Advances in Production Management Systems: Innovative Production Management Towards Sustainable Growth

Umeda, Shigeki; Nakano, Masaru; Mizuyama, Hajime; Hibino, Hironori; Kiritsis, Dimitris; Cieminski, Gregor von

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22759-7

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“…Ultimately, we believe that a technical system cannot have the final responsibility and therefore we do not expect that future factories will be fully automated without any human interference. In line with other authors (Hirsch-Kreinsen et al, 2018;Romero, Noran, Stahre, & Bernus, 2015), human-centricity should remain key in factories of the future, by taking advantage of current technological advancements to aid humans in their work As we have shown, humans will be needed to take on the final responsibility and they will remain critical in the near future especially for aspects related to innovation and overall supervision of complex automated processes. Considering that the implications of CPS for job complexity, skill variety and job autonomy are neither uniform nor deterministic, management has considerable influence on how its approaches future technological developments.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Another limitation is that our approach of the impact of CPS on work design is somewhat static in the sense that we have largely postponed more recent discussions about symbiotic relationships between humans and automation (e.g. Romero et al, 2015). Romero et al (2016), for example, discuss the emergence of the operator 4.0, where the operator is highly skilled and central and automation is adaptive.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Work design in future industrial production: Transforming towards cyber-physical systems

Waschull

Bokhorst

Molleman

et al. 2020

Computers & Industrial Engineering

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Rapid advancements in an array of digital technologies and applications promote the transformation of industrial production into cyber-physical systems (CPS). This process is projected to lead to a completely new level of process automation, thereby redefining the role of humans and altering current work designs in yet unknown ways. However, existing literature is rather ambiguous and not explicit on how the transformation towards CPS affects work design. In this study, we therefore consider this transformation at a much more detailed level. Our main contribution is the development of a framework to assess work design changes in the transformation towards CPS, and the consideration of the role of management choice therein. The framework relates (future) capabilities of CPS on the machine, production line, factory and supply chain scope to functions of human information processing. We then evaluate how the potential automation or augmentation of those functions by CPS affects job characteristics. Automation in this context is defined as the transfer of control and decisionmaking from humans to CPS, while augmentation means that technology is used to enhance human productivity or capability. We expect that the transformation towards CPS and the resulting automation and augmentation of tasks will shift the majority of human work to jobs characterized by high levels of job complexity, job autonomy and skill variety. This effect will become more severe when tasks are increasingly automated in the transformation towards CPS. During this development, human skills and knowledge will presumably remain critical in near future industrial production. Nevertheless, the ultimate implications for work design are strongly dependent on management choice. Strategic decisions are required on (1) which functions to automate across different scopes of operations and (2) how to group the resulting pool of tasks into jobs. This may result in various work designs. However, this choice is to a certain degree limited, and the role of technology is to restrict, rather than determine management choice.what exactly leads to variations in these work designs (Parker, Morgeson, & Johns, 2017). One source of variation stems from the implementation of innovative digital technologies in industrial production, linked to the concept of Industry 4.0 (Hirsch-Kreinsen, 2016;Hirsch-Kreinsen & Ten Hompel, 2015). Industry 4.0 is an umbrella term comprising an array of different high-tech technologies and is characterized by Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) in the context of industrial production (Colombo, Karnouskos, Kaynak, Shi, & Yin, 2017;Hermann, Pentek, & Otto, 2016).In essence, CPS are systems of interconnected physical and computational objects, resulting in a close coupling of the cyber and physical contexts (Lee, Bagheri, & Kao, 2015). In industrial production, this means that physical objects, such as machines or products, are integrated with computational components. As a consequence, CPS are

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Work design in future industrial production: Transforming towards cyber-physical systems

Waschull

Bokhorst

Molleman

et al. 2020

Computers & Industrial Engineering

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“…The PSS design loop is closed with the definition of an appropriate set of KPIs that will be used to monitor the performance of the designed PSS throughout its lifecycle (Mourtzis et al, 2016). The identification of the appropriate set of KPIs follows a precise methodology consisting of three main steps (Mourtzis et al, 2015;Mourtzis, Fotia, and Vlachou, 2017;Mourtzis, Fotia, and Boli, (2017)). Its final aim is to monitor the PSS status during the entire PSS lifecycle stages.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Product Service System Lean Design Methodology (PSSLDM)

Pezzotta

Sassanelli

Pirola

et al. 2018

JMTM

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Purpose Nowadays manufacturers companies are increasingly compelled to navigate towards servitization. Different methods and approaches were proposed in literature to support them to switch from traditional product-based business model to product service systems (PSSs). However, new knowledge, capabilities and skills were needed to consistently develop PSSs, since they need a joint focus on both customer’s perspective and company’s internal performance and at the same time a proper support for the integration of product and service design. The purpose of this paper is to propose the Product Service System Lean Design Methodology (PSSLDM), a structured methodology to develop PSSs along their entire lifecycle. Design/methodology/approach Retrieving concepts from interpretative, interactive and system development research traditions, and strongly reminding the design research methodology framework, the adopted research methodology is composed of three main phases (observation and conceptualization, theory building and tool development, validation) and involved three heterogeneous companies. Findings This paper provides an overview of the PSSLDM, explaining how the different methods supporting its conduction should contribute to properly design an integrated PSS. Moreover, companies highlighted several benefits in the different stages along the PSS lifecycle deriving by the adoption of the PSSLDM. Research limitations/implications The development of a platform based on the PSSLDM methodology raises a discussion on the possible changes needed by current Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) models and systems when they have to do with PSSs. Originality/value The PSSLDM enriches the already proposed SErvice Engineering Methodology, introducing new several components linked by lean rules in each of its phases (starting from customer analysis, going through solution concept and detailed design, until the offering analysis) and better supprting the deatil design of both prodcut and service components.

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“…Products made using AM may be lighter or even stronger than products created with traditional manufacturing processes (Thomas and Gilbert, 2014). Moreover, items produced with AM enhance sustainability (Mani et al , 2014; Thiesse et al , 2015) as they can be designed lighter, produced locally and require fewer natural resources (Despeisse and Ford, 2015). These phenomena have the characteristics of a disruptive innovation that may affect existing marketplaces but also may offer new opportunities through innovative business models (Amshoff et al , 2015).…”

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Successful approaches for implementing additive manufacturing

Martens

Fan

Dwyer

2020

WJEMSD

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PurposeThe purpose of this qualitative, multiple-case study was to explore the successful strategies that managers of light and high-tech small and medium-sized manufacturing companies in the Netherlands, use to adopt additive manufacturing (AM) technology into their business models.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative, multiple-case study approach was used. The participants for this study consisted of executive-level managers of light and high-tech manufacturing companies in the Netherlands. Company documents were studied, and individual interviews were undertaken with participants to gain an understanding of the strategies they used to adopt AM technology into their business models.FindingsThree significant themes emerged from the data analysis: identify business opportunities for AM technology, experiment with AM technology and embed AM technology.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this study could be of advantage to industry leaders and manufacturing managers who are contemplating to adopt AM in their business models.Originality/valueThis study may contribute to the further proliferation of AM technology. Industry leaders may also gain a clearer understanding of the effects of 3DP on local employment. The results of the study may also work as a catalyst for increased awareness for manufacturing firm leaders who have not yet considered the opportunities and threats AM technology presents to their organizations.

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Advances in Production Management Systems: Innovative Production Management Towards Sustainable Growth

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Work design in future industrial production: Transforming towards cyber-physical systems

Work design in future industrial production: Transforming towards cyber-physical systems

The Product Service System Lean Design Methodology (PSSLDM)

Successful approaches for implementing additive manufacturing

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