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In information technology (IT), new concept words appear every few years and affect the business environment. In several cases, the core technologies and architectures have remained the same despite minor changes in concepts. For example, grid computing is the forerunner of cloud computing and bigdata is now regarded as a part of the Internet of Things (IoT). The trend in concept words reveals an...
This paper examines knowledge creation through transfer of contradictory viewpoints between designs & production engineering (PE) to achieve quick turn activities from design of products to volume productions with significant upgrade of contradictory performances. Through activities of prototyping for design review, the firm finds problems in future volume productions and transfers contradictory...
Many companies adopt project management organization to develop products. In the current business environment, it is getting more difficult for project managers to bring projects to success. The expectations are increasing for methodology that helps to train project managers.
In Information Technology (IT), new concept words frequently appear and affect the business environment. In several cases, the core technologies and architectures remain the same despite slight concept changes. For example, both grid computing and software as a service (SaaS) are considered to be the forerunner of cloud computing. In this paper, we describe the manner in which we applied a text mining...
As companies increasingly have more horizontal specialization in their business structures, the number of items procured and amounts of money spent have been increasing, resulting in a larger impact by the procurement on corporate earnings. In the electronics industry, more and more companies are moving to the horizontal specialization structure. Among them, Apple which outsources not only its parts...
This study discusses knowledge integration in product development organizations for new businesses. The goal is to contribute to establishment of methodology that helps accomplish the purpose of entry into new business. This study analyzes establishment of new product development organizations and their entry into new businesses. There are many differences between existing businesses and new businesses;...
Many companies adopt project management organization to develop products. In the current business environment, there are several ongoing trends such as globalization, commoditization, open systematization, etc. Under such business environment, it is getting more difficult for project managers to bring projects to success. The expectations are increasing for methodology that helps to train project...
In order to improve nursing-care services, we are developing the Service Space Visualization and Evaluation System which collects location information and twittering of nursing-care staff and integrates record of nursing-care and nurse call. We verified that the system is effective in improving nursing-care services by conducting a field experiment. Utilizing twittering and location information enabled...
With the digitization of electronics products and the enhancement in hardware performance, software is starting to play a key role in product development. First, the means for realizing functions has been changing from that of using dedicated hardware to installing embedded software on it. Second, the ratio of software development cost in product development is on the rise. Furthermore, as Horizontal...
In this study, we will discuss R & D management which share the timeline of achievements and issues of different business cases through questionnaires, assuming business cases at the beginning of projects in order to share goals among members of an academic-industrial alliance project. In order for project members to share the goals about the academic-industrial alliance project which we participate...
A growing number of people are now entering the ‘elderly’ age category in Japan; this raises the likelihood of more persons with dementia, as the probability of becoming cognitively impaired increases with age. There is an increasing need for caregivers who are well trained and experienced and who can pay special attention to the needs of people with dementia. Technology can play an important role...
Since the 1990s, fabless companies which have no manufacturing capability have emerged and grown in the electronics industry. Apple Inc., the most well-known fabless company, is considered to have enhanced its competitiveness with extraordinary marketing capability and excellent software technology focusing on customer usability. Its power of competitiveness, however, does not lie only in those capabilities...
This paper examines tacit knowledge transfer for competitive advantage. In a usual outsourcing business from Customer to EMS firm, only explicit knowledge is exchanged and know-how is transferred from Customer to EMS firm. However, in the case of the successful EMS firm, there was a case that the tacit knowledge including know-how was reversely transferred from the firm to the customer. Requirements...
On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake struck northeastern Japan and triggered the devastating tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster. A number of IT engineers collaborated and launched websites and web services to assist the victims immediately the quake. One of the major websites was sinsai.info in which hundreds of volunteers participated. Even though the sinsai.info project was the loosely coupled...
This paper proposes a method of project management knowledge transfer in order to increase the success probability of R&D projects. Our method consists of knowledge externalization and knowledge internalization. “Structured project analysis” is a method of knowledge externalization that reviews a finished project and produces a structured project case. “Internalization workshop” is a method enabling...
This study discusses knowledge integration in a product development organization after M&A. The goal is to contribute to establishment of methodology that helps to accomplish the purpose of M&A.
The so-called Sectoral Approach, tackling to prevent global warming by using each technology of each industry, has attracted attention as a major method of CO2 reduction. The adoption processes of steel and cement industry participating in Asia-Pacific Partnership (APP) that converted to Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership (GSEP) are compared.
This case study of a precision device manufacturer discusses knowledge integration in a product development organization after M&A. The goal is to contribute to establishment of a methodology that helps to accomplish the purpose of M&A. The special feature is to analyze establishment of a new product development organization, and its entry into a new market from the standpoint of knowledge...
In an open source software (OSS) development community supported by spontaneous volunteers, personal interests, technical capabilities, hunger for fame, and the satisfaction of contributing to the public good are said to be motivating factor for participation. In that community, companies always play auxiliary roles, and integrate the result of OSS into their business activities.
The author has been given the chance to act as the point of contact with various companies for the purpose of inter-industry cooperation. Based on this experience, it became obvious that innovation processes are quite different depending on the type of business. The author's awareness of this fact became clear regarding innovation in the product creation phase in the construction industry. The ability...
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