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Orchestrated learning: creating a company-specific production system (XPS)
2021
Purpose Companies create company-specific production systems (XPS) by tailoring generic concepts to fit their unique situation. However, little is known about how an XPS is created. This paper aims to provide insights into the creation of an XPS. Design/methodology/approach A retrospective case study was conducted in a Norwegian multinational company over the period 1991–2006, using archival data and interviews. Findings The development of the XPS did not start with a master plan. Instead, dispersed existing initiatives were built upon, along with an external search for novel ideas. Widespread experimentation took place, only later to be combined into a coherent approach. Once established,…
Lean ja Lean-transformaatio ohjelmistotuotannossa
2013
Maukonen, Kerkko Lean ja Lean-transformaatio Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto, 2013, 34 s. Tietojärjestelmätiede, kandidaatintutkielma Ohjaaja: Leppänen, Mauri Kilpailu globaaleilla markkinoilla ja Japanin toisen maailmansodan jälkeinen talouskriisi johtivat Toyotalla täysin uudenlaisen tuotantomenetelmän kehityk-seen. Tämä Toyotan tuotantojärjestelmä (TPS), joka sittemmin on tullut parem-min tunnetuksi Lean-ajatteluna, on otettu käyttöön useilla eri aloilla kuten oh-jelmistotuotannossa. Tämä kirjallisuuskatsauksena toteutettu tutkielma esittelee teollisuustuotannon ja ohjelmistotuotannon näkökulmista Lean-ajattelun taus-tan, pääperiaatteet, transformaatio-ohjeistusta sekä Leaniin liittyviä …
Managing adoption by cultural development: Exploring the plant level effect of a ‘Company Specific Production System’ (XPS) in a Norwegian multinatio…
2020
Purpose: ‘Company Specific Production Systems’ (XPS) aim to adopt ‘best practice’ across plants within a company. A pertinent issue in the literature involves the constraints in the possibilities of realising such an adoption. This paper addresses to what extent and how a Norwegian multinational succeeded in adopting the XPS in its local plants. Design/methodology/approach: A Brazilian, Chinese and Norwegian plant of a Norwegian electro-chemical company were studied from 2017 to 2019. Our data consist of the results of the plant’s assessment performance program, combined with interviews and observations at different organizational levels. Findings: The MNC had largely managed to adopt the X…
Comparison of problem solving tools in lean organizations
2017
As global market competition is getting fiercer, and companies are looking at ways to stay on top, more and more organizations are looking at Lean Manufacturing and lean tools to support them in achieving their goals. Especially within the automotive industry, lean practices are very well received. The speed at which the automotive industry is evolving, especially but not only, in countries like Romania, leads to the need to carefully analyze lean manufacturing concepts, examine them against local production conditions, and to develop and standardize them. One of the most important things to take into consideration here is the application of an adequate problem solving technique to avoid wa…