Innovative Approaches for Global Production Networks

Schuh, Günther; Potente, Till; Kupke, Daniel; Varandani, Rawina

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-30749-2_28

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“…When it comes to judging global production networks three major challenges can be identified. Previous research findings of the WZL show that limited time is one major factor [3]. However it clearly takes a certain amount of time to make sound decisions considering the vast amount of required information.…”

Section: Challenges In Judging Global Production Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Fig. 1 Managerial decision-making process [3] The second challenge can be seen in the huge solution space in a global network in line with growing complexity. CEOs need to decide on where which products should be manufactured, which investments need to be made in terms of production sites and resources and how the strategic focus for future challenges should look like [6].…”

Section: Systematical Managerial Decision-making Experience and Intui...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…CEOs need to decide on where which products should be manufactured, which investments need to be made in terms of production sites and resources and how the strategic focus for future challenges should look like [6]. The solution space of an production network can easily exceed the number of atoms in our universe [3].…”

Section: Systematical Managerial Decision-making Experience and Intui...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gamification in Management Decisions: Judging Global Production Networks in a Cyber-Physical Way

Potente

Varandani

Prote

2013

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The judgment of global production networks is facing three major challenges. The complexity, measurable through the huge solution space, as well as the time-consuming preparation of a decision in line with the limited amount of time of the final decision makers – CEOs and upper management. The experience from several industry projects showed the demand to transfer and apply the concept of gamification in a cyber-physical environment to decision-making in Global Footprint Design. Smart IT tools, which support the intuition and practical knowledge of the decision maker but do not finally make the decision for them, are needed. Based on general criteria for successful gamified IT tools three specific requirements for judging global production networks are derived: value creation, ludic goal orientation and autonomous discovery. The major challenges and these specified principles of gamification are addressed within the scope of an IT tool which simplifies and improves complex global footprint decisions by employing elements of gamification. It is analysed to which degree the criteria are already fulfilled, which benefits this prototype of a gamified IT tool can offer and what future research has to be conducted in order to fully let CEOs game their global footprint strategy.

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Gamification in Management Decisions: Judging Global Production Networks in a Cyber-Physical Way

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2013

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“…The globalisation trend in the production industry leads to a growth of complexity within the entire value chain, which results in intransparencies within GPN due to increasing information asymmetries and interfaces [5]. However, transparency is a fundamental precondition for a valid decision basis [6].…”

Section: Challenges In the Configuration Of Global Production Networkmentioning

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Aggregation of Production Data for the Strategic Planning of Global Production Networks

Reuter

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Stöwer

2015

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In the last two decades a large amount of companies decided to establish productions sites all over the world in order to profit from cost benefits and to gain access to new markets and know-how. This internationalisation trend leads to more and more complex production networks. According to this development managers are confronted with growing intransparencies within their companies due to increasing information asymmetries, growing amount of interfaces and a growing effort for coordination. Nowadays a lot of strategic decisions, e.g. location decisions are made according to someone’s instinct. The usage of a valid data base within decision making processes can improve the quality of taken decisions. There are two ways to establish a sound data base: Manual data gathering, which is always associated with great effort or the usage of “big data”. Technologies from the era “Industrie 4.0” enable companies to gather and store a large amount of data. This data amount can establish transparency to support an objective assessment. Therefore the aim of this paper is the development of a method to aggregate production data systematically to support the strategic planning of global production networks.

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“…Software tools such as OptiWo are able to virtualise global production networks and help to optimise the production setup (Schuh et al 2013c). By aid of such tools companies now have the opportunity to simulate their whole production network.…”

Section: Virtual Engineering Of Complete Value Chainsmentioning

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Hypotheses for a Theory of Production in the Context of Industrie 4.0

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Reuter

Hauptvogel

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Lecture Notes in Production Engineering

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Significant increase in productivity of production systems has been an effect of all past industrial revolutions. In contrast to those industrial revolutions, which were driven by the production industry itself, Industrie 4.0 is pushed forward by an enormous change within the current society due to the invention and frequent usage of social networks in combination with smart devices. This new social behaviour and interaction now makes its presence felt in the industrial sector as companies use the interconnectivity in order to connect production systems and enhance collaboration. As employees bring their own smart devices to work the interconnectivity is brought into the companies as well and Industrie 4.0 is pushed into the companies rather than initiated by the companies themselves. On top of productivity improvement within production the fourth industrial revolution opens up new potentials in indirect departments such as engineering. This focus differentiates Industrie 4.0 from the first three industrial revolutions, which mainly focused on productivity increase by optimising the production process. Within the Cluster of Excellence "Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries" of the RWTH Aachen University four mechanisms were developed which describe Industrie 4.0. The mechanisms "revolutionary product lifecycles", "virtual engineering of complete value chains", "better performing than engineered" and "revolutionary short value chains" can be achieved within an Industrie 4.0-environment. This environment is based on the four enablers "IT-Globalisation", "single source of truth", "automation" and "cooperation" and enhances collaboration productivity. Therefore the present paper examines and introduces hypotheses for a production theory in the context of Industrie 4.0. For each mechanism two hypotheses are presented which explain how the respective target state can be achieved. The transmission of these mechanisms into producing companies leads to an Industrie 4.0 capable environment strengthening competitiveness due to

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Innovative Approaches for Global Production Networks

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Gamification in Management Decisions: Judging Global Production Networks in a Cyber-Physical Way

Gamification in Management Decisions: Judging Global Production Networks in a Cyber-Physical Way

Aggregation of Production Data for the Strategic Planning of Global Production Networks

Hypotheses for a Theory of Production in the Context of Industrie 4.0

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