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Manufacturing Outsourcing

Manufacturing Outsourcing


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Part 1.Trends in Manufacturing.- 1.Taking control of the company's destiny through knowledge.- 2. Drivers for change in manufacturing.- 3. Manufacturing in a strategic context.- 4. Evolving paradigms in manufacturing.- 5. The knowledge dimension.- Part 2. 6.Industrial outlook.- 7. Indicators and initiatives for industrial renewal.- 8. Research roadmaps in manufacturing.- 9. How well are we doing?.- Part.3 Outsourcing -strategic opportunities.- 10. Manufacturing strategies, created through decisions.- 11. Make or buy?.- 12. The geographical footprint.- 13.Approaching the partner selection and location decision.- 14. Dealing with complexity - infrastructure decisions .- Part 4. Innovation and knowledge transfer.- 15.The innovation process.- 16. What is knowledge?.- 17. Knowledge creation.- 18. Knowledge transfer and distance.- 19. Knowledge transfer and manufacturing.- 20. Outsourcing and sustainability.


About the Author:

Asbjørn Rolstadås has had a long career in research production management. He has more than 250 publications and is the author of several books. He is a former president of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, and also President of IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing). He is a member of the editorial boards of many research journals, and he is the founding editor of the International Journal of Production Planning and Control. He has been project manager for several large EU projects and for a large number of national research projects. He has close links with industry through consulting and continuing education.

Bjørnar Henriksen has written a number of articles on manufacturing strategy and knowledge, and has a PhD degree within these fields. He is a senior research scientist at SINTEF, Norway and has broad experience in consultancy (Ernst & Young and Cap Gemini) and applied research (SINTEF and The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU). He has worked with multinational companies and SMEs in different industries facing different strategic challenges. He is currently project manager for two large R&D projects funded by the Norwegian government aiming to innovate in small scale manufacturing with a particular focus on knowledge creation.

David O'Sullivan is the author of a number of books on manufacturing including his recent book 'Applying Innovation' with Sage Publications in California. He has published over 100 research articles from a number of research projects with industry in the fields of manufacturing strategy and innovation management. David has worked with many multinational companies including Hewlett Packard, Ingersoll-Rand and IBM. He lectures at the National University of Ireland where he also leads a research team in the field of knowledge management applications that support innovation in industry.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781447161080
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Edition: 2012 ed.
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 403 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1447161084
  • Publisher Date: 08 May 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 232
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: A Knowledge Perspective
  • Width: 156 mm


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