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Márcio Lopes Pimenta - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Development of market-oriented strategies through cross-Functional Integration in the context of the food and beverage industry
Business Process Management Journal, 2020Co-Authors: Ana Beatriz Murillo Oviedo, Márcio Lopes Pimenta, Éderson Luiz Piato, Per HilletofthAbstract:PurposeThe objective of this study is to analyze how cross-Functional Integration contributes to the development of market-oriented strategies in the context of food and beverage manufacturers in Latin America.Design/methodology/approachA multi-case study was conducted in two multinational companies in Costa Rica and Brazil. Twenty-four semi-structured interviews were carried out with managers, leaders and supervisors.FindingsThe results showed four market-oriented processes: product launch, product delivery, customer complaints solution and improvement and innovation projects. Within these processes, 12 Integration factors that impact market orientation were characterized. They also indicate that the concepts of market orientation and cross-Functional Integration should be integrated in the organizational culture to facilitate the understanding of the different needs and levels of urgency.Originality/valueThe studied literature does not emphasize the way Integration is operationalized to allow organizations to be market oriented. According to our findings, responsive strategies depend on the Integration of various internal functions to generate market intelligence. Managers must realize that when the workers are motivated and informed, they become more willing to take on a group vision and commit to organizational goals. This paper presents seven propositions on the operationalization of market orientation through cross-Functional Integration.
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Demand management: the role of cross-Functional Integration in a context of political turbulence
Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 2020Co-Authors: Marlos Rocha De Freitas, Márcio Lopes Pimenta, Per Hilletofth, Daniel Jugend, Pedro Carlos OprimeAbstract:The purpose of this study is to investigate how cross-Functional Integration supports the execution of the demand-side processes and its effects on both the demand and supply-side processes.,A case study was conducted including a Brazilian multinational manufacturer in the automobile industry and some of its suppliers and dealers. 17 interviews were conducted. A theoretical framework is proposed containing five basic elements, they are: characteristics of the demand/supply processes; involved functions; Integration factors; context influencers and impacts of Integration on demand and supply processes.,The findings present three demand-side processes (Product Launch, Marketing and Sales and Demand Planning) that demonstrated a greater need for cross-Functional Integration in the studied case, mainly through informal Integration factors.,The empirical results of this study have methodological limitations due to the use of the case study method. Future research should analyze the effects of other context influencers (e.g. natural catastrophes, civil wars and low level of unemployment) on cross-Functional Integration.,The results highlight that joint planning, willingness to work together, team spirit, adequate communication and cross-Functional meetings helped the studied organizations to achieve competitive advantages and improve their performance.,This study provides a theoretical framework that helped to improve the understanding of the interrelationships between demand management constructs and cross-Functional Integration factors. There are indications that a political–economic crisis has stimulated the existence of a willingness to work together and group spirit among employees who remain in the organization after mass dismissals. This climate of cooperation helped to increase the agility and resilience of the studied supply chain, which is currently affected by a changing market.
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Achieving Market Orientation Through Cross-Functional Integration
Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 2019Co-Authors: Ana Beatriz Murillo-oviedo, Márcio Lopes Pimenta, Per Hilletofth, Ewout ReitsmaAbstract:The purpose of this study is to understand how cross-Functional Integration contributes to the market orientation of a company that strives to increase market responsiveness. A case study in the Br ...
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CROSS-Functional Integration IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES IN THE ERA OF INDUSTRY 4.0
Revista Produção e Desenvolvimento, 2019Co-Authors: Márcio Lopes PimentaAbstract:Industry 4.0 covers the use of technologies such as: internet of things, cloud computing, machine-to-machine Integration, communication, 3D printing and big data. In this context, cross-Functional Integration is essential for the product development. The objective of this paper is to characterize the literature on cross-Functional Integration in product development processes in the context of the technologies of Industry 4.0. A systematic literature review was carried out to analyze the literature on this topic. There is a growing trend of publications mentioning cross-Functional Integration in product development, in the studied context. The mainstream of cross-Functional Integration research focuses on cooperation between people, in the sense of integrating structures of function and power. However, in the context of Industry 4.0, there is a shift in this emphasis on people. People continue to be oriented to cooperate with each other to obtain joint results at the firm level. However, this cooperation is more related to the development of skills to deal with cyber-physical processes and with the knowledge produced by machines and information systems. This kind of interaction ability between human, machine and system, can generate a new way to study cross-Functional Integration.
