Due to increasing competition and shrinking margins manufacturing companies are shifting their focus on services and customized solutions. However, especially companies with long product- development history have often failed in their attempts to servitization. While firms have not been able to master the complicated solution provisions alone, the literature has suggested that parts of the customer relationships must be exposed to other actors. However, the supplier-customer relationship gets compromised and companies struggle to gain competitive advantage. The solution network literature suggests that manufacturers should look beyond dyadic relationships when seeking competitive advantage. The increasing number of specialized companie...
New ventures tend to me more reliant on using suppliers in product development project than establis...
Profiting is changing. Globalization forces industries to consolidate. Concentrating Research and ...
This master's thesis is about the issues and challenges that traditional manufacturing companies fac...
Manufacturers in developed countries are struggling to find ways for a competitive edge against thei...
Global competition and commoditization of product offerings have posed difficulties to the manufactu...
A growing demand trend towards integrated solutions among industrial customers has been frequently r...
Companies that manufacture industrial goods have faced many challengers and problems when they have ...
Global end producers outsource more and more of their operations to subcontractors. At the same tim...
In this study a model was developed for directing supplier network providing customer tailored produ...
There is a lot of competition in engineering services. Competition diminishes contribution margins ...
Demand-supply network management has become an important focus of competitive advantage for industri...
Operating in business networks and increasing service- and knowledge-intensiveness of solutions offe...
Competition in the global markets is intense. Companies are looking for ways to improve their proce...
Many companies today face an increasingly challenging operating environment: customers demand high p...
The service sector is increasingly fuelling the economy in the Western World. In particular, busine...
New ventures tend to me more reliant on using suppliers in product development project than establis...
Profiting is changing. Globalization forces industries to consolidate. Concentrating Research and ...
This master's thesis is about the issues and challenges that traditional manufacturing companies fac...
Manufacturers in developed countries are struggling to find ways for a competitive edge against thei...
Global competition and commoditization of product offerings have posed difficulties to the manufactu...
A growing demand trend towards integrated solutions among industrial customers has been frequently r...
Companies that manufacture industrial goods have faced many challengers and problems when they have ...
Global end producers outsource more and more of their operations to subcontractors. At the same tim...
In this study a model was developed for directing supplier network providing customer tailored produ...
There is a lot of competition in engineering services. Competition diminishes contribution margins ...
Demand-supply network management has become an important focus of competitive advantage for industri...
Operating in business networks and increasing service- and knowledge-intensiveness of solutions offe...
Competition in the global markets is intense. Companies are looking for ways to improve their proce...
Many companies today face an increasingly challenging operating environment: customers demand high p...
The service sector is increasingly fuelling the economy in the Western World. In particular, busine...
New ventures tend to me more reliant on using suppliers in product development project than establis...
Profiting is changing. Globalization forces industries to consolidate. Concentrating Research and ...
This master's thesis is about the issues and challenges that traditional manufacturing companies fac...