The Swedish Manufacturing R&D Clusters; Production Management

The Production Management cluster highlights the overall role of the production system for the competitiveness and industrial adaptability of the future. Our common goal is 'sustainable and competitive production systems through innovation and conversion capacity' where production strategies, production development, industrialization and daily operation are in focus.

Priority research​ areas​

Production strategies

• Strategies to meet faster pace of change in a global market. Roadmaps, methods and guidelines to support strategic decision-making processes, innovation and sustainability.

Production Development &​ Industrialization

• Integrated development of products and processes for economic, environmental and social/human sustainability.
• Methods and tools to support a system perspective in the design of factories, production flows and workplaces, start-up phases and maintenance.
• Design towards resilient and sustainable production systems

Daily operation

• Methods and tools for the development of organizational resilience, leadership, change management, workplace innovation, work organization, strategic supply of competences, lifelong and organizational learning, sustainable work, working-life balance, health, safety, quality, delivery, economy.
• Strategies and working methods for maintenance, improvement and development work, etc.

What is the advantage of participating in a cluster?

The aim is to develop economically and environmentally sustainable manufacturing systems capable of effectively providing the market with the innovative products of the future. Through the cluster's working methods, we strengthen Sweden's continued success as a sustainable industrial nation. You can win this by participating:

• New valuable contacts for cooperation.
• A support for own strategic research and development work.
• Opportunity to set a strong common agenda with national and international influence.  
• Early information and invitations to project cooperation.

Clustermembers:

AstraZeneca, FKG, Scania, AB Volvo, Volvo Cars, KTH, MdH, RISE, ProduktionsLyftet, Chalmers, Jönköping University, LTU

The cluster welcomes more companies! Please contact us for more information.