324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davy Preuveneers ◽  
Wouter Joosen ◽  
Elisabeth Ilie-Zudor
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Trust Model ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Performance Study ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprise ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Security Challenges

Purpose Industry 4.0 envisions a future of networked production where interconnected machines and business processes running in the cloud will communicate with one another to optimize production and enable more efficient and sustainable individualized/mass manufacturing. However, the openness and process transparency of networked production in hyperconnected manufacturing enterprises pose severe cyber-security threats and information security challenges that need to be dealt with. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a distributed trust model and middleware for collaborative and decentralized access control to guarantee data transparency, integrity, authenticity and authorization of dataflow-oriented Industry 4.0 processes. Findings The results of a performance study indicate that private blockchains are capable of securing IoT-enabled dataflow-oriented networked production processes across the trust boundaries of the Industry 4.0 manufacturing enterprise. Originality/value This paper contributes a decentralized identity and relationship management for users, sensors, actuators, gateways and cloud services to support processes that cross the trust boundaries of the manufacturing enterprise, while offering protection against malicious adversaries gaining unauthorized access to systems, services and information.

Process Organization as a Determinant on Team Development and Maturity

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 2-575-2-578
Author(s):  
Georg Stawowy ◽  
Holger Luczak
Keyword(s):  
Work Organization ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
Team Development ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A Company ◽  
Strategic Goal

Numerous German companies experience a slow down in team work two to three years after the implementation. Therefore, stability of work organization gains importance as a strategic goal. Based on a literature review on team development a model to describe team development as a basis for the definition of team maturity is presented in this paper. Furthermore, a classification of team tasks in addition to a chosen model of team development lead to a model to explain the relationships among process organization, team tasks and the level of social-psychological development. The underlying hypothesis are finally formulated. Following, a company case study with 28 teams has been conducted to research the tasks within a flow production line and to assess in 48 interviews with members of 14 teams the achieved level of team maturity.

The German Automobile Industry in Transition

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-247
Author(s):  
Michael Schumann
Keyword(s):  
Automobile Industry ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Job Descriptions ◽  
Product Strategy ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Strong Focus ◽  
Work Autonomy

This paper describes the new approaches the German automobile industry has developed during the last four years. It deals with product strategy, production concepts, work organization, industrial relations and technology. In the automobile industry, team concepts and groupwork have been the most important innovations in increasing efficiency. There are two fundamentally different approaches to team work The concept of ‘structurally conservative groupwork’ is a more or less modernized version of Taylorism. The job descriptions of production workers remain narrow, there is not much work autonomy and no reprofessionalization. By contrast, ‘structurally innovative groupwork’ builds on the specific assets of the German industrial order: the tradition of craft work (Facharbeiter), the strong focus on qualified, self-directed work, and the consensus orientation in the field of industrial relations.

The Research on Classified Construction Mode of Manufacturing Enterprise Logistics Informatization

2013 ◽  
Vol 694-697 ◽  
pp. 3492-3497
Author(s):  
Jun Liu ◽  
Yan Qian ◽  
Ya Wen An
Keyword(s):  
Development Mode ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprise ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Cooperative Development ◽  
Discrete Manufacturing ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Process Manufacturing ◽  
Enterprise Logistics ◽  
Business Requirements ◽  
Construction Mode

Logistics informatization construction is vital to development of manufacturing enterprises. Choosing appropriate logistics informatization construction mode can make manufacturing enterprise save investment under the premise of ensuring their business requirements. Firstly, the paper divided manufacturing enterprises into process manufacturing enterprises, discrete manufacturing enterprises and hybrid manufacturing enterprises in accordance with the organization way of the production process; according to the scale they can be divided into micro-manufacturing enterprises, small and medium sized manufacturing enterprises and large (including group) manufacturing enterprises. Then summed up the main logistics informatization mode and generalized the construction mode of logistics informationization as follows: purchasing commercial software mode, enterprise independent development mode, outsourcing development mode, leasing mode and cooperative development mode. Finally studied different types of manufacturing enterprises should adopt what kind of construction mode of logistics informationization.

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