Liyanage J.P., Uusitalo T. (eds.) Value Networks in Manufacturing: Sustainability and Performance Excellence

Springer, 2017. — 323 p. — (Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing). — ISBN: 978-3-319-27799-8, 978-3-319-27797-4This book highlights innovative solutions together with various techniques and methods that can help support the manufacturing sector to excel in economic, social, and environmental terms in networked business environments. The book also furthers understanding of sustainable manufacturing from the perspective of value creation in manufacturing networks, by capitalizing on the outcomes of the European ‘Sustainable Value Creation in Manufacturing Networks’ project. New dynamics and uncertainties in modern markets call for innovative solutions in the global manufacturing sector. While the manufacturing sector is traditionally driven by technology, it also requires other managerial and organizational solutions in terms of network governance, business models, sustainable solution development for products and services, performance management portals, etc., which can provide major competitive advantages for companies. At the same time, the manufacturing industry is subject to a change process, where business networks play a major role in value-creating processes. By far the biggest challenge in this context is making value creation a sustainable process where economic, social, and environmental demands are met. Managing product and service-related business operations in manufacturing networks thus brings different challenges that cannot purely be resolved using traditional methods, and techniques.
This book is an outcome of a European project funded by the European Commission, and performed by a dedicated R&D consortium comprised of some leading Research institutions and Industrial partners.Living with Complexities and Uncertainties
Sustainability Concept and Complex Performance Dimensions
Sustainable Manufacturing: Challenges, Approaches and a Roadmap
Towards Sustainability Governance in Value Networks
Products and Services in a Sustainable World
Business Models and Business Modelling: State of the Art
Sustainable Business Models: Theoretical Reflections
Practice Review of Business Models for Sustainability
Toolset for Sustainable Business Modelling
An Industrial Case: Riversimple
Requirements for Sustainable Solutions Development
State of the Art Regarding Existing Approaches
Development Methodology for Sustainable Solutions
Methods and Tools for Sustainable Development of Products and Services
Dynamic Drivers of Modern Performance: Values, Stakeholders, and Resources
Perspectives on Performance Assessment and Management