Knowledge and Technology Integration in Production and Services

Knowledge and Technology Integration in Production and Services
Author: Vladimír Marík
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2013-06-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0387356134

Knowledge and Technology Integration in Production and Services presents novel application scenarios for balanced distributed and integrated systems based on knowledge and up-to-date technology and provides a great opportunity for discussion of concepts, models, methodologies, technological developments, case studies, new research ideas, and other results among specialists. It comprises the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information Technology for BALANCED AUTOMATION SYSTEMS in Manufacturing and Services (BASYS'02), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in September 2002 in Cancun, Mexico.

Technology Integration to Business

Technology Integration to Business
Author: John T. Yee
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2012-08-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1447143906

Today’s global business environments drive companies to be more technology dependent, and to remain competitive, firms need to introduce or adopt a new technology to business. In order to achieve a successful integration with maximum return on investment, companies need a systematic approach that accommodates a comprehensive course of action of technology integration. Technology Integration to Business – Practical Methods and Case Studies suggests a business-driven holistic approach of technology integration that consists of several steps. First, companies should examine the current state, issues, benefits, and obstacles of technology integration in conjunction with their competitive business strategy and operational capability. Second, firms should investigate new, emerging business technologies as to how those technologies can contribute to improve the business. Third, with the technology integration needs identified, companies should complete preparatory tasks before actual implementation, such as, business process analysis, technology assessment, technology provider investigation, business case development, and cost-benefit analysis. Fourth, because the nature of technology integration project involves many stakeholders in global locations, firms should use effective project management knowledge from project initiation, through planning, execution, control, to close. Students will learn real-world technology integration processes in industry settings and become more prepared for industrial careers. Practitioners will find thorough procedures and methods that are useful in practice to improve business performance. Realistic examples for manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain management application domains give the reader practical implications for the methods presented.

Knowledge Integration and Innovation

Knowledge Integration and Innovation
Author: Christian Berggren
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2013-01-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199666326

Technology-based firms continue to compete primarily on innovation, and are continuously required to present new solutions to an exacting market. Innovation processes have progressively become interdisciplinary, collaborative, inter-organizational, and international, and a firm's ability to synthesize knowledge across disciplines, organizations, and geographical locations has a major influence on its viability and success. This book demonstrates how knowledgeintegration is crucial in facilitating innovation within modern firms. It provides original, detailed empirical studies of prerequisites, mechanisms, and outcomes of knowledge integration processes on several organizational levels, from key individuals, projects, and internal organizations, tocollaboration between firms.

Knowledge Integration and Innovation

Knowledge Integration and Innovation
Author: Christian Berggren
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2011-08-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0191619620

Technology-based firms continue to compete primarily on innovation, and one continuously required to present new solutions to an exacting market. As technological complexity and specialization intensifies, firms increasingly need to integrate and co-ordinate knowledge by means of project groups, diversified organizations, inter-organizational partnerships, and strategic alliances. Innovation processes have progressively become interdisciplinary, collaborative, inter-organizational, and international, and a firm's ability to synthesize knowledge across disciplines, organizations, and geographical locations has a major influence on its viability and success. This book demonstrates how knowledge integration is crucial in facilitating innovation within modern firms. This book provides original, detailed empirical studies of prerequisites, mechanisms, and outcomes of knowledge integration processes on several organizational levels, from key individuals, projects, and internal organizations, to collaboration between firms. It stresses the need to understand knowledge integration as a multi-level phenomenon, which requires a broad repertoire of organizational and technical means. It further clarifies the need for strong internal capabilities for exploiting external knowledge, reveals how costs of knowledge integration affect outcomes and strategic decisions, and discusses the managerial implications of fostering knowledge integration, providing practical guidance and support for managers of knowledge integration in high technology enterprises.

Managing Manufacturing Knowledge in Europe in the Era of Industry 4.0

Managing Manufacturing Knowledge in Europe in the Era of Industry 4.0
Author: Justyna Patalas-Maliszewska
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2022-07-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000618986

Manufacturing companies need to adapt to the requirements of functioning in the era of Industry 4.0 and major technological disruptions. The use of knowledge-based decision support tools has also become necessary in order for enterprises to survive in a competitive environment. This book offers a new approach to designing the knowledge management process and integrating it with the implementation of Industry 4.0 technology. The book presents the methods used in a customer-oriented organization under the Management of Manufacturing Knowledge (M-Know Process). More specifically, methods for defining and collecting customer requirements are presented and methods on how to receive manufacturing knowledge, as well as how to formalise the acquired knowledge using key technologies of Industry 4.0, are discussed. The author also presents real case studies from western and central Europe and offers recommendations for the production manager. The instrumentation of methods and tools to support knowledge management, in the production of individualised products presented therein, will allow the manufacturing company to be transformed digitally, into a customer-oriented organisation operating in accordance with the assumptions of Industry 4.0. This book will be a valuable read for production researchers, academicians, PhD students and postgraduate level students of industrial engineering and industrial management. The practical case studies will also make the book a useful resource for managers of manufacturing enterprises.

National Educational Technology Standards for Students

National Educational Technology Standards for Students
Author: International Society for Technology in Education
Publisher: ISTE (Interntl Soc Tech Educ
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2007
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781564842374

This booklet includes the full text of the ISTE Standards for Students, along with the Essential Conditions, profiles and scenarios.

Knowledge Integration Dynamics

Knowledge Integration Dynamics
Author: Mitsuru Kodama
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9814317896

Presents an analysis of the business model unique to Japanese firms, emphasising four special features: the vertical value chain model, cross-industry collaboration, dynamic knowledge integration, and strategic innovation capability. This book also emphasises on inter- and intra-organizational collaboration as a source of strategic innovation.

Handbook of Research in Mobile Business

Handbook of Research in Mobile Business
Author: Bhuvan Unhelkar
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1591408172

"This reference book brings together various perspectives on the usage and application of mobile technologies and networks in global business"--Provided by publisher.

Product-Service Integration for Sustainable Solutions

Product-Service Integration for Sustainable Solutions
Author: Horst Meier
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 660
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642308201

“An Industrial Product-Service System is characterized by the integrated and mutually determined planning, development, provision and use of product and service shares including its immanent software components in Business-to-Business applications and represents a knowledge-intensive socio-technical system.” – Meier, Roy, Seliger (2010) Since the first conference in 2009, the CIRP International Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems has become a well-established international forum for the review and discussion of advances, research results and industrial improvements. Researchers from all over the world have met at previous IPS2 conferences in Cranfield (2009), Linköping (2010), Braunschweig (2011) and Tokyo (2012). In 2013, the 5th CIRP International Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems is held in Bochum. Important topics of IPS2 research presented at the conference are: planning and development, sustainability, business models, operation, service engineering, knowledge management, ICT, modeling and simulation, marketing and economic aspects as well as the role of the human in IPS2.

Advances in Information Systems and Technologies

Advances in Information Systems and Technologies
Author: Álvaro Rocha
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1143
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642369812

This book contains a selection of articles from The 2013 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'13), a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several perspectives of Information Systems and Technologies. The main topics covered are: Information and Knowledge Management; Organizational Models and Information Systems; Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; Radar Technologies; and Human-Computer Interaction.