Spillover Effects of Learning for Production Ramp-ups

Letmathe, Peter; Rößler, Marc

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2016.05.091

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“…Internal spillover learning refers to organizational learning through knowledge spillovers within the organization (Agarwal et al , 2010; Fiol and Lyles, 1985; Letmathe and Rößler, 2016). Several articles investigate how knowledge spillovers affect the recipient and the originator of a spillover (Agarwal et al , 2007, 2010).…”

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“…Several articles investigate how knowledge spillovers affect the recipient and the originator of a spillover (Agarwal et al , 2007, 2010). Although the operations management literature on spillover learning has primarily focused on interorganizational spillovers (Suresh and Agrawal, 2016), Letmathe and Rößler (2016) state that some of the insights can also be applied to the context of production ramp-up within one firm.…”

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“…As Letmathe and Rößler (2016) note, only five publications tackle the questions how learning effects can spill over between individuals involved in production ramp-ups and how learning effects can spill over to future ramp-ups (Irwin and Klenow, 1994; Benkard, 2000; Demeester and Qi, 2005; Levitt et al , 2013; Gopal et al , 2013). In essence, these studies find spillover learning between some consecutive product generations, but not between others.…”

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“…Specifically, the existing findings rely on (insufficiently controlled) empirical data from real-world companies or anecdotal evidence. It is still unclear if the results can be solely attributed to spillover learning or to other factors (Letmathe and Rößler, 2016). Therefore, a laboratory experiment is appropriate to draw unambiguous causal inferences regarding the effect of different work settings on spillover learning.…”

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“…Spillover learning can serve as a means to enhance a firm’s learning process by transferring knowledge between divisions, individuals and consecutive ramp-ups, and thus leads to higher ramp-up performance. Following Letmathe and Rößler (2016), spillover learning is “defined as organizational learning through knowledge spillovers” (p. 111), i.e. the (not necessarily intended) transfer of knowledge across organizational, departmental and processual borders.…”

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Tacit knowledge transfer and spillover learning in ramp-ups

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Rößler

2019

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Purpose With shortening product life cycles and an increasing number of product variants, manufacturing firms perform more production ramp-ups. In this context, learning is crucially important to quickly achieve high production process quality and stability. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach Through a laboratory experiment, this study analyzes spillover learning between consecutive ramp-ups and how this phenomenon is influenced by tacit knowledge transfer through observation and imitation. Findings The results prove the existence of spillover learning between consecutive ramp-ups. Moreover, they provide evidence how tacit knowledge transfer through observation and imitation enhances learning of new tasks in consecutive production ramp-ups. Research limitations/implications Future research could focus on the specific psychological processes driving tacit knowledge transfer and spillover learning, a topic which is only touched upon in this paper. Practical implications The findings show that manufacturing firms should not only aim at reaching a steep learning curve during a single production ramp-up, but should also take into account the effects of spillover learning with regard to future production ramp-ups. Furthermore, the paper provides novel insights concerning the allocation of workers to production tasks with regard to previous experience when introducing new personnel and during ramp-up phases. Originality/value Previous evidence on the existence and characteristics of spillover learning in production ramp-up situations is not conclusive. This paper provides new and unambiguous insights by considering different organizational settings.

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Rößler

2019

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Should firms use digital work instructions?—Individual learning in an agile manufacturing setting

Letmathe

Rößler

2021

J of Ops Management

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New technological innovations in robotics, automation, and digitization enable agile manufacturing, smaller lot sizes, and quicker changes to the product and the production process. In such environments, learning is important, since workers must learn new tasks and adapt to frequent changes quickly. In an experimental study, we compare digital work instructions with traditional paper-based ones, the latter still being common in today's quality management systems. Our analysis is based on subjects working in the demonstration factory of a large German university in a realistic work environment; it, therefore, guarantees high internal and external validity. We show that digitally animated, interactive work instructions are an effective way to foster faster learning and enhanced performance when new manufacturing tasks are being carried out. Our results indicate that a combination of digital and traditional paper-based instructions does not yield any advantages over a sole reliance on digital learning.

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Stabilizing production ramp-up by modeling uncertainty for product design verification using Dempster–Shafer theory

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2018

CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology

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Spillover Effects of Learning for Production Ramp-ups

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Tacit knowledge transfer and spillover learning in ramp-ups

Tacit knowledge transfer and spillover learning in ramp-ups

Should firms use digital work instructions?—Individual learning in an agile manufacturing setting

Stabilizing production ramp-up by modeling uncertainty for product design verification using Dempster–Shafer theory

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