A Framework for Improving the Sharing of Manufacturing Knowledge through Micro-Blogging

Gao, James; Owodunni, Oladele; Shah, Satya; Mahdikhah, Sara; Messaadia, Mourad; Baudry, David

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“…The aim of this research is to extend and adapt the research of McAfee 1 by relating the SLATES paradigm to the bespoke ELF PD process, developed, employed and refined within BAE Systems' Electronic Systems, and to present an Enterprise 2.0 framework, which formed the basis for the development of a previously reported Enterprise 2.0 groupware. 19,20 The authors adopted a participant-observation approach to this research. From 2010 to 2013, the first author of this article was employed as a PhD Researcher at BAE Systems' Electronic Systems division in Rochester, Kent, UK.…”

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A new paradigm for virtual knowledge sharing in product development based on emergent social software platforms

Gao

Martin

Simmonds

2017

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B:

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The UK Government considers its Aerospace Industry a remarkable success story, enjoying a global market share of 17% in 2015. The capture, management and sharing of employee knowledge is seen as vital if the industry is to remain highly innovative and retain its pre-eminent position internationally.Aerospace manufacturers, such as BAE Systems, often have to re-engineer business processes routinely to ensure their survival. Knowledge sharing in the industry is seen as challenging due to the dispersed nature of its operations and multi-tier supply chains. This paper, through a five-year participantobservation study at the World's second largest aerospace and defence organisation, BAE Systems, proposes a new paradigm for virtual knowledge sharing in dispersed aerospace product development based on emergent social software platforms such as Enterprise 2.0 technologies. The developed framework and methodologies are applied to the bespoke BAE Systems' engineering lifecycle process to validate its effectiveness with results indicating that Enterprise 2.0 technologies offer a more openlyinnovative environment in which employees may share and interact with knowledge more effectively and easily across geographical and functional boundaries, compared with conventional engineering information systems.

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A new paradigm for virtual knowledge sharing in product development based on emergent social software platforms

Gao

Martin

Simmonds

2017

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B:

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“…Prior to the 1990s, Porter and Millar [37] suggested that the key to a company being successful was in the information it possessed. Nowadays, it is believed that employee knowledge is the key to corporate survival and growth; companies need to maintain and make better and more informed use of their employee, partner and organisational knowledge [16]. In 1991, Nonaka [32] predicted that successful companies will be those that create, capture and make best use of their knowledge and then apply it to new innovative PD.…”

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Investigation into current industrial practices relating to product lifecycle management in a multi-national manufacturing company

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Computer-Aided Design and Applications

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Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems have gained growing acceptance for managing all information relating to products throughout their full lifecycle, from idea conceptualisation through operations to servicing and disposal. This paper, through an in-depth exploratory study into a leading power generation manufacturing organisation, presents current PLM issues experienced by manufacturing companies, exploring three separate topics: 1) PLM, 2) Knowledge Management and Lessons Learnt and 3) Product Servicing and Maintenance. Following a review of published literature, results of the investigation are presented, analysing the responses of 17 employees interviewed. With respect to Product Development, it was found that information traceability is time consuming and change management requests take too long to complete. Results relating to knowledge management indicate that the Company operates a 'who you know' culture, but do aim to capture lessons learned on the manufacturing shop floor and assembly lines. Therefore, a prototype design is proposed to integrate the capturing of lessons learnt within the existing PLM system.

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“…Journals featuring work related to absorptive capacity included: Elsevier's Research Policy Journal (33), the Strategic Management Journal (19), Technovation (18) and the International Business Review (18) inter alia. As can be seen in Fig.1., the majority of recent research relating to absorptive capacity was conducted between the years of 2010-2014 (70.0%).…”

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Exploring the required success factors for developing absorptive capacity in knowledge intensive organisations

Rafique¹,

Nawaz²,

Agha³

2015

ITMR

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Absorptive capacity is a developing research topic within the field of knowledge management, whereby researchers are exploring business methods for improving the capture and valuation of new knowledge entering organisations from external sources. Organisational processes and human-centred systems at macro-level, in relation to absorptive capacity, have been explored extensively but typically in a generalised form. Antecedents highlighting the successful implementation of absorptive capacity processes have not been intensely studied to date. This study, through critical exploration of existing success factors within pharmaceutical organisations based in Pakistan, aims to extend this body of knowledge by highlighting the requirements required for the effective development of absorptive capacity in the workplace. Results show that factors relating to employees and management, both at mid and senior level, are critical in the successful development of absorptive capacity. Furthermore, this study explores new pathways for critical evaluation of absorptive capacity in relation to employees and management.

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A Framework for Improving the Sharing of Manufacturing Knowledge through Micro-Blogging

Cited by 7 publications

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A new paradigm for virtual knowledge sharing in product development based on emergent social software platforms

A new paradigm for virtual knowledge sharing in product development based on emergent social software platforms

Investigation into current industrial practices relating to product lifecycle management in a multi-national manufacturing company

Exploring the required success factors for developing absorptive capacity in knowledge intensive organisations

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