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- Al-Shalabi, Ammar, et al.
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Outsourcing and organizing of NPD : A Survey of Malaysian industry
- 2007
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Ingår i: Proceedings from EIASM 14th IPDMC. - : European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM). ; , s. 12-
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Malaysian manufacturing firms are interested in New Product Development (NPD) methods, due to the fact that they are competitive tools for survival. The purpose of the present study is to investigate NPD practices in Malaysia, in particular the outsourcing of NPD and the organizing of NPD. We achieved our objectives by conducting a survey of 72 companies in the automotive, chemical, and electrical industries and analyzing the results. Managers involved in NPD will benefit from the findings presented in this paper. The results indicate that the NPD practices used in Malaysian firms focus more on production cost and manufacturability, whereas the need for increased knowledge receives lower priority.
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- Al Shalabi, Ammar, et al.
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Processes and strategies of NPD : A survey of Malaysian Industry
- 2008
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Ingår i: International Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology. - Toledo, Ohio : Advanced Manufacturing Solutions Co.. - 1524-1548. ; 10:1, s. 91-95
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years, there has been a considerable interest in Malaysian manufacturing firms in New Product Development (NPD) which is considered to be indirectly a booster for the success of a firm. The purpose of the study is to highlight the NPD processes and methods used in Malaysian industry. This paper focuses only on the formal NPD-processes and NPD-strategies. From the available database, it is found that there are 250 confirmed companies from automotive, chemical, and electrical industries, which have R&D facilities; out of which 36% have agreed to participate in the survey, and 29% questionnaires have been used. The results show that the best firms have their R&D and NPD departments either overseas or partially in Malaysia.
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- Chibba, Aron, et al.
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Effective Information Flow in the Internal Supply Chain : Results from a snowball method to map information flows
- 2009
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Ingår i: Journal of Information & Knowledge Management. - Singapore : World Scientific. - 0219-6492 .- 1793-6926. ; 8:4, s. 331-343
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Information sharing is an important factor for effectiveness within the internal supply chain. In this paper we use a methodology for mapping information flows in an internal supply chain, and case studies in two Swedish multinational organizations. Eight retrospective cases were used to map, describe and analyze the information flow that supports the physical material flow from the receipt of an order to point of delivery. Every involved person was interviewed on at least one occasion each. The interviews were conducted to map and describe the information and physical material flow. The aim was to identify factors that could improve and rationalise information flows and generate a better flow within the organization.The study shows the importance of an integrated information system, but also clearly indicates the importance of a collaborative culture and an awareness of the human-technology interface. The study also shows that three factors of interface distortions are most frequent in the cases: (1) changes registered in the database trigger no action among the staff, (2) new knowledge to staff is stored only orally and not in the database, and (3) interface between the paper system and the database, and between the old and the new information storage culture.
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- Hörte, Sven-Åke, et al.
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Product Development in SMEs : A literature review
- 2008
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Ingår i: International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning (IJTIP). - Olney : InderScience Publishers. - 1740-2832 .- 1740-2840. ; 4:3, s. 299-325
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Product Development (PD) in Small and medium-sized Firms (SMEs) is a long-neglected research area, and little cumulative work has been conducted previously. The purpose of this paper is to provide a first overview of the area of PD in SMEs. In doing so, we draw upon a sample of 149 peer-reviewed research papers selected from an initial sample of 5694 papers. The review provides tentative answers to issues such as the analytical and methodological approaches of the papers, which topics or areas of research have been focused on by previous scholars, and what kinds of topics that are well covered.
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- Rundquist, Jonas
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A decision framework for outsourcing of new product development
- 2008
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Ingår i: Manufacturing fundamentals: necessity and sufficiency. - Tokyo : POM. - 9784883616466 ; , s. 1390-1405
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article focuses on the outsourcing of NPD in medium sized firms and especially the decisions connected to outsourcing. Although the framework is probably also useful for small and large firms, the three empirical studies the results explored samples of medium sized firms. NPD is a knowledge intensive activity that requires the ability to handle uncertainties and it is very dependent on the individuals involved in the process. In this way it differs from production, which (especially when producing standard items on a large scale) is easier to control, monitor and to evaluate the costs. Outsourcing can lead to advantages in form of lower costs, access to knowledge or other resources, as well as access to markets, but it can also result in a knowledge drain, lower motivation among in-house staff, or an increased level of dependency on external organizations. A decision framework is presented that describe the decisions process when outsourcing NPD.
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- Rundquist, Jonas
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Beställarkompetens vid beställning av projekt
- 2007
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Ingår i: Perspektiv på innovation, kvalitet och projektledning. - Halmstad : Högskolan i Halmstad, sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET). ; , s. 133-146
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- De projekt som misslyckas, misslyckas oftast i början av projektet (vid beställningen) eller i slutet av projektet, då projektets resultat ska överlämnas till beställaren. Detta kan bero på att beställaren och projektledaren inte samverkar på ett bra sätt före, under och efter projektet. Samspelet mellan beställaren och projektledaren har börjat belysas under de senaste åren. Så, vad innebär det att vara beställare av ett projekt och vilka kompetenser behöver en beställare till projekt? I denna artikel presenteras två delstudier; en kvalitativ studie bestående av fyra workshops med professionella projektledare och en kvantitativ studie med en enkät besvarad av projektledare inom privata, offentliga och ideella organisationer.
