TY - GEN
T1 - Success in Industry-Academia Collaboration
T2 - 32nd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2023
AU - Humphries, Jacqueline
AU - Ryan, Alan
AU - Van de Ven, Pepijn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Collaborations between Industry partners and University researchers are common to address Industry 4.0 research projects. Such collaboration facilitate access to expertise across domains. However, there is often a mismatch of expectations around language, processes and deliverables. One of the reasons is that academics treat these type of research projects as traditional Knowledge Seeking Research. Treating the research as Solution Seeking Research is a better approach, which ensures that the needs of all participants in the project are met. Solution Seeking Research can be implemented using a Design Science approach. Collaboration must be encouraged, which requires effort around communication, coordination and cooperation. Using a Framework for Evaluation ensures that all guidelines of Design Science are achieved. In this paper, we outline how we managed successful Industry 4.0 collaboration projects. We extend the framework for evaluation by recommending suitable research methods for ex-ante and ex-post evaluation. In doing so, we provide a model for future researchers to deliver collaborative research projects to the satisfaction of all partners involved.
AB - Collaborations between Industry partners and University researchers are common to address Industry 4.0 research projects. Such collaboration facilitate access to expertise across domains. However, there is often a mismatch of expectations around language, processes and deliverables. One of the reasons is that academics treat these type of research projects as traditional Knowledge Seeking Research. Treating the research as Solution Seeking Research is a better approach, which ensures that the needs of all participants in the project are met. Solution Seeking Research can be implemented using a Design Science approach. Collaboration must be encouraged, which requires effort around communication, coordination and cooperation. Using a Framework for Evaluation ensures that all guidelines of Design Science are achieved. In this paper, we outline how we managed successful Industry 4.0 collaboration projects. We extend the framework for evaluation by recommending suitable research methods for ex-ante and ex-post evaluation. In doing so, we provide a model for future researchers to deliver collaborative research projects to the satisfaction of all partners involved.
KW - Design Science Research
KW - Evaluation
KW - Industry 4.0
KW - Innovation
KW - Solution Seeking
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85172738562&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-38165-2_66
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-38165-2_66
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85172738562
SN - 9783031381645
T3 - Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
SP - 563
EP - 572
BT - Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing
A2 - Silva, Francisco J.
A2 - Ferreira, Luís Pinto
A2 - Sá, José Carlos
A2 - Pereira, Maria Teresa
A2 - Pinto, Carla M.A.
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 18 June 2023 through 22 June 2023
ER -
