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Design for location? / Erica Fuchs in Management science, Vol. 56 N° 12 (Décembre 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 12 (Décembre 2010) . - pp. 2323-2349 Titre : Design for location? : The impact of manufacturing offshore on technology competitiveness in the optoelectronics industry Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Erica Fuchs, Auteur ; Randolph Kirchain, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 2323-2349 Note générale : Management Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : International  Technology  choice  Product  development  Design  for  manufacturing Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : This paper presents a case study of the impact of manufacturing offshore on technology competitiveness in the optoelectronics industry. It examines a critical design/facility location decision being faced by optoelectronic component manufacturers. This paper uses a combination of simulation modeling and empirical data to demonstrate the economic constraints facing these firms. The results show that production location changes the relative production economics of the two competing designs—one emerging, one prevailing—that are currently perfect substitutes for each other on the telecom market, but not necessarily perfect substitutes in other markets in the long term. Specifically, if optoelectronic component firms shift production from the United States to countries in developing East Asia, the emerging designs that were developed in the United States no longer pay. Production characteristics are different abroad, and the prevailing design can be more cost effective in developing country production environments. The emerging designs, however, have performance characteristics that may be valuable in the long term to the larger computing market and to pushing forward Moore's law. This paper concludes by exploring the dilemma this creates for the optoelectronic component manufacturers and recommending a framework based on which the results may be generalized to other industries. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/56/12/2323 [article] Design for location? : The impact of manufacturing offshore on technology competitiveness in the optoelectronics industry [texte imprimé] / Erica Fuchs, Auteur ; Randolph Kirchain, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 2323-2349. Management Langues : Anglais (eng) in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 12 (Décembre 2010) . - pp. 2323-2349 Mots-clés : International  Technology  choice  Product  development  Design  for  manufacturing Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : This paper presents a case study of the impact of manufacturing offshore on technology competitiveness in the optoelectronics industry. It examines a critical design/facility location decision being faced by optoelectronic component manufacturers. This paper uses a combination of simulation modeling and empirical data to demonstrate the economic constraints facing these firms. The results show that production location changes the relative production economics of the two competing designs—one emerging, one prevailing—that are currently perfect substitutes for each other on the telecom market, but not necessarily perfect substitutes in other markets in the long term. Specifically, if optoelectronic component firms shift production from the United States to countries in developing East Asia, the emerging designs that were developed in the United States no longer pay. Production characteristics are different abroad, and the prevailing design can be more cost effective in developing country production environments. The emerging designs, however, have performance characteristics that may be valuable in the long term to the larger computing market and to pushing forward Moore's law. This paper concludes by exploring the dilemma this creates for the optoelectronic component manufacturers and recommending a framework based on which the results may be generalized to other industries. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/56/12/2323