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- Rundquist, Jonas
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Effects of knowledge integration on innovation performance : A framework and empirical study
- 2009
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 16th International Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC'09). - Twente : EIASM. ; , s. 23-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- PURPOSE – To provide empirical evidence to support the effect of a firm’s ability to integrate knowledge on the innovation performance of a firm, and to examine the different effects of three categories of knowledge.DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH – Data were collected using an e-survey sent to R&D managers representing firms with between 100-800 employees from a cross-section of industries. A total of 355 firms were addressed and 193 questionnaires were returned and usable (54.4% response rate). Hypotheses were tested using multiple regression analysis with and without interaction terms.FINDINGS – Results indicate that ability to integrate thematic knowledge is significantly related to innovation performance. There is also a less significant indication that product properties, as product complexity and newness, have a positively moderating effect on the above relation.RESEARCH LIMITATIONS – The sample represented medium sized firms. The data were collected in Sweden. As with most studies, it is important to replicate this study in different contexts.PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS – The study offers a suggestion to how managers can focus their efforts in order to improve their ability to integrate knowledge from product development projects.
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- Rundquist, Jonas
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Integrating knowledge generated in a distributed product development process
- 2007
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Ingår i: Proceedings of EIASM. - Porto : University of Porto. ; , s. 11-
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- The objective of the present study is to investigate how different types of knowledge,generated in product development in an alliance context, are integrated to the individualfirm. Knowledge is categorized as thematic knowledge, process knowledge, and generalknowledge. Knowledge sharing is categorized according to level of involvement. Resultsindicate a very high representation of impersonal knowledge sharing (server ordocuments), even if there is a high degree of belief among the respondents that personalmeetings and continuous knowledge sharing would be better. The present study uses acase study approach in three medium sized manufacturing firms.
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- Rundquist, Jonas, 1964-
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Outsourcing and knowledge integration in new product development
- 2009
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis deals with two aspects of knowledge needed for new product development; theaccess to external knowledge through outsourcing of NPD and the integration of knowledgedeveloped when outsourcing activities in the NPD process. As modern products competing onincreasingly international markets call for both complex and specialized knowledge, it isbecoming more important to take an outward perspective of knowledge, searching for externalknowledge sources, in order to be competitive. But it is also important for the firm to take aninward perspective on integration of the knowledge achieved from external sources in order tosecure the knowledge gained.Outsourcing of New Product Development (NPD) refers to the outsourcing of activities fordeveloping new products (goods and/or service), where all or the innovative part of the NPDprocess is purchased externally according to a contract from organizational units separatefrom the outsourcing firm. This means that the service to develop a whole or a part of a newproduct is outsourced. This definition implies that (A) the outsourced activity shall be aninnovative (strongly contributing to the newness) part of the NPD process, (B) the outsourcedactivity was previously conducted internally, and (C) the activity shall be purchased andregulated in a contractual agreement between the organizations.Knowledge integration refers to the process of acquiring, sharing, and making use ofknowledge by combining it with previous knowledge in order to create new value. Becauseknowledge possessed in collaborating firms is often complementary, it is important tocombine it with previous knowledge in the firm. Therefore knowledge integration is chosenthroughout the thesis as the term for the overall process.Based on transaction costs theory, resource based and knowledge based perspectives twomajor issues are investigated. First, the identification of which factors are the most importantfor firms when making the decision to outsource activities in the NPD process. Second, theestablishment of the importance for knowledge integration of external knowledge in the firm,and to find what role level of involvement among staff plays for efficiently achievingknowledge integration.The thesis is a compilation thesis (with six appended papers) based on findings from threequantitative studies and a longitudinal case study (presented in two of the appended papers).Using cases from and samples of medium-sized manufacturing firms with in-house NPD itwas found that, while cost has been traditionally considered the most important factor foroutsourcing in general, search for external knowledge is found to have a greater importancewhen intangible processes as NPD is object for outsourcing. It is also found that thematicknowledge is the most important type of knowledge to efficiently integrate to achieve highinnovation performance and that a higher degree of processes and culture supportinginvolvement, increase knowledge integration when outsourcing activities in the NPD process.
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- Rundquist, Jonas
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Outsourcing en el desarollo de nuevo productos más allá de la participatión del proveedor
- 2007
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Ingår i: El Hombre y la Máquina. - Cali, Colombia : Universidad Autónoma de Occidente. - 0121-0777. ; 19:29, s. 48-57
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Este documento presenta los resultados de un estudio realizado en cuatro empresas suecas, de mediano tamaño, para entender los razonamientos detrás del outsourcing en la innovación. Se aborda especialmente el problema de integrar conocimiento desarrollado en la empresa que requiere el outsourcing, esto es analizado, evidenciando oportunidades de mejora. Los resultados indican que para las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYME), con recursos limitados, puede ser mejor dar prioridad a la proximidad entre empresas antes que al conocimiento de punta, es crucial mantener cercanía y contacto frecuente durante el proceso de outsourcing en aquellas actividades intensivas en conocimiento.
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