After illustrating the benefits and costs of codification and the nature of tacit skills, three case studies are presented regarding the steel, semiconductor and mechanical sectors.
The aim of this work is to study the influence of pulsed current on hard anodizing process (in sulphuric acid bath) of AA 7075-T6, a commercial heat treated aluminium alloy widely used in several innovative and strategic mechanical sectors (military, automotive, aerospace, etc).
It was not our intention to extrapolate the results to other populations, but rather to seek administrative and managerial standards in companies that comprise the industrial region of the metal-mechanical sector, which have their own characteristics and are derived from a traditional sector.
Switzerland's watch exports topped 17 billion Swiss francs, or $15 billion, in 2008, capping six years of meteoric growth led by the high-end mechanical watch sector.
The approach is illustrated in a case study within a company of the mechanical engineering sector.
For the mechanical engineering sector it is crucial to develop cost efficient process chains to produce CFRP components.
Also, the automotive and the mechanical engineering sector attempt to use the advantages of such composites in an economical way.
This paper presents the findings from industrial case study research with three original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) from the UK mechanical industry sector.
Our case studies of three original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) from the UK mechanical industry sector have led to the identification of significant external and internal operational factors including design priorities, OEM-remanufacturer relationships and designer motivation affecting these companies.
The preliminary results presented in this paper are based on a literature review and an on-going exploratory case study with manufacturers from the mechanical engineering sector, responsible for the engineering of both MTO and ETO products in a global setting.
