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| How Does Modularization Empower Enterprises to Upgrade Their Intelligent Manufacturing? An Exploratory Case Study |
| Wang Haijun,Zhao Huiyan,Jin Shutong |
| (School of Management, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870,China) |
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Abstract Major strategic arrangements for promoting high-end, intelligent and green development of the manufacturing industry have been made in the Report on the Party's 20th National Congress. Intelligent manufacturing is an important way to stimulate the profound transformation of manufacturing mode, production organization mode and industrial form, and it is also the core of the manufacturing industry to achieve high-quality development. Enterprises are the key forces to implement the transformation and upgrading of intelligent manufacturing, and it is necessary to explore the realization path to promote the transformation and upgrading of enterprise intelligent manufacturing. Therefore from the perspective of modularity, this study follows the grounded theory and focuses on analyzing the successful way of intelligent manufacturing transformation and upgrading of the micro-case of Haier Group.#br#The research results show that modularization mainly enables the upgrade of intelligent manufacturing through three paths: design modularization, production modularization and organization modularization. First of all, the design modularization is the basic force of intelligent manufacturing transformation and upgrading of manufacturing enterprises. The design modularization is based on standardization to build a general module, and it has the characteristics of meeting the high frequency common user requirements of the same series or even cross-domain products. The product innovation based on this can cover a broader user market, reduce the risk of product innovation and improve the resilience of innovation. Secondly, production modularization is the backbone of intelligent manufacturing transformation and upgrading of manufacturing enterprises. Production modularization builds diversified module combinations based on functional modules, and it provides an important guarantee to meet users' individual needs and large-scale production, and achieves cost reduction with the advantages of large-scale production. On this basis, the enterprise improves production efficiency by laying out modular lines and building modular production networks. Finally, organizational modularization is a complex force for intelligent manufacturing transformation and upgrading of manufacturing enterprises. Enterprises integrate internal and external resources by constructing specialized and cooperative organizational modules, create exploitable value by utilizing the characteristics of organizational modules, and construct the whole production modular network. The organization module can realize the internal platform and external ecology of manufacturing enterprises, and helps to integrate internal and external resources and promote the transformation and upgrading of enterprises. Accordingly, the above three enabling paths also drive the transition of building modules, using module and effector fermentation in intelligent manufacturing process. In conclusion, the case analysis provides reference for Chinese manufacturing enterprises to explore the path of intelligent manufacturing, and they are expected to effectively use the tool of modularity to leverage the transformation and upgrading of intelligent manufacturing, and strive to build an intelligent manufacturing mode with user demands as the core.#br#The research results have the following theoretical contributions and practical application value. First of all, following the grounded theory, this paper constructs a theoretical framework for the upgrade of modularly empowered intelligent manufacturing by step-by-step coding of semi-structured interview materials, explores the theoretical "black box" of the upgrade of modular empowered enterprises' intelligent manufacturing, analyzes the path and mechanism of the upgrading of modular empowered enterprises' intelligent manufacturing, and expands the relevant research on the upgrade of enterprises' intelligent manufacturing. Secondly, the research results on the intelligent manufacturing upgrading of modular enabling enterprises provide a new direction for the intelligent manufacturing theory research, further complement and improve the intelligent manufacturing theory. Finally, on the basis of classifying and grading user demands in the existing model, this study also extends the interpretation of the connotation and evolution trend of user demands in the era of intelligent manufacturing, and connects user demands with the whole process of enterprise intelligent manufacturing, providing a new idea for follow-up research on the transformation and upgrading of intelligent manufacturing.#br#
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Received: 15 July 2022
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