Table 1

Data sources of the case study

Data sourceDepartmentPositionArea of discussionDocumentationTime and length (minutes)
Three interviewsLogistics and Operation DepartmentCore Technical ManagerExisting logistics networkAudio recording and notesJune 2019120
Sep 2019120
Oct 201960
One interviewLogistics and Operation DepartmentCore ManagerExisting logistics networkAudio recordingOct 201960
Three interviewsE-Mobility GroupTechnology Specialist Electro-Mobility, RemanufacturingE-mobility and RM of batteriesAudio recording and notesMay 201960
Sep 2019120
Oct 201990
Two interviewsLogistics and Operation Department and E-Mobility GroupArchitect Functional SafetyBatteries portfolio, Market share, life extending applicationsAudio recordingMay 201960
Sep 201960
Two interviewsLogistics and Operation Department and E-Mobility GroupLogistics ManagerCurrent logistics network of batteries from buses and trucks, needs, limitations and challengesAudio recording and notesJune 201960
Sep 2019120
Eight interviewsPurchasing DepartmentProject Manager PurchasingSuppliers relationship, RC options and future involvement in the battery value chainAudio recordingJune 201990
Dec 2019120
Jan 2020120
May 202060
June 2020180
Two interviewsLogistics and Operation DepartmentElectro-Mobility Business Planning And Product CoordinationEnd of life business for batteries, RC options and future involvement in the battery value chainAudio recordingJune 201960
Dec 201930
One interviewTechnology Group Department and E-Mobility GroupKnowledge Management LeaderLife extending applications of batteries, technologies, markets and business potentialsAudio recording and notesSep 201940
Two interviewsLogistics and Operation Department and E-Mobility GroupSenior Dangerous Goods and Chemical Products Specialist
Service Market Logistics
Standards and regulations regarding handling, storing and transportation of batteriesAudio recordingSep 201960
Dec 201940
One interviewLogistics and Operation DepartmentProduct Manager: E-Mob and FiltrationAfter market set-up, needs and challenges, potential markets for initiating e-mobility service marketAudio recording and notesOct 201990
One interviewLogistics and Operation DepartmentDirector Project Management, Service Market LogisticsLogistics service marketAudio recordingOct 201960
Two interviewsLogistics and Operation DepartmentProduct Manager Electro-Mobility and Commercial Parts OfferService-market-logisticsAudio recordingNov 201940
Dec 201960
Three company strategic meetingsSix representative managers from Logistics and operation Department, Purchasing Department, and E-mobility groupSynthesis of data collected from the interviews.
Alternative long-term CLSC configurations and evolutionary paths
Audio recording and notesNov 201960
Jan 2020120
Dec 2020120
Documents50 pages of company reports and confidential documentsSuppliers’ information, map of logistics network, and facilities n/an/a

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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