To this day, as a result of increasing PLM penetration and continuously changing company structures, several PLM solutions have evolved over time and now exist in parallel within many companies. Disharmonized PLM solutions can impede productivity and flexibility in cross-division cooperation and company-internal reorganization projects. A lot of companies carry out PLM harmonization projects wi...

In industrial production companies, the practice of assigning responsibility for human factors and ergonomics (HFE) to specific professionals (referred to as HF agents in this paper) may take on various organizational forms. This interview study examines the extent to which HF agents are able to give input towards the design of new production systems in different industrial sectors. The present...

Over the past 20 years, the new industrial cities were considered as the main solution to most of the problems facing the metropolitan industrial areas and to assist in the national industrial development. In these new communities, industrial and domestic activities result in the production of vast quantities of wastewater; the improper disposal of which may cause serious environmental hazards....

The much-discussed topic, Industry 4.0 receives more and more attention. However, literature mainly focuses on Industry 4.0 in coherence with production and the practical application. Due to the minimal attention in literature for purchasing in connection with the fourth industrial revolution, this research pursues the subject. A multiple case study has been conducted with companies from differ...

During the current period, the world economy is characterised by a process of globalisation, which implies that the national economy is part of the global economy, which it influences, but the latter also determines a certain trend of developing a national economy. In this context, industrial companies are part of the globalised economy, which determines a certain complexity in the development ...

Need assessment is a critical success factor of product and business development in all companies. In this paper we present 10 tools for customer-driven product and business development for companies producing industrial products. The tools help to clarify the needs and objectives of customers and to ensure that customer needs are considered when making development decisions in the di!erent pha...

The Chinese stimulus package of 2008 was a response by the government to rebound the second largest economy from the effects of the Global Financial Crisis. The package was one of the largest, and arguably one of the most successful, in boosting demand and spurring growth through targeting infrastructure projects and consumer spending. This paper investigates whether the package had any spillov...

Industrial software developers are faced with a bewildering array of software engineering tech niques each with its own promised bene ts Yet the choice between them is often informed more by what Fenton calls the unsubstanti ated advertising claims and biases of produc ers both academic and industrial than by evidence of the costs and bene ts of these techniques in an industrial setting Compani...