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Papers by Matic Golob

Design Innovation Management Conference Special Issue, 2019

In recent years, the way organizations innovate and develop new solutions has changed considerabl... more In recent years, the way organizations innovate and develop new solutions has changed considerably. Moving from ‘behind the closed doors’ style of innovating to open innovation where collaboration with outsiders is encouraged, organizations are in the pursuit of more effective ways to accelerate their innovation outcomes. As a result, organizations are establishing creative and entrepreneurial ecosystems, which not only empower employees but also involve many others to co-create new solutions. In this paper, we present a methodology for organizing hackathons, i.e. competition-based events where small teams work over a short period of time to ideate, design, prototype and test their ideas following a user-centric approach to solve a specific challenge. This paper also provides insights into two different hackathons organized in the United Kingdom, and Mexico, as well as a series of 5 hackathons organized in Argentina, Mexico, Switzerland, United Kingdom and in Senegal.

Collaborative Networks of Cognitive SystemsChapter: 19th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2018, Cardiff, UK, September 17-19, 2018, Proceedings, 2018

The fourth Industrial revolution promises to increase productivity, flexibility and automation of... more The fourth Industrial revolution promises to increase productivity, flexibility and automation of internal business processes integrating value chains and supporting companies to design and offer novel services based on the availability of data enabled by different technologies. As a result, companies are investing great efforts to understand in which way Industry 4.0 technologies could be deployed to leverage their current operations and deliver a more competitive value proposition to existing and new customers. In this context, the objectives of this paper are: 1) to provide the findings from a research project which aimed to capture the awareness from companies about Industry 4.0, 2) identify which are the key enablers for the successful implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data and 3) propose further suggestions about research needed to facilitate the development Collaborative Networks towards Industry 4.0

Advances in Production Management Systems. Production Management for Data-Driven, Intelligent, Collaborative, and Sustainable ManufacturingChapter: IFIP WG 5.7 International Conference, APMS 2018, Seoul, Korea, August 26-30, 2018, Proceedings, Part I, 2018

Many companies are heavily investing resources to innovate faster and smarter in order to gain or... more Many companies are heavily investing resources to innovate faster and smarter in order to gain or retain a competitive advantage. Nevertheless, defining and deploying a sustainable innovation vision still represents a challenge to most companies, as a deep change of mindset is required to reflect going beyond the design, development, production and distribution of new products, to also consider their disposal, recycling or reuse, as part of their end-to-end product life cycle. Therefore, this paper aims to: 1) highlight the relevance of including lean and sustainability principles in the early design and conceptualization phases, 2) explain how lean and sustainability can bring benefits when applied as an integrated system considering three axes: the economic, the social and the environmental , and 3) share a case study providing insights of a successful application. 1 Introduction Ever since humans evolved from Hominidae, we have constantly been looking for new products and services to evolve and solve day-today challenges. Companies, governments and users continuously strive for innovative products to make our lives simpler, more effective and easier. However, not many consider the effects such products/ser-vices have through their lifecycle and their impact on the economy, society and the environment. During the innovation process, products and services are designed to satisfy customer needs, and lean and sustainability thinking are a vital part of the process. There are numerous successful and detailed examples of how companies have applied lean to eliminate waste and decrease costs both in manufacturing and services organizations. But only very few industrial cases show evidence of how lean and sustainability are applied in industrial settings since the very early stages of the conception of new products, thus taking into consideration the end-to-end life cycle. The first thing that comes to mind when linking lean and sustainability is to eliminate waste or use less resources such as energy to reduce costs. However, sustainable innovation brings much more than just economic benefits from waste reduction, since it also focuses on the impact on the environment and society in an integrated system.

In recent years, the way corporates innovate has changed significantly. Going from 'behind closed... more In recent years, the way corporates innovate has changed significantly. Going from 'behind closed doors' innovation to open innovation where collaboration with outsiders is encouraged, companies are in the pursuit of more effective ways to accelerate their innovation outcomes. As a result, many companies are investing to create more entrepreneurial environments, which not only empower employees to proactively propose and test new ideas, but also reach beyond company walls to involve many others in the co-creation of new solutions. In this paper, we outline the most notable benefits of hackathons from the perspective of large organizations, and present the benefits and a methodology for organizing hackathons, ie. competition-based events where participants work in small teams over a short period of time to ideate, design, rapidly prototype and test their ideas with a user-centric approach to solve a determined challenge. This paper also provides a brief insight into the CEMEX Hackathon, which was organized following the aforementioned methodology.

