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Many features of feed manufacturino processes and, in particular, the ways in which the processes are controlled, have changed dramatically in the past few decades. This has occurred even though the basic processes have remained t...
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Many features of feed manufacturino processes and, in particular, the ways in which the processes are controlled, have changed dramatically in the past few decades. This has occurred even though the basic processes have remained the same: Ingredientinventory management. proportioning and dosing, grindig, mixing, conditioning, pelleting, cooling bagging or loading out. product delivery, etc. We can compare the evolution of feed manufacturing with vehicular transportation--cars and traffic. The principle of the car has remained the same. but a car from 50 years ago is a long way removed from a modern car. Far-reaching developments have taken place as regards the optimisation of components such as the engine.
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This study examines whether the type of imported good affects manufacturing upgrading. Based on city-level data for China from 2003 to 2013, we show that the expansion of imports significantly promotes the upgrading of the manufac...
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This study examines whether the type of imported good affects manufacturing upgrading. Based on city-level data for China from 2003 to 2013, we show that the expansion of imports significantly promotes the upgrading of the manufacturing industry. Parts imports, capital goods imports, and consumer goods imports are positively associated with manufacturing upgrading, while primary goods imports have a negative impact. The mechanism test shows that technology improvement and consumption expansion are important channels. The regression results at the disaggregated industry level further confirm these channels.
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Last decade witnessed the growth of globally decentralized product development and manufacture. The complexity of products created in such a distributed environment often requires close collaborations among a number of design and ...
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Last decade witnessed the growth of globally decentralized product development and manufacture. The complexity of products created in such a distributed environment often requires close collaborations among a number of design and production partners. In this paper, an agent-based system for coordinated product development and manufacture is presented. The system consists of two categories of agents. The first category consists solely of a managing agent (MA) and the second consists of many functional agents such as the manufacturability evaluation agent, resource agent, process-planning agent, scheduling agent, etc. Each agent represents a domain expert and it can be installed in an individual computer. All the agents could be dispersed in geographically different regions and communicate with one another through the Internet. With each functional agent having specific functionality, the MA is the center of the intelligent system. It assists the work of other agents and enables them to collaborate closely with one another. With such a system in place, a product life cycle can be optimized from product design to final manufacturing as all the procedures are considered comprehensively and integrally, and each procedure is performed in a way as to ease and expedite the work of other agents. An agent language, which includes many specifically defined performatives, is defined. Each agent can perform its task intelligently by interpreting the commands (performatives) from other agents. Moreover, with the consideration of possible future methodology changes, the internal structure of each functional agent is modularized into several components. Such an architecture ensures that the system is flexible, adaptive and upgradable.
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While planning and implementing outsourcing initiatives, firms often wish to isolate outsourcing to a neatly defined area. However, experiences show that such isolation sometimes fails with detrimental effects for the outsourcing ...
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While planning and implementing outsourcing initiatives, firms often wish to isolate outsourcing to a neatly defined area. However, experiences show that such isolation sometimes fails with detrimental effects for the outsourcing firm. This paper focuses on supply chain upgrading and the connectedness of a firm's competencies. Based on a case study, frameworks are illustrated and managerial implications and further research areas are identified. The paper contributes to the outsourcing discussion with an analytical tool useful for planning and monitoring outsourcing initiatives.
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The development of data science provides new opportunities for innovation in Chinese manufacturing enterprises. As the manufacturing sector urgently needs transformation and upgrading, studying how data empowerment drives innovati...
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The development of data science provides new opportunities for innovation in Chinese manufacturing enterprises. As the manufacturing sector urgently needs transformation and upgrading, studying how data empowerment drives innovation in manufacturing enterprises is of strategic significance. This work reviews domestic and foreign research from five aspects: product innovation, business model innovation, long-term competitiveness of enterprises, innovation ecosystem of enterprises, and industry upgrading. It summarizes the main forms and objects of data empowerment, analyzes the paths and mechanisms of data empowerment, and creates a systematic research framework to explore the "black box" of data empowerment that drives manufacturing innovation. Such a framework provides theoretical references for the transformation and upgrading of China's manufacturing sector. Finally, future prospects are proposed to address the extant research gaps and to conduct more in-depth research on innovation driven by data empowerment in the manufacturing sector.
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This paper investigates whether advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) can modify the patterns of upgrading in manufacturing subsidiaries operating in FDI hosting factory economies. Does the digital transformation of local manu...
