Abstract
A key problem of manufacturing transfer remains that it is often difficult to explain what a company really knows, or why what it does really works. Still, practice indicates that attention is focused on planning the physical move and on the knowledge associated with normal operations. Introduction of a sending and a receiving unit leads to identification of the notion of respectively a dispatching and an absorptive capacity. Whereas the latter has been treated in the literature, the former represents a neglected area. Based on two case studies of relocation processes the paper identifies and discusses elements of dispatching capacity and places it in a model in a broader context.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Proceedings of the 16th International Annual EurOMA Conference : Implementation - Realizing Operations Management Knowledge |
Editors | Mats Johansson, Patrik Jonsson |
Number of pages | 10 |
Volume | CD-rom |
Publisher | Chalmers tekniska högskola |
Publication date | 2009 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Event | The 16th International Annual EurOMA Conference - Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Duration: 14 Jun 2009 → 17 Jun 2009 Conference number: 16 |
Conference
Conference | The 16th International Annual EurOMA Conference |
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Number | 16 |
Country/Territory | Sweden |
City | Chalmers University of Technology |
Period | 14/06/2009 → 17/06/2009 |
Keywords
- Knowledge transfer
- dispatching and absorptive capacity
- global manufacturing