REBUS
REBUS - R & D Networks 2014-2017
The systemic change in the Finnish technology industries is manifested in the outsourcing of standard manufacturing, the reconfiguration of the global supply chains, and the utilization for service-based business logic. Regardless of the operative benefits that usually have followed, the core competences (R&D, concepting and systems design) of the focal firms are increasingly distanced from the up-stream manufacturing and the supply of components. This is fostered by the emerging systems operation regime, where also the responsibilities in R&D and innovation are moved to external suppliers, networks and ecosystems. Future competitiveness of the technology industries assumes a radical reorientation in managing inter-firm relations and capabilities.
As part of the REBUS research program at FIMECC, the R&D Networks sub-project is focused on three central areas, where effective management of networks can enhance firm’s capabilities, the performance of R&D, and business. In these areas scientific breakthroughs can be expected as well. To speed up innovations in the product-service systems, higher supplier involvement in the R&D of the focal firms is needed. The integration of the business networks in R&D, manufacturing and customers’ operations increases productivity and ensures shared vision and goals within the underlying ecosystems. In particular, effective management of R&D networks enables rapid prototyping and ramp-ups and hence faster time-to-market.
Project Manager: Esa Viitamo, Aalto, esa.viitamo[at]aalto.fi
Participants:
Industrial: Rolls-Royce, Napa, KONE, Scanfil, Mervento, SOP Metal, JTK Power.
Research institutes: Tampere University of Technology, Vaasa University, University of Turku, Faculty of Law, Åbo Akademi University.
Read more: http://www.fimecc.com/programs/rebus