Managing the Efficiency‐Flexibility Tension in Innovation: Strategic and Organizational Aspects

Magnusson, Mats; Boccardelli, Paolo; Börjesson, Sofia

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8691.2009.00506.x

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“…Magnusson et al (2009), as one example, highlight this need in their introduction to a special issue. They suggest that tensions require different solutions at different levels.…”

Section: Different Perspectives On Tensionmentioning

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Tensions at the intersection of management control and innovation: a literature review

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Jontoft

2017

J Manag Control

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This paper reviews 47 articles dealing with tensions at the intersection of management control and innovation. One purpose is to present the status of the research in the area in terms of types of articles, research methods, theoretical approaches, and tension-related terms used. A second purpose is to conceptually compare the use and interpretations of tension in the reviewed articles, as well as to systematically map and categorize highlighted competing demands. A third purpose is to suggest a tension-based framework. Among other characteristics and trends, the paper indicates an increased research interest in the issue of tensions during the review period . Although different theoretical approaches are adopted, the contingency approach is the most common. Furthermore, the review shows that several tension-related terms are used either alone or in parallel in the articles, often interchangeably and without clarifying their definitions. The tension-based framework presents four different types of tension: (1) inherent innovation-control tensions, (2) inherent management control tensions, (3) created management control tensions, and (4) decision-making tensions in innovation practices. The framework also suggests interpretations of and responses to tensions related to management control and innovation. Theoretically, the framework can enable a more precise debate that builds on previous research, since it clarifies potential ways to structure future research. From a practical point of view the presented framework can be helpful for managers dealing with tensions, by encouraging creative management control solutions that can enable innovation.

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“…Magnusson et al (2009), as one example, highlight this need in their introduction to a special issue. They suggest that tensions require different solutions at different levels.…”

Section: Different Perspectives On Tensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Further, and considering that innovation management covers both strategic and operative aspects and at different organizational levels (cf. Magnusson et al 2009), it is unclear where and why competing demands occur.…”

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Tensions at the intersection of management control and innovation: a literature review

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2017

J Manag Control

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“…This flexibility must be reflected in the production system. The required flexibility often results in reduced efficiency and increasing costs in the production system performance (Magnusson, Boccardelli, and Brjesson 2009), and this aspect is true even from the industrial facilities' energy consumption point of view.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Energy saving in case of intermittent production by retrofitting service plant systems through inverter technology: a feasibility study

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Gamberi

2013

International Journal of Production Research

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Many production machines have high energy consumption due to the large number of electrical motors used to rotate equipment, such as tools, fans and pumps. Moreover, in different industrial sectors production is not continuous but intermittent, where working times alternate with idle times. During idle times continuous switch off is not always possible due to technical limitations, and if it is possible, it can cause higher energy consumption due to peak current at the start-up of the electrical motors. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the possibility of managing intermittent production using inverter technology. The inverter provides power control by managing the frequency and voltage of the power supplied to the alternating current motors. The study analyses the potential energy consumption reduction as a function of the production parameters (number of daily stops, average working time, etc.) and develops a feasibility analysis, its related investment cost and its potential energy consumption reduction. As a result, the proposed feasibility study defines the set of production parameters and the types of equipment for which this technology is suitable, bringing rapid investment payback. The proposed feasibility analysis is validated by an industrial case study related to a tannery spray plant.

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“…As observed by Magnusson et al (2009), the required flexibility often results in reduced efficiency and increasing costs in the production system performance. This aspect is true even from the industrial facilities' energy consumption point of view.…”

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confidence: 99%

Energy saving in operations management through variable-speed drive technology: environmental versus economic convenience

Faccio

Gamberi

2017

IJSOM

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CO 2 emissions are mainly due to electricity generation. The percentage of electrical energy used within industry rises up to 70% in industrialised countries and electrical motors use the greatest part. Due to the high degree of flexibility required in production systems, the classical on-off control system causes large energy losses due to mismatches between the output power of fixed-speed motors and the mechanical power demands of the electromechanical system. Variable-speed drive (VSD) systems, developed through the inverter-fed alternating current technology, are identified as the motor system technology with the most significant energy-saving potential. The purpose of this paper is to analyse and compare both the economic and the environmental benefits related to the potential retrofitting of existing production systems managed using the traditional on-off control according to different variable typologies: the flexibility requirement variables, the production system variables and the variables related to the specific country considered. As a result, the paper identifies the relation between the two economic and environmental objectives according to the analysed variables. Two company cases are reported in order to demonstrate both the economic and the environmental benefits of applying the VSD technology to existing production systems.Keywords: variable-speed drive; VSD; inverter; production flexibility; CO 2 emissions; energy saving.Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Faccio, M. and Gamberi, M. (2017) Energy saving in operations management through variable-speed drive 69

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Managing the Efficiency‐Flexibility Tension in Innovation: Strategic and Organizational Aspects

Cited by 19 publications

References 17 publications

Tensions at the intersection of management control and innovation: a literature review

Tensions at the intersection of management control and innovation: a literature review

Energy saving in case of intermittent production by retrofitting service plant systems through inverter technology: a feasibility study

Energy saving in operations management through variable-speed drive technology: environmental versus economic convenience

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