Coordination and Cooperation During Production Ramp-up : An Empirical Study of the European Manufacturing Industry
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2010-05-07
Author(s)
Abstract
Production ramp-up appears to be the main challenge during the late phases of innovation processes: new product specifications have to walk along with new production processes and even new production facilities. Bringing new products to market at a required level of quality while meeting targeted time and cost, is the main goal of production ramp-up management. Literature stresses the importance of coordination and cooperation mechanisms during production ramp-up. Unfortunately up to date no empirical study has been conducted to confirm this issue. Our paper aims to fill this gap based on a survey among 71 manufactures in Germany and other European countries. We analyze a multitude of possible impact factors on production ramp-up success and show that coordination and cooperation have a significant influence. Surprisingly this influence does not turn out as expected.
Language
English
Keywords
production ramp-up
management
coordination
cooperation
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Proceedings of the Production and Operations Management Society 21st Annual Conference 2010
Publisher
POMS Production and Operations Management Society
Publisher place
Florida
Start page
1
End page
41
Pages
41
Event Title
21th Annual Conference Production and Operations Management Association (POMS) 2010
Event Location
Vancouver
Event Date
07.-10.05.2010
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
214976