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Demand Management : The Role of Cross-Functional Integration in a Context of Political Turbulence
2018Co-Authors: Marlos Rocha De Freitas, Márcio Lopes Pimenta, Per HilletofthAbstract:Demand Management : The Role of Cross-Functional Integration in a Context of Political Turbulence
Per Hilletofth - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Development of market-oriented strategies through cross-Functional Integration in the context of the food and beverage industry
Business Process Management Journal, 2020Co-Authors: Ana Beatriz Murillo Oviedo, Márcio Lopes Pimenta, Éderson Luiz Piato, Per HilletofthAbstract:PurposeThe objective of this study is to analyze how cross-Functional Integration contributes to the development of market-oriented strategies in the context of food and beverage manufacturers in Latin America.Design/methodology/approachA multi-case study was conducted in two multinational companies in Costa Rica and Brazil. Twenty-four semi-structured interviews were carried out with managers, leaders and supervisors.FindingsThe results showed four market-oriented processes: product launch, product delivery, customer complaints solution and improvement and innovation projects. Within these processes, 12 Integration factors that impact market orientation were characterized. They also indicate that the concepts of market orientation and cross-Functional Integration should be integrated in the organizational culture to facilitate the understanding of the different needs and levels of urgency.Originality/valueThe studied literature does not emphasize the way Integration is operationalized to allow organizations to be market oriented. According to our findings, responsive strategies depend on the Integration of various internal functions to generate market intelligence. Managers must realize that when the workers are motivated and informed, they become more willing to take on a group vision and commit to organizational goals. This paper presents seven propositions on the operationalization of market orientation through cross-Functional Integration.
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Demand management: the role of cross-Functional Integration in a context of political turbulence
Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 2020Co-Authors: Marlos Rocha De Freitas, Márcio Lopes Pimenta, Per Hilletofth, Daniel Jugend, Pedro Carlos OprimeAbstract:The purpose of this study is to investigate how cross-Functional Integration supports the execution of the demand-side processes and its effects on both the demand and supply-side processes.,A case study was conducted including a Brazilian multinational manufacturer in the automobile industry and some of its suppliers and dealers. 17 interviews were conducted. A theoretical framework is proposed containing five basic elements, they are: characteristics of the demand/supply processes; involved functions; Integration factors; context influencers and impacts of Integration on demand and supply processes.,The findings present three demand-side processes (Product Launch, Marketing and Sales and Demand Planning) that demonstrated a greater need for cross-Functional Integration in the studied case, mainly through informal Integration factors.,The empirical results of this study have methodological limitations due to the use of the case study method. Future research should analyze the effects of other context influencers (e.g. natural catastrophes, civil wars and low level of unemployment) on cross-Functional Integration.,The results highlight that joint planning, willingness to work together, team spirit, adequate communication and cross-Functional meetings helped the studied organizations to achieve competitive advantages and improve their performance.,This study provides a theoretical framework that helped to improve the understanding of the interrelationships between demand management constructs and cross-Functional Integration factors. There are indications that a political–economic crisis has stimulated the existence of a willingness to work together and group spirit among employees who remain in the organization after mass dismissals. This climate of cooperation helped to increase the agility and resilience of the studied supply chain, which is currently affected by a changing market.
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Achieving Market Orientation Through Cross-Functional Integration
Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 2019Co-Authors: Ana Beatriz Murillo-oviedo, Márcio Lopes Pimenta, Per Hilletofth, Ewout ReitsmaAbstract:The purpose of this study is to understand how cross-Functional Integration contributes to the market orientation of a company that strives to increase market responsiveness. A case study in the Br ...
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Demand Management : The Role of Cross-Functional Integration in a Context of Political Turbulence
2018Co-Authors: Marlos Rocha De Freitas, Márcio Lopes Pimenta, Per HilletofthAbstract:Demand Management : The Role of Cross-Functional Integration in a Context of Political Turbulence
Jinhong Xie - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Does Innovativeness Moderate the Relationship between Cross-Functional Integration and Product Performance?:
Journal of International Marketing, 2000Co-Authors: Michael Song, Jinhong XieAbstract:The authors examine the moderating effect of product innovativeness on cross-Functional Integration in Japanese and U.S. firms and test the contingency model with data from 788 Japanese and 612 U.S...
Ramesh Srinivasan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Natural solutions to the problem of Functional Integration
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2000Co-Authors: Christian G. Habeck, Ramesh SrinivasanAbstract:Current EEG research emphasizes gamma band coherence as a signature of Functional Integration, that is, the solution to the binding problem. We note that spatial patterns of coherent neural activity are also observed at other EEG frequencies. If these oscillations reflect Nunez's resonant modes, they offer a solution to the binding problem that emerges naturally from the architecture of cortical connections.
E. P. Zhidkov - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Solution of Some Differential Equations of Quantum Physics by the Numerical Functional Integration Method
Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 2003Co-Authors: Y. Y. Lobanov, E. P. ZhidkovAbstract:The application of the numerical Functional Integration method to the solution of dierential equations in quantum physics is discussed. We have developed a method of numerical evaluation of Functional integrals in abstract complete separable metric spaces, which proves to have important advantages over the conventional Monte Carlo method of path Integration. One of the considered applications is the investiga- tion of open quantum systems (OQS), i.e., systems interacting with their environment. The density operator of OQS satisfies the known Lindblad dierential equation. We have obtained the expression for matrix elements of this operator in the form of the double conditional Wiener integral and considered its application to some problems of nuclear physics. Another application is the solution of the Scrodinger equation with imaginary time and anticommuting variables for studying many-fermion systems. We have developed a numerical method based on Functional Integration over ordered sub- spaces. The binding energies of some nuclei are computed using this method. Compar- ison of the results with those obtained by other authors and with experimental values is presented.
