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First SFI newsletter!

3/29/2017

 
Would you like to stay updated about SFI Manufacturing and the research we are doing? From now on you can read about it in our newsletter, which will be publised prior to each workshop.

SFI Manufacturing is a cross-disciplinary centre for research based innovation, for competitive high value manufacturing in Norway. The aim of our newsletter is to keep the you up to date with the current research that is being carried out within and related to the SFI.

On the 13th and 14th of March, we had a workshop in Ålesund and Ulsteinvik, with Rolls-Royce as host organization. Prior to this workshop, we sent the first SFI newsletter, which focused on the research area Robust and Flexible Automation.

Newsletter 1:  
  • Introduction to the research area Robust and Flexible Automation
  • From the virtual world into the real world
  • New projects and project proposals
  • PhD and postdoc progress reports

Click here to read the newsletter (pdf). 

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Vellykket SFI Manufacturing workshop

3/20/2017

 
Mandag 13. og tirsdag 14. mars organiserte det tverrfaglige forskningssenteret SFI Manufacturing en workshop i Ålesund og Ulsteinvik, med Rolls-Royce som vertskap. Deltakerne fikk et innblikk i virksomheten til Rolls-Royce, og fikk oppleve Ålesundsregionen i en god del vær og vind...

For 2 uker siden organiserte SFI Manufacturing en workshop i Ålesund og Ulsteinvik, med Rolls-Royce som vertskap. 75 deltakere fra konsortiet, randsonebedrifter som aspirerer på et eventuelt medlemskap i senteret, og aktører fra Ålesundsregionen var samlet til workshop mandag kveld.

– I flotte omgivelser på Norsk Maritimt kompetansesenter ble deltakerne presentert både fag, mat og en spennende omvisning i en av Rolls-Royce sine simulatorer, forteller Sverre Gulbrandsen-Dahl, senterleder i SFI Manufacturing. I tillegg fikk forsamlingen, i en rekke korte presentasjoner, et bilde av hva som er viktig for regionen fremover, og hvordan man satser på vekst i fellesskap.

Virksomheten til Rolls-Royce
Dagen etter reiste over 70 deltakere til Ulsteinvik for å høre mer om hva som har skjedd i SFI Manufacturing siden sist. Forskningsområde 2, Robust og Fleksibel Automatisering, ga forsamlingen blant annet smakebiter på forskningsmessige fremskritt innen sine områder.

Presentasjonene fra tre av senterets PhD- respektive Postdoc-kandidater var spesielt godt mottatt, og resten av dagen lå fokus på Rolls-Royce sin virksomhet. Deltakerne fikk mulighet å se en del av produksjonen i Ulsteinvik, samt å gi innspill til videre utvikling i bedriften.

Vær og vind
Deltakerne fikk oppleve Ålesundsregionen i en god del vær og vind. – Vi fikk demonstrert at hurtigbåtkatamaranen som er produsert av Brødrene Aa, tok seg flott frem i bølger som, i hvert fall for dem som holder til Østafjells til vanlig, kan beskrives som høye, forteller senterleder Sverre Gulbrandsen-Dahl.

Tusen takk til alle som har bidratt til SFI workshopen, og til Rolls-Royce for flott innsats som vertskap for workshopen!

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Deltakerne på SFI workshopen. Foto: SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing

Seventh PhD candidate of SFI Manufacturing

3/9/2017

 
Vetle Engesbak is one of the PhD candidates of SFI Manufacturing. Below he will tell you a bit more about his background and the work he is doing in his PhD.

Hi, I am Vetle and I started my PhD in April 2015. During my PhD, I will focus on how organizations with mature production systems may better organize to capture the value from step-change improvements.

My background is a master's degree in innovation and entrepreneurship. My master thesis focused on the importance of learning, cooperation and networks for regional innovation systems. Before starting my PhD, I worked as a project manager at Kjeller Innovasjon, where I commercialized research results. I am passionate about innovation, and being able to immerse myself in real challenges organizations face is what drives me in my quest for knowledge.

Industrial organizations need to continuously improve their production process in order to remain competitive. Improvements typically take the form of efficiency gains through cost reductions and increased production volumes. Local improvements in organization of work, gained from rationalization techniques such as lean, TQM and Six Sigma, are important, but more complex organizational learning from exploration activities are also needed to remain competitive.

During my PhD, I will assess how Scandinavian industry should organize to be able to gain the most from these explorative activities. I will look at questions such as: What characterises organizational learning in process industries? How should expert divisions (like R&D) collaborate with the line organization to support implementation of new technology? And how do rationalization efforts in the production process impact the organizations ability to innovate?

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