Innovativeness and creativity are in our blood, but as we grow up we get caught in repetitive pat... more Innovativeness and creativity are in our blood, but as we grow up we get caught in repetitive patterns, almost rigid mind frames and thinking processes. This is particularly challenging for organisations which rely heavily on the innovativeness of their products or services in order to gain competitive advantage. However, most of them still follow traditional product design and development processes, which are preliminary focused on reducing risk and rushing through conceptual and preliminary design stages.
This paper presents a development of a new framework for conceptual and preliminary design phases, based on two of the world leading improvement approaches: Set-Based Concurrent Engineering and Design Thinking. The new Set-Based Integrated Innovation (SBi2) Framework developed by Lean Analytics Association (LAA) integrates the set development, learning and delaying decision from SBCE, which contributes to increased innovation, reduced risk of radically different solutions, increased learning in organisation and allows exploration of a design space envelope. However, a human or end customer focus and extensive (but sensible) prototyping is drawn from Design Thinking approach, in order to ensure that the decisions made throughout the design and development process are based on evidence and knowledge created, and that the end customer is put at the heart of any design. Authors believe this framework comprehensively represents an effective and efficient product design and development process which could be applicable to most of the industrial sectors, and can enhance an organisation’s capability to innovate, reduce the overall development time and essentially move from being financially profit driven to becoming customer oriented.

The need of applying lean thinking to product development is becoming a must for the organisation... more The need of applying lean thinking to product development is becoming a must for the organisations to succeed in the current industry. This paper presents the development and application of a tool that helps to identify the actual status of the organisation in relation to the lean principles. Overview of the literature highlighted the need of developing a tool focused on assessing the implementation of lean principles themselves, rather than quantitative metrics. Based on the idea of the balanced scorecard, four perspectives, with their corresponding set of questions, were defined reflecting the enablers of the lean product development model proposed by the Lean Product and Process Development European project. A five-level scale was customised to reflect different readiness levels of lean implementation. The tool was used in case studies in two organisations; first in aerospace and second in automotive. Examples of measurement from two different organisations demonstrated the accuracy of the tool in assessing and defining the starting conditions for adapting lean principles and practices.

The aerospace sector is tasked with creating a step change in product performance and cost to mee... more The aerospace sector is tasked with creating a step change in product performance and cost to meet the evolving requirements of airlines, their passengers and the environment. To meet this challenge, there is a need to develop a multidisciplinary set-based design capability that can deploy new technologies on novel configurations more quickly and with greater confidence.

This article presents a transformation process towards lean product development in an aerospace i... more This article presents a transformation process towards lean product development in an aerospace industr y. This transformation was achieved in two main stages: the first was to integrate the principles of set-based concurrent engineering into an existing product development model of an aerospace company. This stage included defining activities and associated tools. The second stage was to implement the developed model in a research-based industrial case study, a helicopter engine in this case . Three main outcomes were realised from this work. First, it presented an industrial case of lean transformation in product development, where the leanness of an existing model was enhanced by embedding set-based concurrent engineering principles. Second, the developed model was structured into a set of well-defined activities and associated tools that were previously scattered or redundant. Finally, the developed model was trialled in an industrial project of a helicopter engine, tested to evaluate its value in enhancing the innovation level and reducing risk. The work presented in this article focused on early stage system level design, and future work will extend the implementation of set-based concurrent engineering to sub-system and component levels.

The need of applying lean thinking to product development is becoming a must for the organisation... more The need of applying lean thinking to product development is becoming a must for the organisations to success in the current industry. This paper presents a tool that helps to define the actual status of the organisations in relation to the lean principles. Extensive literature highlighted the need of developing a tool focused on assessing the implementation of lean principles themselves, rather than quantitate metrics. Based on the Balanced Scorecard, four perspectives, with corresponding set of questions, were defined reflecting the enablers of the product development model proposed by the LeanPPD European project. A five-level scale was customised to score the different readiness levels that define the transformation into a full lean implementation. The tool was used to assess the current and desired lean situation of an aerospace company within the research environment and resulted to be accurate to define the starting condition of the company to adopt leaner practices.

The Configuration Optimisation of Next-Generation Aircraft (CONGA) is a proposed framework in a r... more The Configuration Optimisation of Next-Generation Aircraft (CONGA) is a proposed framework in a response to industrial need to enhance the aerospace capability in the UK. In order to successfully address this challenge, a need to develop a true multi-disciplinary Set-Based Design (SBD) capability that could deploy new technologies on novel configurations more quickly and with greater confidence was identified. This paper presents the first step towards the development of the SBD capabilities which is to elicit the industrial requirement of the SBD process for the key aerospace industrial partners involved in this CONGA approach.

Design Innovation Management Conference Special Issue, 2019

Collaborative Networks of Cognitive SystemsChapter: 19th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2018, Cardiff, UK, September 17-19, 2018, Proceedings, 2018

The need of applying lean thinking to product development is becoming a must for the organisation... more The need of applying lean thinking to product development is becoming a must for the organisations to success in the current industry. This paper presents a tool that helps to define the actual status of the organisations in relation to the lean principles. Extensive literature highlighted the need of developing a tool focused on assessing the implementation of lean principles themselves, rather than quantitate metrics. Based on the Balanced Scorecard, four perspectives, with corresponding set of questions, were defined reflecting the enablers of the product development model proposed by the LeanPPD European project. A five-level scale was customised to score the different readiness levels that define the transformation into a full lean implementation. The tool was used to assess the current and desired lean situation of an aerospace company within the research environment and resulted to be accurate to define the starting condition of the company to adopt leaner practices.