Prioritizing Technology-Enabled Production Improvements in SMEs: An Interpretive Structural Model

Sofie Kallehauge Larsen; Michele  Colli; Andreas Kornmaaler Hansen; Verena Stingl

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-34821-1_35

Prioritizing Technology-Enabled Production Improvements in SMEs: An Interpretive Structural Model

Sofie Kallehauge Larsen^*, Michele Colli, Andreas Kornmaaler Hansen, Verena Stingl

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Abstract

Small and medium-sized manufacturers struggle to identify concrete opportunities for digitalization. This research focuses on identifying the most common technology-enabled production improvement opportunities and their contextual relationship through Interpretive Structural Modelling. The research is a qualitative multiple case study conducted in five Danish companies of between 30 and 150 employees. The paper finds that digitalizing dispatching processes and increasing the degree of automation in the material transformation processes should be the primary focus in early stages of SME digitalization. The findings provide indication how companies should prioritize improvement opportunity initiatives. The contribution to academia consists of making clear suggestions on how to proceed from digital maturity assessments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Production Processes and Product Evolution in the Age of Disruption : Proceedings of the 9th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference (CARV2023) and the 11th World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference (MCPC2023), Bologna, Italy, June 2023
Place of Publication	Bologna
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	Jun 2023
Pages	321-329
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-34820-4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-34821-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34821-1_35
Publication status	Published - Jun 2023
Event	CARV-MCPC2023: 9th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference / 11th World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Duration: 20 Jun 2023 → 24 Jun 2023 Conference number: 9 / 11 https://eventi.unibo.it/carv-mcpc-2023

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Conference	CARV-MCPC2023
Number	9 / 11
Location	University of Bologna
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Bologna
Period	20/06/2023 → 24/06/2023
Internet address	https://eventi.unibo.it/carv-mcpc-2023

Series	Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN	2195-4356

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Larsen, S. K., Colli, M., Hansen, A. K., & Stingl, V. (2023). Prioritizing Technology-Enabled Production Improvements in SMEs: An Interpretive Structural Model. In Production Processes and Product Evolution in the Age of Disruption: Proceedings of the 9th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference (CARV2023) and the 11th World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference (MCPC2023), Bologna, Italy, June 2023 (pp. 321-329). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34821-1_35

Larsen, Sofie Kallehauge ; Colli, Michele ; Hansen, Andreas Kornmaaler et al. / Prioritizing Technology-Enabled Production Improvements in SMEs : An Interpretive Structural Model. Production Processes and Product Evolution in the Age of Disruption: Proceedings of the 9th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference (CARV2023) and the 11th World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference (MCPC2023), Bologna, Italy, June 2023. Bologna : Springer, 2023. pp. 321-329 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Prioritizing Technology-Enabled Production Improvements in SMEs: An Interpretive Structural Model. / Larsen, Sofie Kallehauge; Colli, Michele ; Hansen, Andreas Kornmaaler et al.
Production Processes and Product Evolution in the Age of Disruption: Proceedings of the 9th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference (CARV2023) and the 11th World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference (MCPC2023), Bologna, Italy, June 2023. Bologna: Springer, 2023. p. 321-329 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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