Social Manufacturing: from the theory to the practice

Authors

  • Renata Mariani Zanella Department of Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
  • Enzo Morosini Frazzon Department of Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
  • Iracyanne Retto Uhlmann Department of Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14488/BJOPM.2021.047

Keywords:

Social selling, mass individualization, mass customization, distributed production; prosumers; crowdsourcing; sharing economy.

Abstract

Goal: This scientific research article focuses on understanding the new manufacturing paradigm of Industry 4.0 called social manufacturing. The study aims to consolidate the concept of social manufacturing by characterizing and evaluating its theoretical potential, identifying its main practical trends, and correlating its state-of-the-art with its state-of-the-practice.

Design/Methodology/Approach: The first step was the consolidation of the concept of social manufacturing through bibliographic analysis. Then, real-world cases were identified and classified under the optics of social manufacturing to define the current practice. Lastly, confronting the concept of social manufacturing with existing methods depicted a clear panorama, including academic and practical opportunities.

Results: The results show a trend towards social manufacturing. New challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, are pushing forward social collaboration initiatives related to manufacturing. The most advanced conceptualized stage occurs theoretically, as mass individualization is still not a reality. New scenarios of limited resources and challenging environments such as the COVID-19 pandemic will impose the broader dissemination and application of mass customization concepts, practices, and tools.

Practical implications: New scenarios of limited resources and challenging environments such as the COVID-19 pandemic impose the broader dissemination and application of mass customization concepts, practices, and tools.

Limitation of the investigation: This research only considered articles published in English. Practices were analyzed using third-party content available.

Originality/Value: The term social manufacturing in the literature has yet to be consolidated. In addition, no comparison between theory and practice was available.

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Author Biographies

Renata Mariani Zanella, Department of Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

Renata Mariani Zanella studied Industrial Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2013-2019). Visiting student in Germany at RWTH Aachen University (2017-2018). Master’s in Analytics and Management student at London Business School (2020-2021). During her period in Germany she has worked at the machine tool laboratory (WZL) in the factory planning department researching about industry 4.0 applications in the European-funded A4BLUE project. Furthermore, she worked as a researcher at ProLogIS (www.ProLogIS.UFSC.br) (2018 – 2019), focusing on agent-based modelling simulation and social manufacturing.

Enzo Morosini Frazzon, Department of Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

Prof. Enzo Morosini Frazzon (Dr.-Ing. from the University of Bremen, 2006 - 2009) is Associate Professor at the Department of Production Engineering and Systems (EPS) of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2010 - ...). He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the BIBA/Bremen (2009 - 2010) and Visiting Scholar at the University of Parma (2018 - 2019). Lead researcher of ProLogIS (www.ProLogIS.UFSC.br). He leads projects on the: integration of production and logistic processes; intelligent production and logistic systems; Supply Chains; Optimization; Simulation; Data Analytics; Cyber-physical Systems; Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0. He is Editor-in-Chief of Production. Associate Editor of SME JMS. He authored 100+ papers in international scientific conferences and journals.

Iracyanne Retto Uhlmann, Department of Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

Prof. Iracyanne Retto Uhlmann (Dr. Eng. from Federal University of Santa Catarina, 2017 - 2020) is Professor at the Department of Production Engineering and Systems of Martha Falcão Faculty (2020- - ...), Collaborator Professor at ITEGAM (2020 - …) and Senior Researcher of ProLogIS (www.ProLogIS.UFSC.br), focusing on agent-based modelling simulation (2017 - 2020). She was Visiting Researcher at BIBA/Bremen (2018). She entered in academia after more the 20 years in industry, this combination has contributed to her ability to understand issues with insider’s view.

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Published

2021-12-10

How to Cite

Mariani Zanella, R., Morosini Frazzon, E., & Retto Uhlmann, I. (2021). Social Manufacturing: from the theory to the practice. Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management, 19(3), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.14488/BJOPM.2021.047

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2022)

Section

General review

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