Table VI Description of salient...

Table VI

Description of salient decisions, equivocality, analyzability and decision making in Project B

Decisions	Information	Equivocality	Analyzability	Decision making
Product
Producing all product families and acquiring information	Bills of materials and processes	HE	LA	Intuitive
Limiting products to needs of Latin American site	Forecasted demand, bills of materials and processes, experience	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Production process
Prioritizing modular production process	Experience, discussions, gut feeling	HE	LA	Intuitive
Agreeing on definition of a powertrain across product families	Experience, discussions, bills of materials and processes	HE	LA	Intuitive
Establishing rules and procedures for mapping powertrain components	Experience, discussions, bills of materials and processes	HE	LA	Intuitive
Mapping powertrain components	Bills of materials and processes, experience	LE	HA	Normative
Determining need for modular assembly of powertrains	Product demand, bills of materials and processes, experience	HE	LA	Intuitive
Identifying powertrain modules	Bills of material and processes, experience, prior activities	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Analyzing fit between current product design and powertrain modules	Bills of processes and materials, experience, spread sheet calculations	LE	HA	Normative
Identifying need for common assembly sequence	Experience, discussions, gut feeling, bills of materials and processes	HE	LA	Intuitive
Establishing rules and procedures for modular assembly	Experience, discussions, gut feeling, bills of materials and processes	HE	LA	Intuitive
Proposing a common assembly sequence for multi-product production system	Experience, discussions, gut feeling, bills of materials and processes	HE	LA	Intuitive
Analyzing differences between existing and common assembly sequence	Experience, discussions, gut feeling, bills of materials and processes	LE	LA	Intuitive and normative
Specifying common assembly sequence	Bills of processes and materials, experience	LE	LA	Intuitive and normative
Adapting production process to site specific needs	Experience, discussions, gut feeling, bills of materials and processes	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Identifying problems and improving production process	Bills of processes and materials, experience, spread sheet calculations, prototyping, line balancing, production databases	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Layout
Setting objective for reducing factory floor space	Experience, discussions, mental simulations, managerial reports	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Identifying needs of production site in Latin America	Bills of materials and processes, forecasted demand, line balancing, site visits, experience, discussions	LE	HA	Intuitive
Proposing layout for multi-product production system	Bills of materials and processes, forecasted demand, line balancing, site visits, experience, discussions and testing on site	E	LA	Intuitive and normative
Evaluating and testing layout for multi-product production system	Dimensions, production process, material flow, spread sheet, calculations and forecasted demand	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Tools and technology
Setting objectives for standardizing tools for production process	Experience, discussions, prior activities	LE	LA	Intuitive
Mapping current equipment and tools	Bills of processes, work instructions, experience and site visits	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Specifying tools and equipment for multi-product production system	Bills of processes, work instructions, experience, prior activities, testing on site	LE	LA	Intuitive and normative
Logistics
Prioritizing the reduction of traveling distance of internal logistics	Experience, discussions, prior activities	LE	LA	Intuitive
Identifying logistic needs for multi-product production system	Experience, discussions and mental simulations	LE	LA	Intuitive
Evaluating current logistics capabilities	Forecasted demand, assembly sequence, parts, routes, warehousing and on-site analysis	LE	HA	Normative
Proposing logistics solutions for multi-product production system	Forecasted demand, assembly sequence, parts, routes, warehousing, on-site analysis and testing on site	E	HA	Intuitive and normative
Organization
Agreeing on need for improving competence of operative staff	Experience, discussions and expert input	LE	HA	Intuitive
Determining critical issues for improving staff competence	Experience, discussions, expert input, prior activities, forecasted demand, line balancing, time studies and material flow	LE	HA	Intuitive
Specifying policies for staffing, organization strategies, and training	Experience, discussions, expert input, prior activities, forecasted demand, line balancing, time studies, material flow and testing on site	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Performance indicators
Adopting performance indicators on site	Experience, discussions, expert input and managerial reports	LE	HA	Intuitive
Comparing current production system to a multi-product one	Prior activities, forecasted demand, material flow, spread sheet calculations, expert and management input	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Determining advantages and trade-offs of multi-product production system	Prior activities, forecasted demand, material flow, spread sheet calculations, expert and management input	E	HA	Intuition and normative

