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- Akram, Asif, 1978, et al.
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AEOLIX Reference Book
- 2019
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This is a documentation on the AEOLIX Reference Book (ARB), a website created during the project to collect, highlight and present emerging trends, technologies and practices that are of interest to the problem domain of the project (http://reference.aeolix.eu). The purpose of this document is to present the content of the website.
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- Akram, Asif, 1978-, et al.
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A Research Framework to Study how Digital Service Innovation Transforms Value Networks
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Ingår i: Proceedings of IRIS 2011. - Turku, Finland : Turku Center for Computer Science. - 9789521226489 ; , s. 29-40
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper reports from preparations in an ongoing research study concerning how digital service innovation transforms value networks in manufacturing industries. The research study is in the context of the vehicle industry and concerns digital e-maintenance services based on remote diagnostics systems. This digital service innovation in particular is of great importance since manufacturing industries have great potential to expand their business and found new and extended boundaries and relationships with other stakeholder in a network they are attached to. Core challenges and opportunities for digital service innovation will lead us to the study of its influence on the business and innovation environment i.e. the value network. This paper presents a framework to study how digital service innovation transforms value networks based on literature reviews on value network, digital innovation and transformation of value networks.
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- Akram, Asif, 1978, et al.
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AEOLIX Living Labs Operational ImpactsAssessment
- 2019
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This document provides the AEOLIX impact assessment of living labs at the operational level. It is based on three main impacts namely business, environment, and socio-economic impacts. The three impacts are sub-divided further into sub-categories. The report collects data from twelve living labs involved in with AEOLIX. One of the main goals of AEOLIX was to reduce the costs for various logistics activities as implemented in twelve living labs. The expected benefits in the business area are from reducing the consumption of different resources, reducing the time used for various activities, and from increasing the productivity in certain areas. The economic or business benefits came along two dimensions: (i) in terms of time and (ii) in terms of money. In terms of time, AEOLIX facilitated reducing the time spent on various activities at the companies. In terms of money, AEOLIX helped to save the costs of specific logistics activities within the living lab. For the environmental aspect an overall value of 20% was set as target value for reduction in CO2 emission using AEOLIX. Only one of all living labs reached this target value, but there was anyhow a reduction found in all living labs. AEOLIX and its functions have also helped in reducing noise pollution at some of the living labs. In some cases, there was quite a considerable reduction. For the socio-economic aspects the job creation, SME empowerment, and the improved quality of life are addressed. This study has explored the impact of AEOLIX on job creation in terms of drivers’ and operators’ jobs. Since the AEOLIX implementation is still in its initial phases, respondents were unable to estimate how many jobs (drivers and/or operators) were created in the long run. SME Empowerment was measured as the increase in SMEs’ market share and the increase in direct collaboration between SMEs and large organizations. The results were meager both with regard to the market share and the extent of collaboration. The improved quality of life is measured in the way AEOLIX puts more focus on work, the less stress at work and a positive attitude towards people using it. The results reflect that AEOLIX has greatly helped employees to put more focus on work and to reduce stress levels. Managers consider this as a positive side of the return on investment (ROI) as the business processes are improved. AEOLIX impact on various socio-economic aspects is in principle positive but as this process is very slow to emerge it takes time to observe any changes in social aspects. Acceptance and trust on AEOLIX can be captured as a majority of the evaluation managers of the living labs found the AEOLIX functions (dashboard, connectivity engine and toolkit) useful to a great extent. The willingness to continue using AEOLIX functions and their usefulness are directly related to each other. This means that the more useful a function is, the more users are willing to continue using it. The AEOLIX platform, through various services and functions, has a positive impact on society in general and on workers in particular. Although this impact cannot be evaluated financially for the first year of the AEOLIX implementation, numerous studies show that a more satisfying and less stressful job, together with a more welcoming and stimulating environment, have an important economic impact in the long-term period. Therefore, the fact that AEOLIX has a positive impact on society will also prove to be an economic benefit for the different companies.
