Download or read book Value Creation through Engineering Excellence written by Yufeng Zhang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-11 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic framework for effectively creating value through engineering in global business networks, and contributes to an increasingly important branch of engineering operations. By updating the traditional disciplines of engineering and operations management and addressing challenges and opportunities in building global network capabilities, this study offers a contemporary guide for developing effective industrial policies to enhance the global competitiveness of engineering sectors, which will be extremely useful to engineering companies and policy-makers. Themes discussed include main trends and driving forces, state-of-the-art knowledge in relevant subject areas, new technologies and leading practice. This timely book will help researchers, managers and students to gain an overall understanding of the pioneering research occurring in this field and it will enable companies to benefit from global engineering networks.

Download or read book Circular Economy in Engineering Design and Production written by Samira Keivanpour and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-10 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise text provides the concepts, methods, and application examples for integrating sustainability into engineering design and production. It discusses the role of sustainability in the value creation processes of various enterprises and different tools and methods for systematic incorporation of social and environmental aspects into the product's life cycle. The following topics are covered: sustainable development in engineering systems and the life cycle concept, norms and standards in the sustainable development and integration of socio-economic assessment into technical valuation, production systems, management of the production systems based on circular economy principles, ecodesign practices, and value creation and innovative design in the circular economy. Provides a concise guide for engineering students for applying circular economy practices Presents examples and short case studies for understanding the methods and tools Facilitates understanding and application of the life cycle perspective in product manufacturing and green engineering

Download or read book Effective and efficient design and provision of product service systems written by Johannes Matschewsky and published by Linköping University Electronic Press. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world manufacturing companies operate in is changing. In the past, these companies relied on the design and sale of products. Today, this linear model of business is becoming increasingly insufficient. As customers are more and more focused on their core business, buying and operating machinery and other goods becomes unattractive to them. In response to this, manufacturing companies are expanding their value capture into additional stages of the product lifecycle by providing integrated offerings of products and services — Product-Service Systems (PSSs). Designing and providing PSSs is fundamentally different from traditional product sales. Expanding to become a PSS provider is, therefore, challenging for companies with a history of designing and selling products. Departing from this, it is the aim of this thesis to support manufacturing companies in their expansion to effective and efficient design and provision of PSSs. The research reported has both descriptive and prescriptive properties, reflecting the goals of understanding the status quo in manufacturing companies’ practice and providing support based on this. To establish a point of departure, the current design and provision of two manufacturing companies expanding their business towards PSSs was investigated. From this, an in-depth understanding of the status quo and a number of challenges emerged. Based on this, the research had the goal to contribute to identifying and developing solutions to these challenges, with an initial focus on methods supporting PSS design and provision. However, although methods fitting to the challenges identified exist, they appear to receive limited uptake in manufacturing companies’ practice. In order to improve their practical utility, a structured method is proposed to assist users in both academia and practice in developing methods in a requirements-oriented fashion. The utility of methods in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of PSS design and provision is thereby to be enhanced. A particular challenge for manufacturing companies expanding to become PSS providers is the change in how value is captured: Resulting from the extensive involvement throughout the lifecycle, a need for a broader, multidimensional understanding of value capture was identified. However, the manufacturing companies investigated have been found to experience challenges in grasping this change, with a focus on a product sales-centric understanding of value capture remaining prevalent. To support companies towards reaping the benefits of the expansion to PSS design and provision, methods to explore how value is currently created and captured in the use phase and how to enhance the future value capture based on that information in the design phase have been developed and applied. As a result, broadly relevant value dimensions were attained, aiming to facilitate a lifecycle-focused, effective, and efficient design and provision of PSSs. Eventually, to broaden the understanding of effective and efficient design and provision of PSSs in practice today, the potential contributions of real-world PSSs to a circular economy were investigated based on an existing framework. The result was ambiguous, indicating both advancements compared to traditional sales and substantial room for improvement, particularly with a focus on the absolute decoupling of economic activity and resource use. Based on the synthesis of the research results, manufacturing companies are supported in their expansion to effective and efficient design and provision of PSSs — and towards a promising future.

