Case study overview
| Case | Company description | Revenue (in bln EUR) | HQ/Branch in Italy | BDA project objective/description* | Project status | Position of the interviewees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUTO | A manufacturing company of automotive | 50–100 | Headquarter in Italy | Demand forecasting: In the context of elevated variety and complexity, the focal BDA project aims to integrate big data in future demand forecast and in design of product offer packages | In implementation | Focal firm: Head of Data Science; Regional Head of Supply Chain and ICT |
| BEVE | A manufacturing company of food and beverage | 50–100 | European company with branch in Italy | Cross-functional: Integration of BDA competence into the entire supply chain planning span following a company-wide target. All dimensions of demand planning, production planning and scheduling, and distribution planning are covered in the plan | Recently in implementation | Focal firm: Head of Data Science; Head of Demand Planning Tech partner: Client manager; Product technical leader |
| CHEM | A manufacturing company of chemical materials and products (chemical, plastics, rubbers, renewable chemistry) | 10–50 | Headquarter in Italy | Production planning and control: Integration of BDA into predictive maintenance as part of the firm's applied research on BDA Distribution planning: Integration of BDA into the management and scheduling of ship transportations | In implementation | Focal firm: Head of Data Science; Head of ICT; Head of Digital Competence Centre; Head of Digital Product Delivery; Data Scientist |
| ELEC | A manufacturing company of electronics and semiconductors | 10–50 | European company with branch in Italy | Production planning and control: Integration of structured big data into the manufacturing control tower and establishing a big data ecosystem for production decision-support and productivity optimization | In implementation | Focal firm: Head of Digital transformation; Head of Digital Competence Centre; Head of Demand and Operations Planning |
| FIBE | A manufacturing company of fiber, cables, and power transmission systems for the telecommunication sector | 10–50 | Headquarter in Italy | Production planning and control: Integration of BDA into production process control (drift detection) and to enhance production process responsiveness and efficiency | Recently in implementation | Focal firm: Customer service manager; Supply Chain Manager; CIO; Head of Digital transformation |
| HLTH | A manufacturing company of healthcare product | <10 | European company with branch in Italy | Production planning and control: Integration of BDA into production planning and scheduling (resolve over-saturation in production, assist real-time measuring and monitoring) to establish a decision-support system (action plan prioritization) | Bare initiation | Focal firm: Chief Supply chain officer |
| PHAR | A manufacturing company of pharmaceutics and life sciences | 10–50 | European company with branch in Italy | Distribution planning: Integration of BDA into the transportation process to empower supply chain transparency (single item tracing and delivery condition tracking) and for anomaly detection (real-time diagnostics and alerts) | Fully routinized | Focal firm: Regional Head of Supply Chain; Transport Manager; Order handling manager Tech partner: Client manager; Product technical leader |
| PIPE | A manufacturing company of steel pipes for the energy sector | <10 | European company with branch in Italy | Production planning and control: Integration of BDA into production planning, to support lead time estimation with use of machine sensor data and historical production data and inform cost estimation for highly customized products | In implementation | Focal firm: Head of Data Science; Data Engineer; Supply Chain Manager Tech partner: Client manager |
| Case | Company description | Revenue (in bln EUR) | HQ/Branch in Italy | BDA project objective/description* | Project status | Position of the interviewees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUTO | A manufacturing company of automotive | 50–100 | Headquarter in Italy | In implementation | ||
| BEVE | A manufacturing company of food and beverage | 50–100 | European company with branch in Italy | Recently in implementation | ||
| CHEM | A manufacturing company of chemical materials and products (chemical, plastics, rubbers, renewable chemistry) | 10–50 | Headquarter in Italy | In implementation | ||
| ELEC | A manufacturing company of electronics and semiconductors | 10–50 | European company with branch in Italy | In implementation | ||
| FIBE | A manufacturing company of fiber, cables, and power transmission systems for the telecommunication sector | 10–50 | Headquarter in Italy | Recently in implementation | ||
| HLTH | A manufacturing company of healthcare product | <10 | European company with branch in Italy | Bare initiation | ||
| PHAR | A manufacturing company of pharmaceutics and life sciences | 10–50 | European company with branch in Italy | Fully routinized | ||
| PIPE | A manufacturing company of steel pipes for the energy sector | <10 | European company with branch in Italy | In implementation |
Note(s): See Appendix 2 for more detailed project description
Source(s): Table by authors
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