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Decision-making systems and the product-to-service shift
journal contribution
posted on 2014-07-09, 13:17 authored by Ella-Mae Molloy, Carys Siemieniuch, Murray A. SinclairAbstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is first, to provide input to the “through life knowledge and
information management” grand challenge and second to provide industry with a tool for assessing
the quality of the process(es) by which decisions are reached.
Design/methodology/approach – An iterative approach is used with two student-based case
studies, followed by two research institution case studies, and then two industrial case studies.
Validation of the tool by managers is undertaken in another case study.
Findings – An analytic framework is created which allows managers to categorise and display the
characteristics of their decision processes. By assessing the resulting voids and clusters within the
framework, the efficacy of the process can be determined. The framework has an associated
management process, first to enable managers to see and compare instances of other situations,
especially those leading to “disaster”, and second to upgrade the tool itself as assessments are
undertaken.
Research limitations/implications – The tool has been developed in a UK manufacturing
environment. It has demonstrated its usefulness in the defence industry, but its wider applicability is
not yet known. It requires industrialization to make it usable by managers.
Practical implications – Use of the tool has already led to significant changes to the capability
development process in a major defence company, and has been used by a board in a civilian company
to understand why they have cost overruns and delivery problems.
Originality/value – The paper has not discovered another, simple-to-use tool for the same purpose.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Published in
Journal of Manufacturing Technology ManagementVolume
20Issue
(5)Pages
. 606 - 625Citation
MOLLOY, E.-M., SIEMIENIUCH, C.E. and SINCLAIR, M.A., 2009. Decision-making systems and the product-to-service shift. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 20 (5), pp. 606-625Publisher
© Emerald Group Publishing LimitedVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2009Notes
This article is © Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here, https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/handle/2134/15167. Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17410380910961019ISSN
1741-038XPublisher version
Language
- en