Download or read book Graduate Employability Across Contexts written by Tran Le Huu Nghia and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores stakeholders’ perspectives, their practices, and engagement with enacting the employability agenda in the context of a rapidly changing world. It explains the need for developing graduate employability under socioeconomic, cultural, and political pressure exposed to the higher education sector. Largely framed within Bourdieu’s concepts of social field, habitus, and capital, it explores international stakeholders’ perspectives and experiences with graduate employability agenda in different contexts, which serves as a point of reference for the adoption of such initiatives. Based on empirical evidence, the authors develop a new graduate employability framework seeing it as a lifelong process, denote the relationships between types of employability capital, and shed light on the consequences of different strategies to translate employability capital to employment and career outcomes. Overall, this book generates both theoretical and practical insights which help to advance employability programs, better prepare the future workforce, and anticipate turbulence in the labour markets.

Download or read book Engineering Excellence Cultural and Organizational Factors written by Donald Christiansen and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cooperative Strategy written by John Child and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cooperation has become the leading strategy adopted by business and other organizations. It is taking on new forms that are adapted to changing market expectations and technological possibilities in the rapidly evolving business environment. This new edition of Cooperative Strategy provides a comprehensive view of the practical and theoretical literature concerning cooperative strategies, and the alliance and network organizational forms that are the enablers of these strategies. It takes the reader through the stages of developing a cooperative alliance, from choosing a cooperative form and selecting partners, to establishing an alliance and managing the process of cooperation. It examines cooperative strategies in different sectors as well as internationally, and discusses performance criteria and evolution of cooperation over time. With insights from internationally recognized experts on cooperative strategy, this book presents extensive research on the topic while also addressing practical issues of alliance management. Echoing the words of the famous social psychologist Kurt Lewin that 'there is nothing so practical as a good theory', the authors provide a sound understanding of the theory and research on cooperative strategy so as to inform its practice. In this respect, this new edition follows its predecessor as an essential resource for both students and managers alike.

Download or read book Sustainable Manufacturing written by Günther Seliger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-06-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The annual series Global Conferences on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM) sponsored by the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) is committed to excellence in the creation of sustainable products and processes that conserve energy and natural resources, have minimal negative impacts upon the natural environment and society, and adhere to the core principle of sustainability by considering the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. To promote this noble goal, there is a great need for increased awareness in education and training, including the dissemination of new findings on principles and practices of sustainability applied to manufacturing. The series Global Conferences on Sustainable Manufacturing offers international colleagues the opportunity to network, expand their knowledge, and improve practice globally.

Download or read book Value Networks in Manufacturing written by Jayantha P Liyanage and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights innovative solutions together with various techniques and methods that can help support the manufacturing sector to excel in economic, social, and environmental terms in networked business environments. The book also furthers understanding of sustainable manufacturing from the perspective of value creation in manufacturing networks, by capitalizing on the outcomes of the European ‘Sustainable Value Creation in Manufacturing Networks’ project. New dynamics and uncertainties in modern markets call for innovative solutions in the global manufacturing sector. While the manufacturing sector is traditionally driven by technology, it also requires other managerial and organizational solutions in terms of network governance, business models, sustainable solution development for products and services, performance management portals, etc., which can provide major competitive advantages for companies. At the same time, the manufacturing industry is subject to a change process, where business networks play a major role in value-creating processes. By far the biggest challenge in this context is making value creation a sustainable process where economic, social, and environmental demands are met. Managing product and service-related business operations in manufacturing networks thus brings different challenges that cannot purely be resolved using traditional methods, and techniques. This book is an outcome of a European project funded by the European Commission, and performed by a dedicated R&D consortium comprised of some leading Research institutions and Industrial partners.

