The impact of the collaborative robot on competitive priorities: case study of an automotive supplier

Q3 Engineering

Gestao e Producao Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI:10.1590/0104-530x5358-20

M. Vidó, G. Scur, A. Massote, F. Lima

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Abstract

Abstract: The literature on operations strategies has extensively addressed the notion that competitive priorities and structural decisions should be aligned to create, develop, and maintain competitive advantages. However, the speed and scale of new manufacturing technologies are modifying an organization’s strategies and manufacturing capabilities to address new market requirements, competition, and new entrants. Advances in robotics are poised to change the global business landscape and to support organizations in improving upon their operations strategies. Industrial robots usually help improve product quality and provide better work conditions to limit the use of resources, resulting in cost savings. One of the main trends in robotics is that of human-robot collaboration (HRC), which influences operations strategies and which can have a disruptive effect on business models and market structures. The aim of this paper is to explore and understand the relationship between the competitive priorities (quality, cost, flexibility, and delivery) of classical operations and the competitive advantage of adopting HRC for a Brazilian automotive parts supplier. The results indicate that the hybrid cell (U-shaped manufacturing cell) fully adheres to cost and dependability priorities and partially adheres to quality and flexibility priorities.

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协作机器人对竞争优先级的影响:以某汽车供应商为例

摘要:关于运营战略的文献广泛讨论了竞争优先级和结构决策应该保持一致以创造、发展和保持竞争优势的概念。然而，新制造技术的速度和规模正在改变组织的战略和制造能力，以应对新的市场需求、竞争和新进入者。机器人技术的进步将改变全球商业格局，并支持组织改进其运营战略。工业机器人通常有助于提高产品质量，提供更好的工作条件，以限制资源的使用，从而节省成本。机器人技术的主要趋势之一是人机协作(HRC)，它影响着运营策略，并可能对商业模式和市场结构产生破坏性影响。本文的目的是探索和理解传统操作的竞争优先级(质量、成本、灵活性和交付)与巴西汽车零部件供应商采用HRC的竞争优势之间的关系。结果表明，混合电池(u型制造电池)完全遵循成本和可靠性优先，部分遵循质量和灵活性优先。

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Gestao e Producao Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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1.60

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0.00%

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审稿时长

44 weeks

期刊介绍： Gestão & Produção is a journal published four times a year year (March, June, September and December) by the Departamento de Engenharia de Produção (DEP) of Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar). The first issue of Gestão & Produção was published in April, 1994. Actually, G&P was result of experience of professors of DEP/UFSCar in editing, in the beginning, "Cadernos DEP" in the 1980s, followed by "Cadernos de Engenharia de Produção". The last three issues of "Cadernos de Engenharia de Produção" were a test previous to the launch of Gestão & Produção because most of the journal characteristics were already established, like regularity.