TY - CHAP
T1 - Sustainable value creation in manufacturing networks
T2 - Analysis of methodologies supporting innovation and solution engineering
AU - Palomäki, Katariina
AU - Uusitalo, Teuvo
AU - Valkokari, Pasi
AU - Valkokari, Katri
AU - Reunanen, Markku
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The European report 'Vision for 2020' calls for an
understanding of manufacturing as a network of complex
development-oriented relationships. The significance of
the manufacturing industry in Europe is widely known and
accepted. Directly and through services, manufacturing
companies generate wealth and jobs in every country in
Europe. Globalisation has sparked a novel industrial
revolution, leading to a new worldwide distribution of
production and markets. Increasing demands for
sustainability, however, have created new challenges and
emerging opportunities for society and for business. The
traditional transnational product and service solutions
cannot be sustained in the emerging eco-sensitive
business environments, where growing volumes of trade and
the patterns of commercial operations impose significant
environmental challenges all over Europe.
Much of the opportunity to address sustainability is
found in enhanced network management. Therefore, leading
companies are looking for new approaches, so as to manage
sustainability impacts effectively - from sourcing and
production to distribution, product logistics support,
and 'afterlife'. If the partners in the manufacturing
network do not manage the future challenges surrounding
regulation, reporting and compliance assurance, scarcity
of resources, or the effects of climate change on their
business, their ability to operate as a network partner
could be dramatically affected. That could be fatal to
their business.
To be successful and resilient in this changing business
environment, manufacturers must be proactive. Industrial
practitioners need to be creative in recognising the
opportunities that the sustainable economy will present
for the development of new products and services, the
identification of changes in markets, and the
optimisation of their internationally operating network
in view of the new sustainability criteria. A concrete
way of exploiting these opportunities involves the
development and implementation of new sustainability
based industrial models and concepts.
AB - The European report 'Vision for 2020' calls for an
understanding of manufacturing as a network of complex
development-oriented relationships. The significance of
the manufacturing industry in Europe is widely known and
accepted. Directly and through services, manufacturing
companies generate wealth and jobs in every country in
Europe. Globalisation has sparked a novel industrial
revolution, leading to a new worldwide distribution of
production and markets. Increasing demands for
sustainability, however, have created new challenges and
emerging opportunities for society and for business. The
traditional transnational product and service solutions
cannot be sustained in the emerging eco-sensitive
business environments, where growing volumes of trade and
the patterns of commercial operations impose significant
environmental challenges all over Europe.
Much of the opportunity to address sustainability is
found in enhanced network management. Therefore, leading
companies are looking for new approaches, so as to manage
sustainability impacts effectively - from sourcing and
production to distribution, product logistics support,
and 'afterlife'. If the partners in the manufacturing
network do not manage the future challenges surrounding
regulation, reporting and compliance assurance, scarcity
of resources, or the effects of climate change on their
business, their ability to operate as a network partner
could be dramatically affected. That could be fatal to
their business.
To be successful and resilient in this changing business
environment, manufacturers must be proactive. Industrial
practitioners need to be creative in recognising the
opportunities that the sustainable economy will present
for the development of new products and services, the
identification of changes in markets, and the
optimisation of their internationally operating network
in view of the new sustainability criteria. A concrete
way of exploiting these opportunities involves the
development and implementation of new sustainability
based industrial models and concepts.
M3 - Chapter or book article
SN - 978-951-38-7968-6
T3 - VTT Research Highlights
SP - 68
EP - 73
BT - Highlights in service research
PB - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
CY - Espoo
ER -
