Readiness assessment of collaborative networked organisations for integrated product and service delivery

Autor: Christopher Durugbo, Johann C.K.H. Riedel
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: International Journal of Production Research. 51:598-613
ISSN: 1366-588X
0020-7543
Popis: More and more firms are entering into alliances and coalitions to deliver competitive customer solutions, and there is a need to establish a common and recognised methodology in order to evaluate and qualify the impact of such company partnering on collaborative networks. These measures are necessary for informing decisions to admit/omit partners, for the delivery of integrated products and services, i.e. a product-service system, and for enhancing operational efficiency and competitiveness in the rapidly changing and dynamic global environment. In this article, a conceptual model is proposed for assessing the readiness of collaborative networked organisations for product-service system delivery. The model consists of a structural assessment of collaborative network topologies and densities, and a behavioural assessment of partner delivery competences and performance. Based on these concepts, an assessment process model was developed and used in case studies across industrials, consumer goods, health care...
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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