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Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , A systematic literature review into simulation for building operations management theory: reaching beyond positivism?This paper examines the extent to which simulation modelling has been employed beyond positivism, particularly under post-positivist and design-science-oriented paradigms, for theory building in operations management. Our study demonstrates that existing literature reviews have neglected the aspect of theory building and the generation of technological rules from a design-science perspective. A systematic literature review appraises 53 studies, published between 1976 and 2019, revealed that classical positivist approaches predominate (40 of 53 studies), followed by directive positivist (6), classical post-positivist (5), and participatory post-positivist (2) paradigms. The review highlights the potential of simulation modelling for theory building in operations management from both positivist and post-positivist perspectives. However, the dominance of positivist approaches suggests a lack of engagement with practical implementation and comparative studies. The findings advocate for greater external validation and practitioner involvement, and integrated and extended checklists for simulation studies are proposed to guide future research in this area.Publicationtype: Journal Article15 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: with files , Analyses of outcomes that used simulation modelling towards building theoryThis study is an extension of an earlier study that examined by using a systematic literature review if the application of simulation modelling in operations management did consider more than just positivist approaches. Based on the earlier results, this paper aims to further analyse the outcomes of the use of simulation modelling guided by a framework. The analyses based on the framework involved reviewing outcomes of methods and tools that apply the simulation modelling with regard to types of building theory approaches, objectives and data used. Within the framework, building theory is examined by the simulation models through theories that use simulation models to test and verify, paradigm shifts to validate, design rules and principles to test and experiment, and to triangulate rules and principles to analyse their effectiveness and usability with regard to design of operations.Publicationtype: Journal Article192 162 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , A UK Model for Innovation Practices: Learning from Market-Niche Dominant SMEs(2018); ; ; ; Publicationtype: Conference Paper36 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , Productivity of product design and engineering processes unexplored territory for production management techniques?Purpose – Maintaining and improving productivity of product design and engineering processes has been a paramount challenge for design-driven companies, which are characterised a high degree of development of products and processes in order to meet particular customer requirements. Literature on this issue is fragmented and dispersed and a concise and systematic overview is lacking. Hence, it remains unclear, which methods are applicable for design-driven companies to improve the productivity of limitedly available engineering resources (a challenge companies and nations face currently). The purpose of this paper is to develop such a systematic overview. Design/methodology/approach – An unusual approach was utilised by combining the outcomes from a systematic literature review and the results of a Delphi study. From both research approaches complementary and overlapping methods for improving the productivity of product design and engineering processes could be drawn. Findings – The unique systematic overview presents 27 methods to increase the productivity, effectiveness and efficiency of product design and engineering processes of design-driven companies. Moreover, the study finds that methods for improving effectiveness are preferred over methods for improving efficiency and that limitations with regard to the availability of resources are often not considered. Research limitations/implications – During the development of the systematic overview, a lack of empirical evidence to assess the actual impact of productivity improvement methods was discovered. This shortcoming demonstrates the need for more conceptual and empirical work in this domain. More studies are needed to test and confirm the usefulness of the proposed methods. Practical implications – Nevertheless, design-driven companies, which struggle to increase the productivity of their product design and engineering processes, can systematically select improvement methods from the overview according to their impact on productivity, effectiveness and efficiency. However, companies should keep in mind, whether effectiveness of product design and engineering can really be increased without considering limitations in engineering resources. Originality/value – Therefore, the systematic overview provides a valuable map of the unexplored territory of productivity improvement methods for product design and engineering for both practitioners and researchers. For the latter ones, it creates directions for empirical investigations in order to explore and to compare methods for the improvement of productivity of product design and engineering processes.Publicationtype: Journal Article38