Technology and Innovation Management
Research within our Technology and Innovation Management theme focuses on examining shifts in manufacturing and engineering theories and approaches in the face of the integration and evolution of technological advancements and innovative strategies to support high productivity and new revenue models. Our research offers foundational insights, underscoring innovation that aim to address critical scientific, industrial, and societal transformations.
Focus of our research
At the Research Centre for Manufacturing and Materials at Coventry University, we recognise that Intangible assets are invaluable to a firm’s competitive power and can equate to up to 90% of the total firm value. In fact, these invisible assets are often a firm’s only real source of competitive edge in manufacturing and engineering that can be sustained over time.
As such, our theme is dedicated to bridging the gap between technology and innovation management theories and the actual design, manufacturing, and re-configuration of products and services. More than just tangible assets and physical products, we delve deep into the intangible assets tied to these products, acknowledging their evolution throughout their lifecycle.
Integral to our work is the exploration of product-service systems. These can be groundbreaking manufacturing systems that promise excellence, adaptability and new value generation, especially in domains like future consumer goods, e-mobility, clean energy and health. A pivotal aspect of our research is the concept of Digital Twinning. In particular our group explore how every product and service design and every manufactured item retains a digital counterpart of its tangible and intangible component parts.
If you wish to find out more about this theme, please get in contact with our theme lead Dr Marcos Kauffman.
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Our objective
To pave the way for novel technologies and methodologies focused on collaborative product-service engineering and manufacturing value streams, all tailored for customer-centric value networks.
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Spotlight areas
- Collaborative product-service engineering for customer-driven manufacturing value networks
- Secure communications and IP management for smart factories in dynamic value networks
- Digital Twins of intangible assets for monetisation and securitisation in manufacturing
- Manufacturing Innovation and change management
We are steadfast in our mission to shape the future of technology, innovation and manufacturing, all while fostering an environment that promotes progressive innovation culture.
Projects
- Clean Futures Accelerator Programme
- APC19 – Clean Logistics for Emerging African Nations (CLEAN)
- Unipart Manufacturing Group PhD Studentship - Industry 4.0 and Intellectual Property
- Industry 4.0 – Project AREA (Augmented Reality Enhanced Assemblies)
- APC 12 – High Performance EV Supply Chain (H1perChain) Industry 4.0 Connected Supply Chain Architecture
- APC6 – High Performance Battery Pilot Facility (H1perbat)
- Industry 4.0 Connected Factory Architecture and IP Strategy
- ERDF Green Business Programme – Roadmapping to NetZero
Key researchers
| Name | Department | |
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| Dr Marcos Kauffman | Research Centre Director, Professor of Technology and Innovation Management | ac5376@coventry.ac.uk |
| Dr Arivazhagan Anbalagan | Assistant Professor in Digital Manufacturing | ad8181@coventry.ac.uk |
| Dr Tengfei Long | Research Fellow Digital Twins | ae0365@coventry.ac.uk |
| Dr Lara Harris | Research Fellow Digital Twins | ae0192@coventry.ac.uk |
