Petri Helo

• PhD
• Professor (Full) at University of Vaasa

The main focus of this paper is to indicate the effect of quality management practices and concurrent engineeringon business performance improvement. The research has been done by taking one of Brewery Company (MetaAbo Brewery S. Co) as a case study. Practical secondary data have been collected and analyzed to understandwhat it seems the actual com...

The servicing of crane systems has been a major problem in the crane business value chain. The crane industry has been exploring well-defined solutions to solve problems on the customer’s site. The service-oriented concept, empowered by artificial intelligence (AI) technology, has shown advantages in addressing issues in manufacturing. In this stud...

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is commonly implemented as a strategy in waste management. The core of the concept itself is a waste reverse logistics (WRL), which dictates how the collection, inspection and processing of end-of-life products are performed. Existing studies of EPR mainly focused on single products instead of using broader pe...

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is commonly implemented as a strategy in waste management. The core of the concept itself is a waste reverse logistics (WRL), which dictates how the collection, inspection and processing of end-of-life products are performed. Existing studies of EPR mainly focused on single products instead of using broader pe...

This article describes the process of topology optimisation (TO) of three components of an electric scooter, namely the neck, platform, and suspension bracket. We use these example parts to investigate the additive manufacturing (AM) workflow, from re-design to nesting and support approach that has an impact on the total costs and time required for...

Increasing textile production is associated with an environmental burden which can be decreased with an improved recycling system by digitalization. The collection of textiles is done with so-called curbside bins. Sensor technologies support dynamic-informed decisions during route planning, helping predict waste accumulation in bins, which is often...

A new manufacturing mode, called social manufacturing, has been developing widely, and employed in many enterprises across the business value chain in recent years. Faced with this increasing dynamic, both enterprises and customers have to be more aware of the potential opportunity and benefit to be derived from this new manufacturing mode. One ben...

This study develops a cost model covering monetary and environmental damage costs for source-separated biowaste collection. The model provides an improved basis for decision-making by including environmental damage costs compared to the assessment that considers the only monetary cost. The monetary cost calculation integrated route optimisation usi...

Blockchain technology enables a single database source to maintain permanent information about products and manufacturers and share transparent data in the supply chain from suppliers, factories and distributors. In the automotive industry, blockchain technology has improved the transparency of the value chain and improved the operational efficienc...

A research stream identifying aftermarket and legacy parts suitable for additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged in recent years. However, existing research reveals no golden standard for identifying suitable part candidates for AM and mainly combines preexisting methods that lack conceptual underpinnings. As a result, the identification approaches...

Kiertodigi-hankkeen tavoitteena on ollut kehittää uusia konsepteja pienten jäte- ja kierrätysmateriaalivirtojen kiertojen hallintaan digitalisaation avulla. Pienillä virroilla tarkoitetaan sellaisia kierrätysmateriaalilähteitä, joiden kerääminen on haastavaa tarvittavan keräyskapasiteetin ja niistä syntyvien kustannusten vuoksi. Tarkastelun kohtein...

It is estimated that 12000 tons of plastic waste is annually generated from the agricultural sector in Finland, and more than half of it comprises bale wrap films. Up to 70% of plastic film waste from the agricultural sector in Finland goes into landfills, and only around 10% is recycled. Recycling plastic material is desirable in order to close th...

The complexity of data-driven engineer-to-order manufacturing enter�prise supply-chains for effective and efficient decision making has received a lot of attention both within the original equipment manufacturing industrial research and development circle and supply-chains operations research and management circles. However, despite these complexit...

This paper develops a model to explore the relationships between social pressure, environmental commitment, green economic incentives, supply chain relationship management, sustainable supply chain design, and circular economy capability. Through data gathered from 212 small and medium enterprises (SMEs), this study applies confirmatory factor anal...

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is commonly used to treat organic waste due to its robustness and ability to recover energy and material. During its operation, the incoming waste treated by an AD can change either in quantity, composition, or both. This change can have economic implication at which the average cost of treating waste will change. This pape...

This paper focuses on conducting a rigorous analysis of blockchain-based use cases in supply chain in order to develop a conceptual framework in operations and supply chain. Furthermore, these use cases seem to help us understanding the role of blockchain technology on emerging operations and supply chain (SC) ecosystems and developing new values a...

The digitalization of logistics is shaping today's global supply chains. The operations of organizations rely on up-to-date and real-time information in the planning and execution of logistics. Logistics information systems undertake this task at the enterprise level (enterprise resource planning), for warehouses and distribution (warehouse managem...

Blockchain technology is enabling radical innovations across all industries, thus, companies are transforming into a new ecosystem of developed capabilities and redesigning their business models. This paper explores what blockchain-based industrial ecosystems are emerging in current digital age and what kind of impact blockchain has on different ec...

This paper presents a multi-objective optimization (MOO) of waste-to-energy (WtE) to investigate optimized solutions for thermal, economic, and environmental objectives. These objectives are represented by net efficiency, total cost in treating waste, and environmental impact. Integration of the environmental objective is conducted using life cycle...

