Subsequent to the Covid-19 pandemic and in the current context of overconsumption of resources, m... more Subsequent to the Covid-19 pandemic and in the current context of overconsumption of resources, manufacturing organizations need to fundamentally rethink their efforts in order to align the objectives of a resilient and sustainable supply chain. The purpose of this study was to explore resilience and sustainability in manufacturing supply chains in order to conceptualize their intersection and understand prerequisites for the alignment of these two. Managing identified fragmenting mechanisms contributes to the further co-evolution of resilience and sustainability, which in turn will set the foundation to develop a maturity model that outlines capabilities for sustainable and resilient manufacturing supply chains
From 17-19 May 2004 the international IMS (Intelligent Manufacturing Systems) Forum was held in I... more From 17-19 May 2004 the international IMS (Intelligent Manufacturing Systems) Forum was held in Italy about global challenges in manufacturing. One of the presented papers was 'A roadmap to intelligent manufacturing with healthy humans in 2020'. A special interest group (SIG) of the IMS network of excellence defined a roadmap to stimulate health in future manufacturing. The base was a large European project (PSIM) on participative simulation and the background the members of the SIGs. All members had much experience in improving manufacturing work with special attention for the human health. A structured process was followed to arrive at a roadmap. The major conclusions are that the coming 5 years knowledge needs to be developed regarding guidelines for under load and self-control systems. Based on this research should be done in and with companies to test effects in 5-10 years from now. It will be demonstrated and applied in the following decennium. Regarding participatory design the process will be faster, because more knowledge is available. Regarding tools for networking and all day effects the process will be later, because more time for knowledge development is needed.
This paper reports perspectives on values and contributions manufacturing innovation bring to mee... more This paper reports perspectives on values and contributions manufacturing innovation bring to meet increased competition in the current changing manufacturing climate. This is obtained through a mu ...
If automation is to support the competitiveness for a manufacturing company, strategic as well as... more If automation is to support the competitiveness for a manufacturing company, strategic as well as operational issues need consideration. To best support competitiveness, decisions concerning automation should be treated as one of several decisions in a manufacturing strategy. Furthermore, to fully utilize the advantages from automation, the manufacturing strategy content and process needs refinement. In this paper, improvement of the manufacturing strategy theory is suggested, mainly based on employment of human ...
Smart and sustainable manufacturing systems, Feb 28, 2020
Using digital technologies can support the flow and use of digital information in a timelier mann... more Using digital technologies can support the flow and use of digital information in a timelier manner both within and between production systems. Smart manufacturing systems use these enabling technologies to maximize the capabilities’ cost, delivery, flexibility, and quality. The focus in industry so far has mainly been on the technologies and systems, but to succeed in digitalization, it is vital to understand how the technologies can be put into practice to meet the needs of an industrial organization. The focus of this article is to demonstrate how digital technologies can be used to enable data from production systems to inform decisions and generate value for an organization. This article showcases this with examples from real-world industrial cases, and the technologies used are 3-D laser scanning and 5G communication. The 3-D laser scanning is used to collect spatial data to build a virtual representation of a factory, and 5G is utilized to collect machine data from various data sources, e.g., the machine computer and external sensors. The results show that available data can support multiple roles in the organization and throughout the different phases of a production system. The status of the machine can be monitored in real time, a design can be evaluated against a system’s behavior, an organization can learn from the data transformed into information, and the virtual representation provides a very accurate and photorealistic representation of a system as-is. Digital technologies can enable more data representing the system and support the organization in knowing more about their processes when used in the right way.
Production Innovations can substantially alter the behavior of the sub-systems of a manufacturing... more Production Innovations can substantially alter the behavior of the sub-systems of a manufacturing system, for instance: human, technology, information, or management systems. Frequently, such changes occur in combinations of the sub-systems, thus triggering new and improved management strategies, control systems, materials, products, and processes to face emerging internal or external challenges. In this paper, case studies of production innovation from Sweden and around the globe are described, moving towards a conceptual framework for Manufacturing Resilience Engineering. The aim is to identify sets of production innovation factors that contribute to manufacturing resilience and the long-term competitiveness of resilient manufacturing enterprises.
