Author: Paul Sommers
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Category : Flexible manufacturing systems
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Flexible Manufacturing Networks and the Washington Wood Products Industry
Author: Paul Sommers
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Category : Flexible manufacturing systems
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Category : Flexible manufacturing systems
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Flexible Manufacturing Networks
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulation and Business Opportunities
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Category : Competition, International
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Category : Competition, International
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Innovation in the Forest Products Industry
Author: Abra Hovgaard
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Category : Forest products industry
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Because there is a lack of innovation research in the forest products industry and innovative activities in the industry are not well documented, this study attempted to fill that void. The objectives of this study were to understand the process and definition of innovation in the forest products industry, identify the constraints on innovative activities, identify resources that would improve innovation in forest products companies, compare the innovation environments in Alaska and Oregon, and provide a benchmark study for innovation in the forest products industry.??This study revealed that there are several aspects of innovation in the forest products industry. In addition, the innovation process is a combination of semiformal development stages, trial and error, intuition, and luck. A variety of factors constrained companies from being more innovative, including government regulations, shipping and labor costs, lack of cash flow, raw material characteristics, marketing expertise, and raw material supply. There do not appear to be any resources that would be helpful to forest products companies, at least none that the interviewed companies could recommend. Offering companies the chance to exchange ideas and network is the most valuable resource available.??The innovation environments in Alaska and Oregon are somewhat similar yet different in the marketing tactics employed and the techniques used to obtain market information.??Furthermore, the type of innovation projects that each region focuses on differs, as does the actual process used to develop innovations. Future research should focus on completing a quantitative component to this study, developing short courses or 1-day seminars, identifying factors that contribute to innovation success and failure, investigating why the forest products industry is not innovative by nature, and exploring the external acquisition of innovation in the forest products industry.
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Category : Forest products industry
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Because there is a lack of innovation research in the forest products industry and innovative activities in the industry are not well documented, this study attempted to fill that void. The objectives of this study were to understand the process and definition of innovation in the forest products industry, identify the constraints on innovative activities, identify resources that would improve innovation in forest products companies, compare the innovation environments in Alaska and Oregon, and provide a benchmark study for innovation in the forest products industry.??This study revealed that there are several aspects of innovation in the forest products industry. In addition, the innovation process is a combination of semiformal development stages, trial and error, intuition, and luck. A variety of factors constrained companies from being more innovative, including government regulations, shipping and labor costs, lack of cash flow, raw material characteristics, marketing expertise, and raw material supply. There do not appear to be any resources that would be helpful to forest products companies, at least none that the interviewed companies could recommend. Offering companies the chance to exchange ideas and network is the most valuable resource available.??The innovation environments in Alaska and Oregon are somewhat similar yet different in the marketing tactics employed and the techniques used to obtain market information.??Furthermore, the type of innovation projects that each region focuses on differs, as does the actual process used to develop innovations. Future research should focus on completing a quantitative component to this study, developing short courses or 1-day seminars, identifying factors that contribute to innovation success and failure, investigating why the forest products industry is not innovative by nature, and exploring the external acquisition of innovation in the forest products industry.
General Technical Report PNW-GTR
Author:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 754
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 754
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Wood Products in Washington State
Author: John M. Dirks
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Category : Forest products
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Category : Forest products
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Wood-using Industry and Manufacturing Networks in Denmark
Author: Lloyd C. Irland
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Category : Woodworking industries
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Category : Woodworking industries
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Proceedings
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Category : Forest products
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Category : Forest products
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Revitalizing the Timber Dependent Regions of Washington
Author: Paul Sommers
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Category : Lumber trade
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Category : Lumber trade
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Perspectives on Wood Furniture Production, Marketing and Trade
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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A Catalogue of U.S. Manufacturing Networks
Author: Gregg A. Lichtenstein
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Category : Enterprise zones
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Publisher:
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Category : Enterprise zones
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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