Ecosystem evolution mechanism of manufacturing service system driven by service providers
Zhang, W; Shi, Y; Yang, M; et al.Gu, X; Tang, R; Pan, X
Date: 23 March 2017
Article
Journal
International Journal of Production Research
Publisher
Taylor & Francis for International Foundation for Production Research (IFPR)
Publisher DOI
Abstract
To date, research has mainly discussed the definition and classification of producer services. Yet many companies require an integrated solution of products and producer services. The aim of this paper is to propose a model of the ecological evolution of manufacturing service systems (MSS) driven by service providers. This model adopts ...
To date, research has mainly discussed the definition and classification of producer services. Yet many companies require an integrated solution of products and producer services. The aim of this paper is to propose a model of the ecological evolution of manufacturing service systems (MSS) driven by service providers. This model adopts modular thinking to integrate dispersive producer services into an entire MSS, the process of which forms the ecological evolution of MSS. This paper applies ecological theory to build the ecological evolution mechanism of MSS. In this mechanism, the predator–prey relationship is used as a metaphor for the relationships between manufacturers and service providers in a MSS. A predator–prey model is built to simulate the ecological evolution of MSS. A predation cellular genetic algorithm is adopted to optimise this evolution. The proposed model and algorithm are demonstrated and validated by a case study of MSS in bicycle industry. This study contributes to theory by proposing and clarifying the mechanism for provision of services between businesses. The future research will focus on the application and empirical analysis of this mechanism derived from big data.
Engineering
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
Item views 0
Full item downloads 0
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Modelling, validating, and ranking of secure service compositions
Brucker, AD; Zhou, B; Malmignati, F; et al. (Wiley, 7 July 2017)In the world of large-scale applications, software as a service (SaaS) in general and use of microservices, in particular, is bringing service-oriented architectures to a new level: Systems in general and systems that ... -
Process Design in an Information-Intensive Service Delivery System: an Empirical Study
Ponsignon, Frédéric (University of Exeter Business School, 17 March 2010)The objective of this thesis is to explore the design of operational processes in information-intensive service delivery systems. Empirical data is presented which builds upon existing literature within the Business Process ... -
Reframing landscape fragmentation's effects on ecosystem services.
Mitchell, MG; Suarez-Castro, AF; Martinez-Harms, M; et al. (Elsevier (Cell Press), 21 February 2015)Landscape structure and fragmentation have important effects on ecosystem services, with a common assumption being that fragmentation reduces service provision. This is based on fragmentation's expected effects on ecosystem ...