Benassi, Mario with Roberto Berchi, "Modularization of the Enterprise and System Dynamics Models: An Application to the Explication of Suggestions from the Shops", 1996
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Organization design can benefit from the utilization of the current available simulation techniques. The utility is greater where new organization profiles are in experimentation phase. This work has been developed as part of a larger study (still in process) related to the experimentation that is developing in manufacturing. We are observing the creation of manufacturing units that manage, nearly independently, the manufacturing and the related supporting processes. One of the peculiar characteristics of these organizations is the way these units manage the suggestions (technical, management, maintenance) coming from the employees. The New Holland case shows the dynamics of transformation of the suggestion processing and implementation. The models developed clarified the reasons of some problems observed and suggested some possible corrective actions.