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Download or read book Engineering Excellence written by Richard Crayne and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-30 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Product development programs may take years to complete and consume lots of resources. We argue about the time and resources required. Global programs take even more. We want programs to be more efficient and effective, but struggle with how to measure performance and make improvements with results that can be measured. Benchmarks are only stories without hard data. Engineering Excellence is a unique, comprehensive process for measuring and achieving benchmark performance in product development. It includes a unique and powerful method for measuring the output and productivity of engineering teams. Combined with other "True" Key Performance Indicators, this can be used to identify baselines, benchmarks, and gaps. Best practices are identified, shared and baked into Roadmaps for Gap Closure. Future program budgets are based on expected improvements. After noise is reduced in the system, rigorous resource management can be deployed within and across regions and product groups. This book explains the process in detail based on more than a decade of real-life application across 20 product groups in large corporations. It can be used for Engineering and cross-functional teams. Large global automotive suppliers are using it effectively: Adient; YanFeng Automotive Interiors; and Cooper Standard Automotive. Some non-automotive product groups in Johnson Controls International are using it also. This is a must-read for business leaders and engineering leaders seeking to improve the product development process. Leaders, continuous improvement practitioners, project estimators, project controllers, and others seeking more from their product development organization will benefit.

Download or read book Engineering Investment Process written by Florian Ielpo and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-03-22 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineering Investment Process: Making Value Creation Repeatable explores the quantitative steps of a financial investment process. The authors study how these steps are articulated in order to make any value creation, whatever the asset class, consistent and robust. The discussion includes factors, portfolio allocation, statistical and economic backtesting, but also the influence of negative rates, dynamical trading, state-space models, stylized facts, liquidity issues, or data biases. Besides the quantitative concepts detailed here, the reader will find useful references to other works to develop an in-depth understanding of an investment process. Blends academic research with practical experience from quants, fund managers, and economists Puts financial mathematics and econometrics in their rightful place Presents useful information that will increase the reader's understanding of markets Clearly provides both the global framework, the investment process, and the useful econometric and financial tools that help in its construction Includes efficient tools taken from up-to-date econometric and financial techniques

Download or read book Towards a Hybrid Flexible and Socially Engaged Higher Education written by Michael E. Auer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zusammenfassung: We are currently witnessing a significant transformation in the development of education on all levels and especially in post-secondary education. To face these challenges, higher education must find innovative and effective ways to respond in a proper way. The pandemic period left us with profound changes in the way we teach and learn, including the massive use of new means of communication, such as videoconferencing and other technological tools. Moreover, the current explosion of artificial intelligence tools, mainly used by students, is challenging teaching practices maintained for centuries. Scientifically based statements as well as excellent best practice examples are absolutely necessary.The 26th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2023), which will take place in Madrid, Spain, between 26th and 30th September 2023, will be the perfect place where to present and discuss current trends in Higher Education. Since its beginning in 1998 this conference is devoted to new approaches in learning with a focus on collaborative learning in Higher Education. Nowadays the ICL conferences are a forum of the exchange of relevant trends and research results as well as the presentation of practical experiences in Learning and Engineering Pedagogy. In this way we try to bridge the gap between 'pure' scientific research and the everyday work of educators

Download or read book Strategic Learning written by Willie Pietersen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to use Strategic Learning to rapidly respond to change and gain a sustainable advantage over your competitors What's even harder than creating a breakthrough strategy? Making it stick. As companies are fighting to survive in a tough economy, this new book by Willie Pietersen demonstrates the power of the Strategic Learning process, a four-step dynamic cycle guaranteed to create and sustain winning performance. Adopted by a wide range of corporations and not-for-profit organizations, the Strategic Learning process builds on eight years of practicing, adapting and honing the original concepts Pietersen first introduced in Reinventing Strategy to explain how organizations can generate superior insights about their customers and competitors, craft a Winning Proposition, focus on a vital few key priorities, create buy-in throughout the organization and achieve success – again and again. Teaches organizations to make smarter decisions that help them win customers and earn superior profits Explains how to instill a culture of openness, learning, and courage that can face and respond to the constantly changing business environment Is a tool that can benefit leaders at all levels, in organizations both large and small, global and domestic, for-profit and not-for-profit Author Willie Pietersen, a former president of Tropicana and Seagram USA, is a professor of management at Columbia Business School, and the author of Reinventing Strategy, from Wiley Strategic Learning shows you how your business or nonprofit organization can develop better, more effective strategies for long-term competitive advantage.

