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  • Collaborative strategies for successful production technology development projects
    2014
    Co-Authors: Jessica Bruch, Monica Bellgran, David Bennett
    Abstract:

    Collaborative development between the user and the Equipment Supplier of production technology has an increasingly important effect in terms of generating innovative, sustainable, and unique production process ideas that can be easily ramped-up to high volume production. However, joint development of production technology is challenging and has received surprisingly limited attention. Against this background the objective of the paper is to explore collaborative challenges from the Equipment Suppliers and customers’ perspectives in production technology development projects, and to suggest strategies for how these challenges can be addressed. Empirically the results are based on multiple case studies from two manufacturing companies in Sweden (i.e. users) and two Equipment Suppliers, ensuring that the perspectives of both the user and Supplier sides in production technology development projects are considered. Our findings show that the identified collaboration challenges do not only relate to inter-organizational development activities but also to the companies’ internal characteristics, i.e. the prerequisites for company collaboration. Internal characteristics have a clear impact on the ability to bridge the interface with the Equipment Supplier and thus to advance the collaboration in production technology development projects. Our findings underscore the importance of having intra and inter-organizational strategies to enhance the success related to collaboration in production technology development projects.

  • APMS (1) - Critical factors for successful user-Supplier integration in the production system design process
    IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2013
    Co-Authors: Jessica Bruch, Monica Bellgran
    Abstract:

    Integration of Equipment Suppliers in the design of the production system has often been associated with major benefits. However, from a managerial perspective, integration between the user and the Suppliers of the production Equipment is still challenging. Therefore, the purpose of the research is to explore how manufacturing companies can facilitate and manage Equipment Supplier integration when designing the production system. Based on an real time case study in the automotive industry 10 critical factors for successful Supplier/user integration are identified, which can be classified into three categories: human factors, project management factors and design factors.

  • Critical Factors for Successful User-Supplier Integration in the Production System Design Process
    2012
    Co-Authors: Jessica Bruch, Monica Bellgran
    Abstract:

    Integration of Equipment Suppliers in the design of the production system has often been associated with major benefits. However, from a managerial perspective, integration between the user and the Suppliers of the production Equipment is still challenging. Therefore, the purpose of the research is to explore how manufacturing companies can facilitate and manage Equipment Supplier integration when designing the production system. Based on an real time case study in the automotive industry 10 critical factors for successful Supplier/user integration are identified, which can be classified into three categories: human factors, project management factors and design factors.

  • Design information for efficient Equipment Supplier/buyer integration
    Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 2012
    Co-Authors: Jessica Bruch, Monica Bellgran
    Abstract:

    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the underlying design information and success factors for production Equipment acquisition, in order to support the design of high‐performance production systems.Design/methodology/approach – The research strategy employed was an in‐depth case study of an industrialization project, together with a questionnaire of 25 Equipment Suppliers.Findings – The study provides the reader with an insight into the role of design information when acquiring production Equipment by addressing questions such as: What type of information is used? How do Equipment Suppliers obtain information? What factors facilitate a smooth production system acquisition?Research limitations/implications – Limitations are primarily associated with the chosen research methodology, which requires further empirical studies to establish a generic value.Practical implications – The implications are that manufacturing companies have to transfer various types of design information with respect to...

  • design information for efficient Equipment Supplier buyer integration
    Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 2012
    Co-Authors: Jessica Bruch, Monica Bellgran
    Abstract:

    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the underlying design information and success factors for production Equipment acquisition, in order to support the design of high‐performance production systems.Design/methodology/approach – The research strategy employed was an in‐depth case study of an industrialization project, together with a questionnaire of 25 Equipment Suppliers.Findings – The study provides the reader with an insight into the role of design information when acquiring production Equipment by addressing questions such as: What type of information is used? How do Equipment Suppliers obtain information? What factors facilitate a smooth production system acquisition?Research limitations/implications – Limitations are primarily associated with the chosen research methodology, which requires further empirical studies to establish a generic value.Practical implications – The implications are that manufacturing companies have to transfer various types of design information with respect to...