Decisions	Information	Equivocality	Analyzability	Decision making
Product
Producing all product families and acquiring information	Bills of materials and processes	HE	LA	Intuitive
Limiting products to needs of Latin American site	Forecasted demand, bills of materials and processes, experience	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Production process
Prioritizing modular production process	Experience, discussions, gut feeling	HE	LA	Intuitive
Agreeing on definition of a powertrain across product families	Experience, discussions, bills of materials and processes	HE	LA	Intuitive
Establishing rules and procedures for mapping powertrain components	Experience, discussions, bills of materials and processes	HE	LA	Intuitive
Mapping powertrain components	Bills of materials and processes, experience	LE	HA	Normative
Determining need for modular assembly of powertrains	Product demand, bills of materials and processes, experience	HE	LA	Intuitive
Identifying powertrain modules	Bills of material and processes, experience, prior activities	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Analyzing fit between current product design and powertrain modules	Bills of processes and materials, experience, spread sheet calculations	LE	HA	Normative
Identifying need for common assembly sequence	Experience, discussions, gut feeling, bills of materials and processes	HE	LA	Intuitive
Establishing rules and procedures for modular assembly	Experience, discussions, gut feeling, bills of materials and processes	HE	LA	Intuitive
Proposing a common assembly sequence for multi-product production system	Experience, discussions, gut feeling, bills of materials and processes	HE	LA	Intuitive
Analyzing differences between existing and common assembly sequence	Experience, discussions, gut feeling, bills of materials and processes	LE	LA	Intuitive and normative
Specifying common assembly sequence	Bills of processes and materials, experience	LE	LA	Intuitive and normative
Adapting production process to site specific needs	Experience, discussions, gut feeling, bills of materials and processes	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Identifying problems and improving production process	Bills of processes and materials, experience, spread sheet calculations, prototyping, line balancing, production databases	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Layout
Setting objective for reducing factory floor space	Experience, discussions, mental simulations, managerial reports	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Identifying needs of production site in Latin America	Bills of materials and processes, forecasted demand, line balancing, site visits, experience, discussions	LE	HA	Intuitive
Proposing layout for multi-product production system	Bills of materials and processes, forecasted demand, line balancing, site visits, experience, discussions and testing on site	E	LA	Intuitive and normative
Evaluating and testing layout for multi-product production system	Dimensions, production process, material flow, spread sheet, calculations and forecasted demand	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Tools and technology
Setting objectives for standardizing tools for production process	Experience, discussions, prior activities	LE	LA	Intuitive
Mapping current equipment and tools	Bills of processes, work instructions, experience and site visits	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Specifying tools and equipment for multi-product production system	Bills of processes, work instructions, experience, prior activities, testing on site	LE	LA	Intuitive and normative
Logistics
Prioritizing the reduction of traveling distance of internal logistics	Experience, discussions, prior activities	LE	LA	Intuitive
Identifying logistic needs for multi-product production system	Experience, discussions and mental simulations	LE	LA	Intuitive
Evaluating current logistics capabilities	Forecasted demand, assembly sequence, parts, routes, warehousing and on-site analysis	LE	HA	Normative
Proposing logistics solutions for multi-product production system	Forecasted demand, assembly sequence, parts, routes, warehousing, on-site analysis and testing on site	E	HA	Intuitive and normative
Organization
Agreeing on need for improving competence of operative staff	Experience, discussions and expert input	LE	HA	Intuitive
Determining critical issues for improving staff competence	Experience, discussions, expert input, prior activities, forecasted demand, line balancing, time studies and material flow	LE	HA	Intuitive
Specifying policies for staffing, organization strategies, and training	Experience, discussions, expert input, prior activities, forecasted demand, line balancing, time studies, material flow and testing on site	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Performance indicators
Adopting performance indicators on site	Experience, discussions, expert input and managerial reports	LE	HA	Intuitive
Comparing current production system to a multi-product one	Prior activities, forecasted demand, material flow, spread sheet calculations, expert and management input	LE	HA	Intuitive and normative
Determining advantages and trade-offs of multi-product production system	Prior activities, forecasted demand, material flow, spread sheet calculations, expert and management input	E	HA	Intuition and normative

Notes: Equivocality (HE, high equivocality; E, equivocality; LE, low equivocality), Analyzability (HA, high analyzability; LA, low analyzability)

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