A generic model to handle complexity in collaborative networks

Scherrer-Rathje, Maike; Arnoscht, Jens; Egri, Péter; Braun, Erik; Csáji, Balázs Cs.; Schuh, Günther

doi:10.1109/picmet.2009.5262237

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“…This assumes that a self-organizing network comes from organizations that have complex environments. Scherrer-Rathje et al (2009) have performed a comparison between self-organizing networks and what they have called "guided networks", being the latter ones not self-organizing networks. The main differences mentioned are: the management in a self-organizing network is implicit and the interactions in a self-organizing network are not configured and planned in an advanced way for the development of the activities.…”

Section: Self-organizing Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among the various works already carried out, we can find examples related to academic and scientific research networks (Bennett & Kidwell, 2001;Wagner & Leydesdorff, 2005), development networks of free software (Crowston et al, 2007), research and development networks in the automotive industry (Rycroft & Kash, 2004), networks of companies to improve sustainability (Espinosa & Porter, 2011), local public administration networks for economic policy development (Lee et al, 2012), networks of farmers (Dutta et al, 2005), networks of fashion industries (Schuh et al, 2008;Scherrer-Rathje et al, 2009), team management (Parker et al, 2015), among others. In all the literature reviewed, self-organizing networks were not addressed in the scope of Six Sigma programs, although there are common characteristics.…”

Section: Self-organizing Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Programa Seis Sigma Auto-organizado: modelo da situação atual e necessidades de mudanças

2017

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Resumo: A formação de redes colaborativas é uma importante forma das organizações estimularem a inovação, reduzirem custos e transferir conhecimentos. Uma forma particular de rede colaborativa, as redes auto-organizadas Palavras-chave: Rede auto-organizada; Seis Sigma; EKD; Modelagem organizacional.Abstract: The formation of collaborative networks is an important way for organizations to stimulate innovation, reduce costs and transfer knowledge. A particular form of collaborative network -the self-organizing network -has shown great capability to promote the learning of those involved, systematize knowledge and lead to innovation. The Six Sigma programs, adopted by several organizations, have as their main objective the reduction in process variability, thus resulting in lower costs and quality improvement. The literature on self-organizing networks has little on the formation of these types of networks and the literature on Six Sigma is focused on statistical methods. Therefor, the aim of this article is to verify the needs for change in a Six Sigma program that enables the development of a self-organizing network. The case studied was carried out with a large organization, manufacturer of capital goods, where the Six Sigma program modeling was performed. From the generated models, as a result, it was have identified a set of changes needed so that the Six Sigma program can create a self-organizing network.

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Section: Self-organizing Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Self-organizing Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Programa Seis Sigma Auto-organizado: modelo da situação atual e necessidades de mudanças

2017

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“…The significance of creating collaborative networks (CNs) and maintaining them has dramatically increased for participant enterprises due to imperatives such as globalisation and the need for specialisation to be able to maintain excellence (Scherrer-Rathje et al, 2009).…”

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Reducing the structural complexity and transaction cost of collaborative networks using extended axiomatic design theory and virtual brokerage

Kandjani

Bernus

Wen

2014

Concurrent Engineering

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The paradigm of forming and sustaining collaborative networks as environments that create virtual organisations assumes that effective (and efficient) enterprise engineering capabilities and processes are available. However, these processes are only effective if they produce virtual organisations that have sufficiently limited complexity, because as complexity grows, the virtual organisation's behaviour becomes increasingly harder to predict under all circumstances. This article demonstrates that the efficiency of virtual organisation creation by collaborative networks can be limited by the complexity of the network itself. This article proposes the use of enterprise engineering methods based on extended axiomatic design theory to limit the complexity of virtual organisations -and of the collaborative network itself. This article also formulates methods to calculate and reduce the structural complexity of collaborative networks and the cost of virtual organisation creation transactions through virtual brokerages. The method is demonstrated through an example and also yields a heuristic rule regarding the optimal size of such brokerages. Also, process and people capability maturity levels were introduced for the use of enterprise engineering methods based on extended axiomatic design theory, whereupon higher maturity implies higher probability of success of collaborative networks in creating and maintaining virtual organisations, and success of the virtual organisations themselves (i.e. higher capability to limit the complexity of virtual organisations and of collaborative network itself). This article also formulates strategies for capability improvement, intended to achieve higher levels of enterprise engineering maturity.

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Enterprise Architecture Cybernetics for Global Mining Projects: Reducing the Structural Complexity of Global Mining Supply Networks via Virtual Brokerage

Kandjani

Wen

Bernus

2013

AMR

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This paper applies the emerging paradigm of Collaborative Networks (CNs) to the global mining supply chains (introducing the new concept of ‘global mining supply networks’) and demonstrates that the efficiency of the global mining projects initiated and managed by the global mining supply networks can be limited by the complexity of the supply network itself. This paper then presents methods and theoretical examples to calculate and reduce the structural complexity of the global mining supply networks and the complexity of creation of the global mining projects through applying the virtual brokerages to the global mining supply networks.

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A generic model to handle complexity in collaborative networks

Cited by 9 publications

References 30 publications

Programa Seis Sigma Auto-organizado: modelo da situação atual e necessidades de mudanças

Programa Seis Sigma Auto-organizado: modelo da situação atual e necessidades de mudanças

Reducing the structural complexity and transaction cost of collaborative networks using extended axiomatic design theory and virtual brokerage

Enterprise Architecture Cybernetics for Global Mining Projects: Reducing the Structural Complexity of Global Mining Supply Networks via Virtual Brokerage

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