Download or read book Nationalism and the Economy written by Stefan Berger and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first attempt to bridge the current divide between studies addressing "economic nationalism" as a deliberate ideology and movement of economic 'nation-building', and the literature concerned with more diffuse expressions of economic "nationness"—from national economic symbols and memories, to the "banal" world of product communication. The editors seeks to highlight the importance of economic issues for the study of nations and nationalism, and its findings point to the need to give economic phenomena a more prominent place in the field of nationalism studies. The authors of the essays come from disciplines as diverse as economic and cultural history, political science, business studies, as well as sociology and anthropology. Their chapters address the nationalism-economy nexus in a variety of realms, including trade, foreign investment, and national control over resources, as well as consumption, migration, and welfare state policies. Some of the case studies have a historical focus on nation-building in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, while others are concerned with contemporary developments. Several contributions provide in-depth analyses of single cases while others employ a comparative method. The geographical focus of the contributions vary widely, although, on balance, the majority of our authors deal with European countries.

Download or read book Technology and Innovation Management A Practical Guide written by Dr Raj CN Thiagarajan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world driven by technological advancements, the ability to effectively manage technology and innovation is the key to success. "TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT: A Practical Guide" is your ultimate companion on the journey to becoming a master of technological transformation. Dr. Raj C N. Thiagarajan, a renowned expert in the field, takes you on a captivating exploration of the dynamic intersection between technology, innovation, and management. With a focus on practicality and real-world application, this book equips students, engineers, entrepreneurs, and innovators with the tools and techniques to shape the future and achieve their strategic goals. From the origins of technology and innovation management to the fundamentals of value creation through purpose-driven innovation, each chapter unveils a new layer of knowledge and expertise. Discover the secrets of managing creativity and innovation, learn about powerful technology tools for successful innovation, and explore the process of technological change and its impact on market dynamics. But this book goes beyond theory. It immerses you in the world of technology intelligence, competition, and strategic decision-making. Uncover the art of gathering valuable insights, harness the power of technology roadmaps and strategy models, and explore the organizational structures that foster innovation. Gain a deep understanding of intellectual property strategy and the process of technology deployment in new product development. Dr. Thiagarajan's wealth of experience, spanning over three decades with global corporations, shines through as he shares his expertise through real-life examples and case studies. His passion for multiphysics engineering design and innovation permeates every page, inspiring readers to push the boundaries of what is possible. "TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT: A Practical Guide" is not just a book—it is a roadmap to success in the ever-evolving landscape of technology and innovation. Whether you are a student, an engineer, an entrepreneur, or a management professional, this comprehensive guide will empower you to make informed decisions, seize opportunities, and become a true champion of innovation. Get ready to embark on an exhilarating journey that will transform your perspective on technology and innovation management. Join Dr. Thiagarajan as he unlocks the secrets to creating a future driven by purpose, innovation, and strategic decision-making. Are you ready to shape the world of tomorrow? The power is in your hands.

Download or read book Philosophy of Technology after the Empirical Turn written by Maarten Franssen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features 16 essays on the philosophy of technology that discuss its identity, its position in philosophy in general, and the role of empirical studies in philosophical analyses of engineering ethics and engineering practices. This volume is published about fifteen years after Peter Kroes and Anthonie Meijers published a collection of papers under the title The empirical turn in the philosophy of technology, in which they called for a reorientation toward the practice of engineering, and sketched the likely benefits for philosophy of technology of pursuing its major questions in an empirically informed way. The essays in this volume fall apart in two different kinds. One kind follows up on The empirical turn discussion about what the philosophy of technology is all about. It continues the search for the identity of the philosophy of technology by asking what comes after the empirical turn. The other kind of essays follows the call for an empirical turn in the philosophy of technology by showing how it may be realized with regard to particular topics. Together these essays offer the reader an overview of the state of the art of an empirically informed philosophy of technology and of various views on the empirical turn as a stepping stone into the future of the philosophy of technology.

Download or read book Engineering Excellence Cultural and Organizational Factors written by Christiansen D Ed and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: