Modular Product Innovation Facilitated by Supplier Network--The Case Study of Taiwan''s Machine Tool Industry

• Main Authors: Tai-chen Lin, 林泰成
• Other Authors: Ren-Jye Liu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74255102741243388591

碩士 === 東海大學 === 工業工程學系 === 91 === Rapid advance of technology has brought to us intense competition which calls for customerization and quick response to customer demand. To compete in the global market, this thesis proposes that supplier network and modular product are two important tools for companies to innovate and survive. This thesis also argues that integration of product character and organizational architecture is strategically valuable to improve competitive advantages. The thesis clarifies product character, analyses organizational relationship and content of modular product innovation. Four types of organizational relationship are developed in the process, which are new architecture-new supplier relationship, new architecture-old supplier relationship, old architecture-new supplier relationship, and old architecture-old supplier relationship, By analyzing the content of these four types of modular product innovation and conducting case studies on the Taiwanese machine tool industry, this thesis can show the innovation mechanism of supplier network and how it works in the Taiwanese machine tool industry. The result presents not only innovation character and development of the Taiwanese machine tool industry but also organizational relationship of modular product innovation. Academically, this thesis can advance the study of collaborative innovation. Empirically, it provides a new tool to contemplate and conduct modular product innovation for the industry.