Organizational factors and technological innovation in products engineered to order for the wind energy market

Abstract

The objective of this article is to identify the organizational factors that facilitate or inhibit the technological innovation in the development cycle of a product engineered to order for Brazilian wind energy market. The following factors stand out as facilitators: the rigid hierarchical structure combined with some aspects of the projected structure, the level of cooperation between departments, and the autonomy given to workers. The main barriers are the lack of clarity about the organization’s strategy, the low frequency and depth of training offered by the company, and the lack of a mechanism that allows access and registration of information.

A decade of engineering-to-order (2010–2020): Progress and emerging themes

“…proposed a framework to support ETO companies in estimating costs of non-standard customisation, finding that none standard customisation (i.e. additional complexity) can reduce profitability by 0-3% Donha & Guimarães (2020). focused on the organisational environment showing that 20 organisational factors can influence success or failure of the innovation process in ETO product development projects.…”