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- Isaksson, Raine, et al.
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Towards a perfect learning process : where is Sweden?
- 2016
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Ingår i: Sinergie italian journal of management. - : Fondazione CUEIM. - 0393-5108. ; 34:100, s. 57-75
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose of the paper: Competition gets tougher with globalization. Information and knowledge are shared like never before, putting pressure on businesses and nations to provide effective and efficient means of learning. Learning could be seen as the educational process from the user perspective. How could a perfect learning process look when based on process theory and how does reality compare with this? One option is defining a perfect process as doing the right thing based on stakeholder needs, doing it in the right way by minimising resource use and by being adaptable.Methodology: Applying the proposed educational process on Swedish HEI educational processes indicates that the model can be used.Findings: The results from the study indicate that Sweden seems to perform well in many areas but also that there are important areas of improvement, such as lifelong learning and the integration of sustainability into education.Research limitations: The proposed process has only been partly tested.Research and managerial implications: The strength of the process approach.Originality/value of paper: Basic process theory in a new context.
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- Morais, Caio C. A., et al.
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High Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Renders Spontaneous Effort Noninjurious
- 2018
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Ingår i: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. - : AMER THORACIC SOC. - 1073-449X .- 1535-4970. ; 197:10, s. 1285-1296
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rationale: In acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), atelectatic solid-like lung tissue impairs transmission of negative swings in pleural pressure (Ppl) that result from diaphragmatic contraction. The localization of more negative Ppl proportionally increases dependent lung stretch by drawing gas either from other lung regions (e.g., nondependent lung [pendelluft]) or from the ventilator. Lowering the level of spontaneous effort and/or converting solid-like to fluid-like lung might render spontaneous effort noninjurious.Objectives: To determine whether spontaneous effort increases dependent lung injury, and whether such injury would be reduced by recruiting atelectatic solid-like lung with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP).Methods: Established models of severe ARDS (rabbit, pig) were used. Regional histology (rabbit), inflammation (positron emission tomography; pig), regional inspiratory Ppl (intrabronchial balloon manometry), and stretch (electrical impedance tomography; pig) were measured. Respiratory drive was evaluated in 11 patients with ARDS.Measurements and Main Results: Although injury during muscle paralysis was predominantly in nondependent and middle lung regions at low (vs. high) PEEP, strong inspiratory effort increased injury (indicated by positron emission tomography and histology) in dependent lung. Stronger effort (vs. muscle paralysis) caused local overstretch and greater tidal recruitment in dependent lung, where more negative Ppl was localized and greater stretch was generated. In contrast, high PEEP minimized lung injury by more uniformly distributing negative Ppl, and lowering the magnitude of spontaneous effort (i.e., deflection in esophageal pressure observed in rabbits, pigs, and patients).Conclusions: Strong effort increased dependent lung injury, where higher local lung stress and stretch was generated; effort-dependent lung injury was minimized by high PEEP in severe ARDS, which may offset need for paralysis.
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- Yamamoto, Yuji, et al.
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Coordination in improvements at manufacturing plants and its effect on improvement capabilities
- 2019
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Ingår i: Procedia Manufacturing. - : Elsevier B.V.. - 2351-9789. ; , s. 1566-1573
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The main focus of this paper is how a manufacturing organization can secure the capabilities of effectively executing a series of improvements of various sizes and innovativeness from small to large and incremental to more radical at the manufacturing plant, so that the speed of improvement as a whole at the plant can be kept high. A recent study on a Toyota plant in Japan has shown that a group of production engineers located at the plant plays an important role in ensuring the mentioned kind of capabilities. Those engineers are considered trusted experts in improvement of various sizes and innovativeness. They also coordinate those improvements so that the speed of improvement at the plant level can be kept high. This study raises a question of how other manufacturing companies do to ensure these capabilities, given that the group of the production engineers playing the role is likely a specific organization design to this specific company. For the question, three manufacturing plants producing vehicles in Swedish are studied. The paper discusses implications drawn from a cross-case analysis of those plants including the Toyota plant, in terms of the main focus of this paper. © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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- Yamamoto, Yuji
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Identifying similarities: Lean startup and major changes of production system
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- : Major changes of production systems having strategic impacts on the organizations have occasionally been done in agile-like ways. However, they have been practiced with little theoretical foundation. This paper is one of the first attempts to identify similarities between Lean Startup (LS) and the phenomena in question as an effort to establish theoretical foundation to the phenomena. To identify the similarities, the phenomena observed in three previous studies are examined and compared with LS. As a result, similarities are found in key characteristics of LS and those of the phenomena observed in the studies. Similarities are also found in their contexts. Later in this paper, implications drawn from the identified similarities are discussed in terms of strengthening the theoretical foundation of the phenomena.
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- Yamamoto, Yuji
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Kaikaku in production in Japan : An analysis of Kaikaku in terms of ambidexterity
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Ingår i: International Series in Operations Research and Management Science, vol. 255. - Cham : Springer New York LLC. - 9783319559841 ; , s. 67-89
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Japanese manufacturing companies have been active both in Kaizen—continuous improvement—and Kaikaku—radical improvement. However, compared to Kaizen, Kaikaku is less known and also less discussed in articles and books. Some questions may arise about Kaikaku: What is it? How is it undertaken in practice? How can an organization be proficient in both Kaikaku and Kaizen? In this chapter, these questions will be discussed.
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- Yamamoto, Yuji, et al.
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Karakuri iot - the concept and the result of pre-study
- 2018
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Ingår i: Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering. - 9781614994398 ; , s. 311-316, s. 311-316
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Although scholars and practitioners are actively discussing the potential benefits of introducing Internet of Thing (IoT) in production, IoT is still as an expensive solution in terms of investment and high technological threshold. Manufacturing companies seek a simpler and lower-cost approach to adopting IoT technologies in production, allowing companies to take advantage of the knowledge and innovation capabilities of people close to shop floor operations. This paper introduces the concept of “Karakuri IoT” – simple and low-cost IoT-aided improvements driven by the people close to shop floor operations. A pre-study is conducted to examine the feasibility of the concept. This paper presents the results of the pre-study.
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- Yamamoto, Yuji
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Need of understanding how to enhance innovation at early phases of production system development
- 2018
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Ingår i: Participatory Innovation Conference 2018 PIN-C 2018. - Eskilstuna, Sweden. ; , s. 44-51
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The main purpose this paper is to discuss a research potential in the area of understanding how a company can enhance innovation at the early phases of production system development. Due to this purpose, the structure of this paper deviates from the conventional ones that include methods, findings, and contributions. The chain of logic in this paper is structured as follows. Firstly, the importance of the early phases in terms of constantly developing new production systems is mentioned. Then, the early phases are defined and described in theoretical frameworks. Later, two industrial cases are introduced to emphases the aforementioned importance. Finally, the research potential is discussed based on the theories and practices introduced in the earlier parts of the paper.
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