Sustaining local manufacturing: a longitudinal study of Swedish companies
Paper in proceeding, 2011
This paper reports an investigation of local sustainable production in Sweden aimed at exploring the factors contributing to survival and competitiveness of manufacturing. Eight companies were studied on two occasions 30 years apart; in 1980 and 2010. To provide a valid longitudinal, perspective a common format for data collection was used. As a framework for data collection and analysis the DRAMA methodology was employed (Bennett and Forrester, 1990). There are a number of results reported in detail concerning long term competitiveness and sustainability of manufacturing companies.
Swedish manufacturing
sustainable production
longitudinal study
Author
Mats Winroth
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
Abid Muhammad
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management
Bengt Almgren
David Bennett
Breno Nunes
18th EurOMA Conference 3-6 July 2011, Cambridge, UK
Subject Categories
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Other Mechanical Engineering
Driving Forces
Sustainable development
Areas of Advance
Production