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Session 2760

Strategy Design and Innovation in an Experimental Laboratory for Production (ELP)

James T. Luxhøj, Jens O. Riis, John Johansen, Claus M. Balken, Henrik Jørgensen

Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University, Denmark

1. Introduction

The Center for Industrial Production (CIP) (see http://www.cip.auc.dk) at Aalborg University in Denmark is an innovative university-industry research initiative aimed at establishing “action research” programs in Danish companies. The CIP seeks to strike a balance between holistic application programs with an industrial focus and theory based development programs. Holistic application programs deal with product development in networks, supply chain management, and strategic manufacturing development, for example. This industrial focus is balanced with theory-based development programs dealing with holistic production concepts, the extended enterprise, intelligent manufacturing, and human resources in manufacturing. Reality-based research is paramount in the CIP and the Center has enjoyed strong industrial support. Some of the partner companies include Bang & Olufsen A/S, LEGO System A/S, Christian Hansen A/S, Danfoss A/S, Grundfos A/S, Martin Group A/S, among others.

One of the central CIP research themes is “Strategic Manufacturing Development”. This CIP application program includes action research that explores the dynamic and complex interconnections among strategy, organizational learning, organizational structure, technology, people, and processes. The focus of this application program is on developing and evaluating pragmatic methods and frameworks for facilitating dialog-based manufacturing strategy development by use of generic manufacturing concepts. Strategy development in organizations is a research topic that has received significant attention in recent years. The importance of using creativity to establish a shared “vision” for manufacturing companies has emerged as a key ingredient to a successful, collaborative process (see Riis and Johansen1; Maslen and Platts 3).

Riis and Johansen1, for example, develop a five-phase strategic manufacturing development process that includes the following:

Table 1. A Five-Phase Process for Strategic Manufacturing Development (Source: Riis and Johansen 1) Phase Content 1. Initiation Staging and organizing the process, plus clarifying the starting point and the ambition and scope of the process. 2. External trends and Creating an organizational shared picture as regards the need strategic challenges for change, external trends and the strategic challenges of the enterprise. 3. Development of a A collaborative dialog-based process designed to capture manufacturing vision managers and employees’ innovative ideas and knowledge.

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Johansen, J., & Riis, J., & Jorgensen, H., & Balken, C., & Luxhoj, J. (2002, June), Strategy Innovation And Development In An Experimental Laboratory For Production (Elp) Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10091