INTEGRATED SYSTEMS AND OUTSOURCING: PROCESS INNOVATION IN AEROSPACE PRODUCT DESIGN

Nouha Taifi (), Mariangela Lazoi (), Angelo Corallo (), Giuseppina Passiante () and Mariangela Lazoi ()
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Nouha Taifi: Mohammadia School of Engineering, Industrial Engineering Department, University Mohammed V, Rabat, s.n. 10090, Morocco;
Mariangela Lazoi: Innovation Engineering Department and Center for Business Innovation, Università del Salento, Via per Monteroni, Lecce, s.n. 73100, Italy
Angelo Corallo: Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, Lecce, s.n. 73100, Italy
Giuseppina Passiante: Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, Lecce, s.n. 73100, Italy
Mariangela Lazoi: Head of Information Systems Department-Responsible of the Architecture, Innovation and Benchmarking, Alenia Aeronautica SpA, Finnmeccanica Group Services, Rome, Italy

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2012, vol. 09, issue 03, 1-16

Abstract: Organizations need to share and acquire new information to sustain competitive advantage in complex environment. They communicate through IT-based integrated systems to fasten communication and knowledge sharing for the creation of innovative products. Firms are, thus, extending their operations to integrate strategic knowledge from partners in the product development process. In this paper, we present a case study related to process innovation in an aerospace firm integrating its information systems with one of its partners to facilitate the design of the models of a complex product. We investigate on the strategy followed to integrate the information systems, the types of these latter, on their success factors and their impact on the product development. The case study provides important insights on the integration of information systems for product design outsourcing.

Keywords: Extended enterprise; product design; integrated systems; product lifecycle management; outsourcing; process innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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