Assessing changes for implementing Manufacturing Execution Systems. Case: The Switch Model Factory

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dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributor.authorWu, Xiaoxuan 
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Information and Service Economyen
dc.contributor.departmentTieto- ja palvelutalouden laitosfi
dc.contributor.schoolKauppakorkeakoulufi
dc.contributor.schoolSchool of Businessen
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-14T11:34:56Z
dc.date.available2013-01-14T11:34:56Z
dc.date.dateaccepted2012-11-28 
dc.date.issued2012 
dc.description.abstractObjectives of the Study The goal of the research is to design a method to assess the scope and the extent of change for implementing Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). On the one hand, the study has elicited a set of business requirements to delineate the scope of implementation. On the other hand, the study has assessed the extent of change within the scope by detecting the inertness that the management should resolve in a social-technical system that comprises the organization, new technology and legacy enterprise information system. Academic background and methodology Change takes place in the work system of a company when implementing MES. Before planning any change, the management should assess the change based on the business requirements of a new work system, in which MES come into use. Clearly identified requirements enable the management to plan and direct the change process to ensure a success MES implementation. However, failure rate of implementing new Information System is high in practice. Researchers have ascribed various failures of IS implementation to the vagueness of requirements. Early before planning implementation in detail, the management should first determine what requirements are essential for realizing the business value of a new information technology. This study assessed the scope of change through requirements elicitation with Critical Success Chain (CSC) method. The study has adapted and operationalized the CSC method in a single case, to demonstrate the method. The case has shown the efficacy and applicability of the method. Further, the study has developed the general CSC method by incorporating a diagnostic guideline to assess the extent of a technochange. Findings and conclusions The research has described and framed the problem of assessing changes for implementing MES as requirements elicitation and inertness identifying. Then the study developed a method combining the CSC and Sarker's Guideline. Moreover, the study has found that MES implementation had better go injunction with manufacturing operation improvement. At last, the demonstrational case is able to show that MES implementation focus could have diverge on different products in a company's product portfolio.en
dc.ethesisid13045 
dc.format.extent90 
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/7389
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-201301151092
dc.language.isoenen
dc.locationP1 I
dc.programme.majorInformation Systems Scienceen
dc.programme.majorTietojärjestelmätiedefi
dc.subject.helecontietojärjestelmät 
dc.subject.heleconinformation systems 
dc.subject.heleconteollisuus 
dc.subject.heleconindustry 
dc.subject.helecontuotanto 
dc.subject.heleconproduction 
dc.subject.heleconoperaatiotutkimus 
dc.subject.heleconoperational research 
dc.subject.heleconmuutos 
dc.subject.heleconchange 
dc.subject.keywordManufacturing Execution Systems 
dc.subject.keywordImplementation 
dc.subject.keywordRequirement elicitation 
dc.subject.keywordCritical Success Chain 
dc.subject.keywordChange 
dc.titleAssessing changes for implementing Manufacturing Execution Systems. Case: The Switch Model Factoryen
dc.typeG2 Pro gradu, diplomityöfi
dc.type.dcmitypetexten
dc.type.ontasotMaster's thesisen
dc.type.ontasotPro gradu tutkielmafi
local.aalto.idthes13045
local.aalto.openaccessyes
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