A Proposal of Value Co-creative Production with IoT-Based Thinking Factory Concept for Tailor-Made Rubber Products [chapter]

Toshiya Kaihara, Daisuke Kokuryo, Swee Kuik
2015 IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology  
Production companies are required to notice the importance of the paradigm shift from "use value" into "value in use" about their products and services. Value co-creative activity between the producers and consumers is essential to realise the paradigm shift in practical business case. The IoT(Internet of Things) is a powerful infrastructure to digitalise and increase the integration of vertical and horizontal value chains in the business process. We propose a value co-creative production
more » ... model under IoT environment with an innovative "Thinking factory" concept. Our current target is the rubber industry which is required to provide tailor-made products as human-machine delicate interface.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22759-7_8 fatcat:emh4z2dnu5a2nireyp73ehtwrm