ROI Business Productivity & Cost Reduction Become more of a high-priority for managers (because of the recession) The IT cost reduction trend in this recession is unique Instead of simply cutting IT budgets‚ IT leaders are focusing on IT as a driver of business productivity for the rest of the business IT Reliability & Efficiency – refers to the accuracy‚ timeliness‚ & reliability of data & info delivered by IT Europeans rank this higher as a priority because: They’re very concerned about
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Additive Manufacturing; Rapidly Develops to a Mainstream Technology Additive Manufacturing (AM) also known as 3D printing in its infancy is one of the most progressive technologies in the manufacturing industry and medical fields. Soon this technology will be mainstream in these fields but will also be found in many households around the globe. AM DEFINITION Some of you may not know what AM is‚ the following is the standard definition by ASTM F2792-10‚ “The process of joining materials
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examination of open innovation theory and practice. Jonash R.S & Sommerlatte.T. (1999) refer to Joseph Schumpeters’ view on innovation; he defined innovation as “encompassing the entire process‚ starting from a kernel of an idea continuing through all the steps to reach a marketable product that changes the economy.” However in this current economic climate there are ranging views on the area of innovation differing in many ways. In theory there are two types of innovation; Open Innovation and Closed
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Chapter 2 Sources of Innovation SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTER In this chapter consideration is given to the role of creativity as the underlying process for the generation of novel and useful ideas. Individual creativity is considered to a function of intellectual abilities‚ knowledge‚ thinking styles‚ personality traits‚ intrinsic motivation and environment. Firm creativity is more than the sum of member creativity. Firm creativity is also a function of the organizational structure and the strategic
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int. j. prod. res.‚ 2001‚ vol. 39‚ no. 16‚ 3561±3600 A review of agile manufacturing systems LUIS M. SANCHEZy and RAKESH NAGIy* About a decade ago‚ the agile manufacturing paradigm was formulated in response to the constantly changing `new economy’ and as a basis for returning to global competitiveness. While agility means di erent things to di erent enterprises under di erent contexts‚ the following elements capture its essential concept: agility is characterized by cooperativeness and synergism
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The Manufacturing Consent – Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky born on the 7th of December 1928 in the midst of the American “The Great Depression” singlehandedly is known to have transformed the face of linguistics. His most noted contribution to generative grammar is the book “Syntactic Structures” elaborating on things like "the initial state of the language learner" etc. Born in a Jewish family‚ his father was a translator of the Hebrew text‚ this in a way invoked the love of language in his and he
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His first major in college was music because of his absolute enthusiasm in it. Riordan reassessed and chose to double-major English and History. He began at North Texas State University for the first two years of his college experience‚ and later transferred to the University of Texas in Austin. The soon-to-be author walked down his path and trained to teach English and History from UT at San Antonio. As a child‚ Riordan was influenced by The Lord of the Rings and Norse/Greek Mythology genres. His
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Innovation at Heinz A Heinz case study Introduction At one time‚ certain businesses operated in static environments‚ whereas others operated in dynamic environments. Today‚ the majority of businesses operate in a dynamic environment. The ability to cope with the pace of change in this environment distinguishes the successful from the less successful business. This case study examines the way in which one successful company has planned to surf the wave of change. Traditionally‚ Heinz UK has been
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Running Head: DESIGN INNOVATION: HIGH SPEED-LOW DRAG 1 Design Innovation in the Commercial Airline Industry Howard M. Fuller Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Author Note: This paper was prepared for Aerodynamics ASCI 309 taught by Bruce Slack‚ PhD DESIGN INNOVATION: HIGH SPEED –LOW DRAG 2 Abstract The past oil crises have caused dramatic improvements in fuel efficiency in all industrial sectors. The aviation sector—aircraft manufacturers and airlines—has also made significant
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Yip’s Globalization Drivers Globalization “Globalization refers to the development of global or worldwide business activities‚ competition and markets and the increasing global interdependence of national economies” – Stonehouse et all. 2004 Industry Top 5 seller concentratio n Carbonated Soft Drinks 70% 68% Computer Software 59% Computer Hardware 59% Aerospace/ Defense 55% Automobiles “World 3.0’s remapping of the terrain suggests a better path forward
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