Jens Kaiser
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Item type:Publication, Centralism or Autonomy? Insights into the decision allocation within International Manufacturing Networks(2024-02); ; Scopus© Citations 1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Company-Specific Plant Roles - A Reference Process for the Design and Deployment(2024-02-11); The interaction between a firm’s headquarters and its plants is crucial to ensuring that the manufacturing network generates a competitive advantage. The concept of plant roles, first introduced by Ferdows (1989), is a suitable tool to facilitate the headquarters-plant relationship. Although many articles deal with Ferdows’s plant roles, hardly any can be found that discusses how companies can design and deploy their own plant roles. Thus, this article proposes a step-by-step guide for network managers.Type:journal articleJournal:Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen FabrikbetriebVolume:119Issue:1-2Scopus© Citations 1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Exploring the content of company-specific plant role models in international manufacturing networks(2024-09-30); Purpose-This study explores the phenomenon of company-specific plant role models. Following the establishment of distinct lead factories, recent studies imply that multinational companies are now using more detailed plant roles to manage manufacturing networks. While multiple plant role typologies can be found in literature, this is, to our knowledge, the first article to systematically analyze the content of such companyspecific plant roles. Design/methodology/approach-We rely on a multiple-case study design of 29 plant role models primarily belonging to multinational companies headquartered in German-speaking countries. Coding is performed to analyze the models for similarities and differences. Findings-The content of company-specific plant role models seems highly dependent on a company's context; hence, there is no one best way to build them. Companies appear to be pursuing different priorities with the application of plant roles, for example, the reorganization of manufacturing networks, the systematic allocation of products or the definition of decision-making autonomy. Compared to the primarily twodimensional models from theory, companies rely on more dimensions to make their plant roles practical. Similar to models from literature, competence bandwidth, inter-plant knowledge/information flow and location advantage are the most relevant dimensions to differentiate plants from a headquarters' perspective. Practical implications-Plant role models are a powerful management tool that enables delayering the complexity and allows for proactive management of manufacturing networks. Managers fit the content of their plant role models to their company-specific context and the intended application for manufacturing networks. Managers aiming to build company-specific plant roles can use the conceptual framework based on the empirical findings as a benchmark. Originality/value-This study complements prior research on plant roles by acknowledging that companies might develop their own version of plant role models rather than copying the ones from the literature. By doing so, we explore how plant roles look like in a real-world setting.Type:journal articleJournal:Journal of Manufacturing Technology ManagementScopus© Citations 4 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Current Topics in International Manufacturing - Implications from Industrial Use-Cases(2024-02-11); ; Gisela LanzaDesigning the strategy, configuration and coordination of international manufacturing networks is a complex task, influenced by a variety of internal and external factors. Therefore, there is no one-size-fits-all approach for the design and management of international manufacturing networks, especially with the rising volatility of the last years. For this purpose, four different industrial use cases are presented to show topics in international manufacturing that companies are currently dealing with and how they are addressing them.Type:journal articleJournal:Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen FabrikbetriebVolume:119Issue:1-2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Internationale Standortwahl: Erschließung von Länder- und Wettbewerbsvorteilen am Beispiel eines Automobilzulieferers(2023-12); ; Zur Erschließung neuer Märkte, zur Risikomitigation oder um Zugang zu günstigen Kosten zu erhalten, erweitern Unternehmen ihre Produktionsnetzwerke mit neuen Standorten. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt eine systematische Standortauswahl passend zur Netzwerk- und Standortstrategie. Neben der Länderattraktivität wird in dem Auswahlprozess die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Unternehmens in dem jeweiligen Land berücksichtigt. Die Standortauswahl wurde für einen deutschen Zulieferer in der Zielregion Südostasien durchgeführt.Type:journal articleJournal:Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen FabrikbetriebVolume:118Issue:12 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Entscheidungsfindung in der Gestaltung und Koordination von globalen ProduktionsnetzwerkenType:journal articleJournal:Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen FabrikbetriebScopus© Citations 2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Globale Produktionsstrategien in der Praxis –Strategieformulierung und -implementierung
Empirische Erkenntnisse aus einer internationalen BenchmarkingstudieType:journal articleJournal:Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen FabrikbetriebVolume:117Issue:12Scopus© Citations 1 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Standortspezifische Leistungsziele in globalen Produktionsnetzwerken - Empirische Erkenntnisse aus einer internationalen Benchmarking-StudieType:journal articleJournal:Controlling : Zeitschrift für erfolgsorientierte UnternehmenssteuerungIssue:2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Standortspezifische Leistungsziele in globalen Produktionsnetzwerken-Empirische Erkenntnisse aus einer internationalen Benchmarking-StudieType:journal articleJournal:Controlling: Zeitschrift für erfolgsorientierte UnternehmenssteuerungIssue:2 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Strategic site reasons re-visited, digging deeper in the rationale of global manufacturing networks: An empirical study from a headquarters perspective(2022-08); ; The site role concept developed by Ferdows and empirically tested by Vereecke et al. discusses the specific advantages of globally distributed manufacturing plants. It conceptualizes the primary reasons for manufacturing sites to exist–the strategic site reasons. This article presents the results of a multiple case study further examining the reasons to establish a site, the sites' main advantage today, and related contingency factors. The findings show that the main reasons to establish or acquire a manufacturing site are access to low-cost labor, new technologies, and reliable transportation. The most stable reason over time is access to skills and know-how.Type:conference paperJournal:Proceedings of the 6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management - P&OM 2022 -