Manufacturing industry has historically had a very high leverage on environmental impact. Therefo... more Manufacturing industry has historically had a very high leverage on environmental impact. Therefore, it is urgent to identify how the industry and its employees can contribute to change towards a sustainable society. Industry leaders need to enable their employees to create sustainable solutions, using technologies rising in industry 4.0. However, nowadays there are also critical discussions about whether this trend has reached our workplace settings in a satisfactory way. Namely, there is a growing skill gap among employees in manufacturing industries causing a lack of capability to match skill needs for fast technological development and requirements on sustainability. The resulting mismatch of technical and managerial knowledge and experience will critically impact companies in competitive markets. Despite a vast range of educational initiatives available on the global market, less employees than needed are developing new skills. A smart matching process to strategically support ...
ABSTRACT Automating manufacturing systems potentially improves competitiveness. Empirical studies... more ABSTRACT Automating manufacturing systems potentially improves competitiveness. Empirical studies show that the most successful result is achieved when decisions concerning automation are linked to the manufacturing strategies and competitive priorities of the company. It is suggested that automation is regarded as a separate decision group, within the manufacturing strategy content field.
Volume 1: Additive Manufacturing; Advanced Materials Manufacturing; Biomanufacturing; Life Cycle Engineering; Manufacturing Equipment and Automation, Jun 21, 2021
The Swedish strategic innovation programme, Produktion2030, is a national long-term effort toward... more The Swedish strategic innovation programme, Produktion2030, is a national long-term effort towards global industrial competitiveness addressing Swedish industry’s transition towards climate goals of the European Green Deal while simultaneously realising smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 (I4.0). This paper investigated the extent of sustainability implementation and implications of I4.0 technologies through a nation-wide quantitative survey in Produktion2030’s 113 collaborative research projects. The analysis showed that 71% of the assessed projects included environmental aspects, 60% social aspects, and 45% Circular Economy (CE) aspects. Further, 65% of the projects implemented I4.0 technologies to increase overall sustainability. The survey results were compared with literature to understand how I4.0 opportunities helped derive sustainability and CE benefits. This detailed mapping of the results along with eight semi-structured interviews revealed that a majority of the projects implemented I4.0 technologies to improve resource efficiency, reduce waste in operations and incorporate CE practices in business models. The results also showed that Swedish manufacturing is progressing in the right direction of sustainability transition by deriving key resilience capabilities from I4.0-based enablers. Industries should actively adopt these capabilities to address the increasingly challenging and unpredictable sustainability issues arising in the world and for a successful transition towards sustainable manufacturing in a digital future.
Subsequent to the Covid-19 pandemic and in the current context of overconsumption of resources, m... more Subsequent to the Covid-19 pandemic and in the current context of overconsumption of resources, manufacturing organizations need to fundamentally rethink their efforts in order to align the objectives of a resilient and sustainable supply chain. The purpose of this study was to explore resilience and sustainability in manufacturing supply chains in order to conceptualize their intersection and understand prerequisites for the alignment of these two. Managing identified fragmenting mechanisms contributes to the further co-evolution of resilience and sustainability, which in turn will set the foundation to develop a maturity model that outlines capabilities for sustainable and resilient manufacturing supply chains
From 17-19 May 2004 the international IMS (Intelligent Manufacturing Systems) Forum was held in I... more From 17-19 May 2004 the international IMS (Intelligent Manufacturing Systems) Forum was held in Italy about global challenges in manufacturing. One of the presented papers was 'A roadmap to intelligent manufacturing with healthy humans in 2020'. A special interest group (SIG) of the IMS network of excellence defined a roadmap to stimulate health in future manufacturing. The base was a large European project (PSIM) on participative simulation and the background the members of the SIGs. All members had much experience in improving manufacturing work with special attention for the human health. A structured process was followed to arrive at a roadmap. The major conclusions are that the coming 5 years knowledge needs to be developed regarding guidelines for under load and self-control systems. Based on this research should be done in and with companies to test effects in 5-10 years from now. It will be demonstrated and applied in the following decennium. Regarding participatory design the process will be faster, because more knowledge is available. Regarding tools for networking and all day effects the process will be later, because more time for knowledge development is needed.
This paper reports perspectives on values and contributions manufacturing innovation bring to mee... more This paper reports perspectives on values and contributions manufacturing innovation bring to meet increased competition in the current changing manufacturing climate. This is obtained through a mu ...
If automation is to support the competitiveness for a manufacturing company, strategic as well as... more If automation is to support the competitiveness for a manufacturing company, strategic as well as operational issues need consideration. To best support competitiveness, decisions concerning automation should be treated as one of several decisions in a manufacturing strategy. Furthermore, to fully utilize the advantages from automation, the manufacturing strategy content and process needs refinement. In this paper, improvement of the manufacturing strategy theory is suggested, mainly based on employment of human ...