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This paper investigates whether advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) can modify the patterns of upgrading in manufacturing subsidiaries operating in FDI hosting factory economies. Does the digital transformation of local manufacturing engender the accumulation of local technological and R&D capabilities, or the beneficial impact of AMT remains confined to production capability?Analysis is based on primary data collected through in-depth interviews with a sample of high-flying manufacturing subsidiaries in Hungary, complemented with interviews with AMT providers.We find that AMT have spectacularly improved all components of production capability. AMT redefined the boundaries of production activities and incited a fusion of selected technological activities in production activities. AMT deployment has automated selected tacit knowledge-intensive technological activities, making the related subsidiary-level capabilities obsolete. Conversely, other local technological activities have become more knowledge-intensive than before.AMT propelled the upgrading of subsidiary-level R&D capabilities by supporting specific R&D activities and by acting as enabler of innovation collaboration. AMT created an integrated development environment and thus reduced the risks related to the decentralisation of R&D. Altogether, AMT adoption contributed to subsidiary R&D capability becoming 'revealed' and further upgraded through learning by doing.
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This paper provides empirical evidence on the impact of digitalisation on product upgrading in Global Value Chains (GVCs). Analysis is done for a sample of Indian manufacturing GVC firms in the period 2001-2015 from the firm-level...
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This paper provides empirical evidence on the impact of digitalisation on product upgrading in Global Value Chains (GVCs). Analysis is done for a sample of Indian manufacturing GVC firms in the period 2001-2015 from the firm-level database Prowess, using the methodology of System Generalised Method of Moments. Product upgrading is captured by a novel sales-weighted average product sophistication indicator constructed at the firm level. Digitalisation is captured through a digital capability index, constructed using principal component analysis, which draws information on both 'hard' and 'soft' digital assets for firms. Empirical results indicate that an increase in digital capability of an Indian GVC firm has a significant and positive impact on its product sophistication, implying that by investing in digital capabilities, Indian manufacturing firms can produce better and more sophisticated products in GVCs, enabling them to upgrade and climb up the value-chain ladder. Firms that are Digital Leaders produce 4-5% more sophisticated goods than Digital Laggards.
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Competitive pressures cause the price of high-technology products to erode over time. The purpose of this paper is to describe a decision support tool to maximize profit by prescribing three related decisions: product upgrading, p...
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Competitive pressures cause the price of high-technology products to erode over time. The purpose of this paper is to describe a decision support tool to maximize profit by prescribing three related decisions: product upgrading, pricing and production levels. A stochastic dynamic programming (DP) model prescribes when to upgrade a product and what new technologies to incorporate to maintain product competitiveness and profit margins. It deals with the two major sources of risk: demand and the lead time required to complete an upgrade. The objective of the DP model is to maximize expected profit over a given planning horizon. Decision variables prescribe which alternative upgrades to implement and when, pricing, and production levels. Benchmarking computational tests are described along with an example demonstrating model application. Managers can use this DP model to coordinate decisions related to product upgrading, pricing, and operations management to better meet business objectives.
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The established literature demonstrates the critical role of the policy mix in the formulation and implementation of government policies for industrial upgrading. However, existing studies mainly examine the policy mix from either...
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The established literature demonstrates the critical role of the policy mix in the formulation and implementation of government policies for industrial upgrading. However, existing studies mainly examine the policy mix from either a horizontal or a vertical coordination perspective; very few examine both dimensions. To gain further insights, the current study involves an analysis of how China's central government manages horizontal and vertical coordination to pursue upgrading in manufacturing industries on the basis of an ambidextrous policy mix perspective and a thorough examination of both the external attributes (i.e., policy level) and content (i.e., policy instruments and themes) of policy documents. This analysis reveals several viable policy implications in relation to China's manufacturing transformation. In particular, it finds that China's policy mix for achieving manufacturing upgrading is highly coordinated on both horizontal and vertical dimensions. Governments at all levels apply the same set of policy instruments; environmental instruments are the most frequently used, followed by supply- and demand-side instruments. The core policy topics within the manufacturing upgrading structure include innovation, industrial transformation, industrial agglomeration, demonstration projects and service-oriented manufacturing. Therefore, this study establishes recommendations for future policies, which should focus on reinforcing guidance regarding national policies, encouraging local governments to apply innovative policy tools and increasing the use of demand-side policy instruments.
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The Global Manufacturing Network (GMN) is an innovative manufacturing system that has super manufacturing and servicing capabilities, and provides a platform for local firms in developing countries to acquire knowledge and capabil...
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The Global Manufacturing Network (GMN) is an innovative manufacturing system that has super manufacturing and servicing capabilities, and provides a platform for local firms in developing countries to acquire knowledge and capabilities. In this paper, after the literature reviews of the GMN and network embeddedness, the exploratory work suggests that Chinese local manufacturing firms can acquire knowledge and capabilities by embedding themselves into the GMN. There are four stages through which manufacturing firms embed themselves into the GMN and upgrade their strategies, which are penetration based on low-cost manufacturing, network embedding and evolving, accumulating knowledge and capabilities, and strategic upgrading.
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