Tailor-made Technology: The stretch of Frugal Innovation in the Truck Industry

Frugal innovation enablers, critical success factors and barriers: A systematic review

“…R&D centres activities include investigating these requirements because customers in DCs have increasing needs, and it is necessary for R&D centres to focus on such decentralized demand aspects (Belkadi et al, 2016; Hossain, 2018a; Jha & Krishnan, 2013; Mourtzis, Vlachou, Boli, et al, 2016). Therefore, firms should establish international R&D departments to transfer knowledge of customers' needs to the industry (Konrad & Wangler, 2018). The industrialization of R&D activities (i.e., dividing activities into small tasks and developing an assembly line approach) and parallel processing (i.e., allowing sequential steps to happen simultaneously) can be beneficial in the field of FI (Thun, 2018).…”

“…Strategic‐decisions about defining product structure and production‐network include decisions about product development, production network design and vendor selection. Tactical and operational level decisions involve product configuration, order allocation and order modules (Agard & Bassetto, 2013; Belkadi et al, 2016; Belkadi et al, 2018; Fox, 2016; Konrad & Wangler, 2018; Pisoni et al, 2018; Thun, 2018). However, the significant role of modularization in reducing production costs and increasing flexibility in production is re‐emphasized.…”

“…(Belkadi et al, 2016;Hossain, 2018a;Jha & Krishnan, 2013;Mourtzis, Vlachou, Boli, et al, 2016). Therefore, firms should establish international R&D departments to transfer knowledge of customers' needs to the industry (Konrad & Wangler, 2018). The industrialization of R&D activities (i.e., dividing activities into small tasks and developing an assembly line approach)…”

Frugal innovation enablers: a comprehensive framework

“…Respecting the needs of customers, target market and local market and identifying local requirements Weyrauch and Herstatt (2017), Van der Boor et al (2014), Pisoni et al (2018), Horn and brem (2013), Mourtzis et al (2016) and Belkadi et al (2016) Supporting R&D, manufacturing and frugal innovation by middle and top managers Ramdorai and Herstatt (2015) and Bocken and Short (2016) Strong human capital and focusing on human capital and human based knowledge management Pilav-Veli c and Marjanovic (2016) Collaborating with international companies and using their resources on information, knowledge, experience and experts Prabhu and Jain (2015) and Agnihotri (2015) Collaborating with other manufacturers and outsourcing all activities except main functions and networking among major players Sako (2009), Ramamurti (2012), Latour (1996), Callon (1984) and Law (1992) Collaboration of government and public agents in loans, tax and value-added tax, custom regulations, recognition and support of young innovators and absorbing foreign investment Hossain (2018), Prabhu and Jain (2015), Gupta (2012) and Soni and Krishnan (2014) Collaborating with non-for-profit/social organizations and non-governmental organisations Hossain (2018), Howell et al (2018), Rosca et al (2017) and Devarapalli and Figueira (2015) Developing R&D centers, investing in R&D and industrializing R&D activities Jha and Krishnan (2013), Hossain (2018), Konrad and Wangler (2018) and Wan et al (2015) Developing frugal culture, understanding localcultural aspects and also considerable change in thinking toward frugal innovation and company location in regions with low-consumption culture Reinhardt et al (2018), Agarwal et al (2018),…”

“…Chen and lee (2017) and Tiwari et al (2017) Re-designing business and trade models with the aim of reducing cost and integrating limited customers sources Zeschky et al (2011) Developing knowledge and education, supporting basic and academic research and developing knowledge tanks Rosca et al (2017), Thun (2018), Altmann and Engberg (2016), Soni and Krishnan (2014) and Krishnan and Prashantham (2019) Developing infrastructures by the help of government and managers' support and using foreign investment Sood and Szyf (2011) and Thun (2018) Information technology, mobile applications, information and communications technology advanced tools, cost effective information systems, innovation technology (with the aim of receiving customer and market information and needs and their feedback), using web-based technologies, added fact tools, digital and virtual factories, knowledge-based programs, simulation tools and analysis for developing technology-based services to support products Amankwah-Amoah et al Three-dimensional printer for design and other prototyping software Gibson and Shukla (2016) Modular manufacturing and dividing complex systems to independent and inter-connected elements that can be considered as practical, logical, physical and organizational functions and managers' support in applying such approach Pisoni et al (2018) and Belkadi et al (2018) Designing and manufacturing with the aims of resolving social and environmental problems regarding environmental pollutions Rosca et al (2017) Recruiting women and supporting their employment Vossenberg (2018) Employing young apprentices Morciano and Merico (2017) High production volume, scalability and reduction of profit margin Rosca et al (2017) and Hossain (2018) Respecting copyright and trying to register products Srivastava (2018) Developing a suitable brand and protecting existing brands Konrad and Wangler (2018) Forming customer behavior by recognizing low consumption customers and buyers of low consuming products Cros (2018) Emphasizing on customer orientation and evaluating customer feedback using social networks, meetings with some of the customers and receiving their suggestions and recommendations Gupta et al (2018) Table I.…”