Smart and sustainable manufacturing systems, Feb 28, 2020
Using digital technologies can support the flow and use of digital information in a timelier mann... more Using digital technologies can support the flow and use of digital information in a timelier manner both within and between production systems. Smart manufacturing systems use these enabling technologies to maximize the capabilities’ cost, delivery, flexibility, and quality. The focus in industry so far has mainly been on the technologies and systems, but to succeed in digitalization, it is vital to understand how the technologies can be put into practice to meet the needs of an industrial organization. The focus of this article is to demonstrate how digital technologies can be used to enable data from production systems to inform decisions and generate value for an organization. This article showcases this with examples from real-world industrial cases, and the technologies used are 3-D laser scanning and 5G communication. The 3-D laser scanning is used to collect spatial data to build a virtual representation of a factory, and 5G is utilized to collect machine data from various data sources, e.g., the machine computer and external sensors. The results show that available data can support multiple roles in the organization and throughout the different phases of a production system. The status of the machine can be monitored in real time, a design can be evaluated against a system’s behavior, an organization can learn from the data transformed into information, and the virtual representation provides a very accurate and photorealistic representation of a system as-is. Digital technologies can enable more data representing the system and support the organization in knowing more about their processes when used in the right way.
Production Innovations can substantially alter the behavior of the sub-systems of a manufacturing... more Production Innovations can substantially alter the behavior of the sub-systems of a manufacturing system, for instance: human, technology, information, or management systems. Frequently, such changes occur in combinations of the sub-systems, thus triggering new and improved management strategies, control systems, materials, products, and processes to face emerging internal or external challenges. In this paper, case studies of production innovation from Sweden and around the globe are described, moving towards a conceptual framework for Manufacturing Resilience Engineering. The aim is to identify sets of production innovation factors that contribute to manufacturing resilience and the long-term competitiveness of resilient manufacturing enterprises.
Manufacturing industry has historically had a very high leverage on environmental impact. Therefo... more Manufacturing industry has historically had a very high leverage on environmental impact. Therefore, it is urgent to identify how the industry and its employees can contribute to change towards a sustainable society. Industry leaders need to enable their employees to create sustainable solutions, using technologies rising in industry 4.0. However, nowadays there are also critical discussions about whether this trend has reached our workplace settings in a satisfactory way. Namely, there is a growing skill gap among employees in manufacturing industries causing a lack of capability to match skill needs for fast technological development and requirements on sustainability. The resulting mismatch of technical and managerial knowledge and experience will critically impact companies in competitive markets. Despite a vast range of educational initiatives available on the global market, less employees than needed are developing new skills. A smart matching process to strategically support ...
ABSTRACT Automating manufacturing systems potentially improves competitiveness. Empirical studies... more ABSTRACT Automating manufacturing systems potentially improves competitiveness. Empirical studies show that the most successful result is achieved when decisions concerning automation are linked to the manufacturing strategies and competitive priorities of the company. It is suggested that automation is regarded as a separate decision group, within the manufacturing strategy content field.
Volume 1: Additive Manufacturing; Advanced Materials Manufacturing; Biomanufacturing; Life Cycle Engineering; Manufacturing Equipment and Automation, Jun 21, 2021
The Swedish strategic innovation programme, Produktion2030, is a national long-term effort toward... more The Swedish strategic innovation programme, Produktion2030, is a national long-term effort towards global industrial competitiveness addressing Swedish industry’s transition towards climate goals of the European Green Deal while simultaneously realising smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 (I4.0). This paper investigated the extent of sustainability implementation and implications of I4.0 technologies through a nation-wide quantitative survey in Produktion2030’s 113 collaborative research projects. The analysis showed that 71% of the assessed projects included environmental aspects, 60% social aspects, and 45% Circular Economy (CE) aspects. Further, 65% of the projects implemented I4.0 technologies to increase overall sustainability. The survey results were compared with literature to understand how I4.0 opportunities helped derive sustainability and CE benefits. This detailed mapping of the results along with eight semi-structured interviews revealed that a majority of the projects implemented I4.0 technologies to improve resource efficiency, reduce waste in operations and incorporate CE practices in business models. The results also showed that Swedish manufacturing is progressing in the right direction of sustainability transition by deriving key resilience capabilities from I4.0-based enablers. Industries should actively adopt these capabilities to address the increasingly challenging and unpredictable sustainability issues arising in the world and for a successful transition towards sustainable manufacturing in a digital future.
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