An investigation of process innovation activity levels and their influencing factors in two Irish manufacturing facilities

Liam O'Brien, Paul O'Reilly

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Abstract

Process innovation has come into sharper focus in recent years with the demand of increased global competition coupled with recessionary effects. This paper reviews the difference between two separate manufacturing factories of a large multinational corporation within the ICT sector, both equally exposed to the recession. It specifically examines the level of process innovation along with the main influencing factors that were identified by two large manufacturing facilities and sets out a set of management propositions that support sustainable process innovation. For confidentiality reasons the factories will be referred to as Westport and Southport.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication5th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT2010
Pages863-868
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event5th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT2010 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 2 Jun 20105 Jun 2010

Publication series

Name5th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT2010

Conference

Conference5th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT2010
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period2/06/105/06/10

Keywords

  • Continuous improvement
  • Process innovation
  • Product life cycle

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