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INTEGRATED SYSTEMS AND OUTSOURCING: PROCESS INNOVATION IN AEROSPACE PRODUCT DESIGN

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Mohammadia School of Engineering, Industrial Engineering Department, University Mohammed V, Rabat, s.n. 10090, Morocco

Center for Business Innovation, Università del Salento, Via per Monteroni, Lecce, s.n. 73100, Italy

Innovation Engineering Department and Center for Business Innovation, Università del Salento, Via per Monteroni, Lecce, s.n. 73100, Italy

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ANGELO CORALLO

Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, Lecce, s.n. 73100, Italy

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GIUSEPPINA PASSIANTE

Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, Lecce, s.n. 73100, Italy

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MARIANGELA LAZOI

Head of Information Systems Department-Responsible of the Architecture, Innovation and Benchmarking, Alenia Aeronautica SpA, Finnmeccanica Group Services, Rome, Italy

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Abstract

Organizations need to share and acquire new information to sustain competitive advantage in complex environment. They communicate through IT-based integrated systems to fasten communication and knowledge sharing for the creation of innovative products. Firms are, thus, extending their operations to integrate strategic knowledge from partners in the product development process. In this paper, we present a case study related to process innovation in an aerospace firm integrating its information systems with one of its partners to facilitate the design of the models of a complex product. We investigate on the strategy followed to integrate the information systems, the types of these latter, on their success factors and their impact on the product development. The case study provides important insights on the integration of information systems for product design outsourcing.

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