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- Akram, Asif, 1978-, et al.
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Digital Visions vs. Product Practices : Understanding Tensions in Incumbent Manufacturing Firms
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. - Los Alamitos, CA : IEEE Computer Society. - 9781479925049 - 9781479925056 ; , s. 4516-4525
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Incumbent manufacturing firms face challenges when expanding their product focus with digital services. Such expansion creates tensions in organizations in the servitization process. While management visions and conceptualizes new service oriented businesses, the actual practice of implementing these service concepts is influenced by the product paradigmatic way of thinking in the organization. This dominant thinking creates tensions between business visions and business practice. We use the case of remote diagnostics services to provide insights into a manufacturing firm’s attempt to transform the dominant oriented business models into a new networked environment. We suggest that such acts that may or may not lead to transition are lingered by dominant logics related to the product focus. This indicates that firms are required to embed new logics into their existing practice in order to exploit the full potential of digital technology. © 2014 IEEE.
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- Akram, Asif, 1978
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The Future of Logistics
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The landscape of supply chain and logistics is changing at the fast past than ever due to digitalization. Everyday, new technologies are emerging and having impact on how logistics activities will be carried out. Furthermore, the acceptance of these technologies depends on the initial perception of stakeholders in logistics. This presentation outlines impact of nine various emerging technologies on future of logistics as perceived by experts in supply chain and logistics. - Results were presented during the 13th ITS European Congress special session.
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The Influence Of Generativity On Value Creation – A Study Of Digitized Products
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Ingår i: 8th IADIS International Conference on Information Systems. - : IADIS Press. - 9789898533333 ; , s. 51-60
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The advancement of digital technologies is driving traditional product oriented businesses to move from selling product to selling solutions. In order to exploit business potentials from technology, it is important to understand the potential of the technology and how it influences the value creation in a digital environment where it is developed and to be deployed. To understand this changing environment, I have studied remote diagnostics as an example of digital technology within the vehicle industry as a source of new value for business. The findings show that digitized products not only helps to solve existing problems in providing services but also provides potential to generate value for new products and services in the networked environment. An implication from the findings for product oriented firms is that value creation with digitized products requires new business processes. Based on the findings, a discussion is presented about how generativity influences value creation via value in design, governance and networking in a digital ecosystem.
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Towards Servitization in the Age of Digital Innovation : A Case from Vehicle Industry
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The advancement in digital technologies drives industries to change their core businesses which present number of challenges. One of them is transformation of manufacturing industries towards servitization. This paper reports empirical findings from an on-going project related to servitization in the age of digital innovation. The research study is in the context of the vehicle industry and concerns e-maintenance services based on remote diagnostics technologies. It explores the servitization of vehicle industry in the age of digital innovation. Such innovations embark challenges to innovation environment. A study in this regard has been conducted and it revealed the challenges related to the design, organizational strategy and organizational transformation.
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- Akram, Asif, 1978, et al.
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TRUST, PRIVACY AND TRANSPARENCY WITH BLOCK- CHAIN TECHNOLOGY IN LOGISTICS
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the Twelfth Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems. - 9789607260611
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Since the introduction of blockchain over a decade ago, many industries and industrial sectors are ex- ploring the potentials of the technology. In line with the trend, logistics sector is not an exception and is investigation various dynamics associated with the implementation of the technology. This study fo- cuses on the linking between the capabilities of blockchain technology and trust, privacy and transpar- ency. In order to explore dynamics of the linkage, the study used case study as a method for the inquiry. These have been common issues in logistics which the existing information solutions are unable in re- solving to a greater extent.. The results shows that blockchain technology has the capability to build trust among unknown industry players while maintaining a sufficient level of privacy and transparency at the same time. Overall, the study presents useful insights by contributing to the major issues in logis- tics and supply chain when an innovative digital technology is put into action.
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