Coding framework for assessing technology novelty in the RMTI projects
| Code | Explanation | Example quotation |
|---|---|---|
| New to equipment supplier | The interviewee expressed that the supplier had never developed or used such a technology | “No I think this was totally new, also for them [the supplier]. Of course they have knowledge for the robots” manufacturing firm, Project 13 “We were in an area, or an unexplored area of process beyond the process window where we used to be. So that was completely new for everyone” equipment supplier firm, Project 3 |
| Known by the equipment supplier | The interviewee expressed that the supplier knew the technology beforehand | “I think the machine itself, it is already a product. So it is not that someone had to invent it or something like that, I think they have been producing this for some other customers […]” manufacturing firm, Project 10 |
| Established technology in the specific industry (custom engineering using known technology) | The interviewee expressed that the technology was already known in the manufacturing firm’s industry | “It’s not a new method. I think that we didn’t do any innovation in the technology I would say. But designing the machine, how it works, and what kind of programs are used, and, all the variations […], there I think it was the need for designing […]” manufacturing firm, Project 22 “We had the needs now and investigated what was the best technology at the moment to do it [and it was available in the industry]” – manufacturing firm, Case 8 |
| New technology in the specific industry (technology or its application invented) | The interviewee expressed that the technology was new also for others in the specific industry – no-one in the industry had developed or used it before | “We made some market studies, nothing really big but, to the knowledge we had, it showed up that there is nothing concrete around the world. Nobody you can buy something from,” equipment supplier firm, Project 3 “But the problem was that there was no experience in that kind of scale as we are implementing, so there was the risk. There was no implementation in this kind of an industry earlier” manufacturing firm, Project 14 |
| Code | Explanation | Example quotation |
|---|---|---|
| New to equipment supplier | The interviewee expressed that the supplier had never developed or used such a technology | “No I think this was totally new, also for them [the supplier]. Of course they have knowledge for the robots” manufacturing firm, Project 13 |
| Known by the equipment supplier | The interviewee expressed that the supplier knew the technology beforehand | “I think the machine itself, it is already a product. So it is not that someone had to invent it or something like that, I think they have been producing this for some other customers […]” manufacturing firm, Project 10 |
| Established technology in the specific industry (custom engineering using known technology) | The interviewee expressed that the technology was already known in the manufacturing firm’s industry | “It’s not a new method. I think that we didn’t do any innovation in the technology I would say. But designing the machine, how it works, and what kind of programs are used, and, all the variations […], there I think it was the need for designing […]” manufacturing firm, Project 22 |
| New technology in the specific industry (technology or its application invented) | The interviewee expressed that the technology was new also for others in the specific industry – no-one in the industry had developed or used it before | “We made some market studies, nothing really big but, to the knowledge we had, it showed up that there is nothing concrete around the world. Nobody you can buy something from,” equipment supplier firm, Project 3 |
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