Any successful change in an organization requires an appropriate change management method and a process for involved staff and department to accept the change and become engaged in order to achieve its success. It is even more important and difficult to adopt a novel change management method to bring multiple organizations across the business value...

With the development and evolution of information technology, competition has become more and more intensive on a global scale. Many companies have forecast that the future of operation and supply chain management (SCM) may change dramatically, from planning, scheduling, optimisation, to transportation, with the presence of artificial intelligence...

Being fit for purpose is a key element of a cargo system (or ship configuration). It is important to understand a certain cargo profile (or cargo mix) and to build a match between cargo profile and cargo system. The actual maximum capacity utilization of a ship is determined by the compatibility of these two factors. These operational questions are...

The manufacturing industry is facing the impact of a dynamic market and intensive competition. Many companies are looking for a new approach to improve their business activities in a collaborative business ecosystem with other stakeholders. Cloud computing enables the sharing of manufacturing resources and capabilities between different stakeholder...

Abstract: Supply chain and logistics network tracking and tracing is an essential need in global supply and logistics network. Existing technologies are mostly suitable for single channel supply chain and are not suitable for multi-channel supply network. The objective of this research study is therefore to outline technological knowhow and possibi...

The aim of this research study is to look for possible research opportunities to applying blockchain technology in supply chain management and logistics. In addition, accompanying challenges to utilizing blockchain in supply chain management along with possible solutions are also provided. To fulfil the study objective, both theoretical and empiric...

The Nordic Council has a vision to create the most integrated region globally by 2030. Nevertheless, Nordic cross-border infrastructure projects are generally developed by each nation individually. Joint Nordic infrastructure planning is thus fragmented. An example of this, as reported herein, is how road projects are assessed by the infrastructure...

Real-time tracking and tracing are important in providing a unified view of global supply chains consisting of several parties. This paper illustrates the needs and requirements for managing supply chains in multi-company project environments by adopting various tracking and tracing technologies. This kind of tracking and tracing is especially need...

Nowadays, most manufacturing companies have realized the importance of collaboration between dispersed factories, different suppliers, and distributed stakeholders. Cloud computing is an evolution of the Internet; it does not just change the technology, but also enables collaborative innovation. Cloud manufacturing (CM) is another form of networked...

This study aims to discuss the evolution, principles, and stages of total quality management (TQM) in public health care organizations. It also makes a comparison that how case organizations think about quality and TQM along with its applicability within public sector. The study can be categorized as qualitative research. The data is collected from...

Journal of Economics Society of Economics at Chou University, Japan. https://chuo-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_view_main_item_detail&item_id=12476&item_no=1&page_id=13&block_id=21 Facility location plays an important role for any business based on logistic operations. In this paper, we formulate and solve a d...

Facility location plays an important role for any business based on logistic operations. In this paper, we formulate and solve a discrete uncapacitated facility location problem, in order to determine preferable locations for one or more facilities in the urban systems of Sweden and Finland. We apply a heuristic network algorithm to identify the op...

Currently, industrial companies are increasingly introducing services to extend their tangible products. Remote monitoring solutions are one of the most implemented services by machine builders to manage their relationship with customers and also improve their business performance in the digital manufacturing era. However, the conventional method o...

The concept of digital manufacturing is getting much attention in today’s industrial environment. In order to be successful in this digital manufacturing environment, companies need to manage their operational processes efficiently and safely. Integration of virtual reality and robotics to manufacturing companies can be a helpful technology to achi...

Reverse logistics plays a significant role in realizing circular economy. It allows companies in slowing and closing the loop, as those two are fundamental strategies in circular economies that are challenging to be applied. Companies can gain competitive advantage and moving toward circularity by incorporating product recovery to its product life...

Denna rapport har två syften. För det första ges en översiktlig beskrivning av teori och metodik för en samhällsekonomisk nytto-kostnadskalkyl vid offentligt finansierade åtgärder i ett transportsystem. För det andra undersöks förutsättningarna för att genomföra samhälls-ekonomiska kalkyler av åtgärder på transportlänkar som passerar nationsgränser...

Change management (CM) has been a persistent subject among organizations. The basic arguments originate from how and why organizations manage changes. However, CM is paramount for the success and survival of an organization in both highly competitive local and evolving global markets. The general perception of change usefulness or the aims of CM va...

Shorter product life cycles, together with heterogeneous market demands, are forcing manufacturing companies to eliminate or reduce complexities in product development and supply chain. These complexities arise due to high level of interdependencies between component interfaces and supply chain participants. To address such complexities, companies...

Blockchain is a promising information technology which can provide several potential applications related to operations and supply chains. By using distributed software architecture and advanced computing, blockchain can solve the problem of immutable ledgers distributed to several actors in the chain. This paper reviews blockchain technology and o...

This study evaluates the use of virtual reality (VR) platforms, which is an integrated part of the digital factory for an industrial training and maintenance system. The digital factory-based VR platform provides an intuitive and immersive human-computer interface, which can be an efficient tool for industrial training and maintenance services. The...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discover the impact of different dimensions of organizational culture (mission culture, adaptability culture, involvement culture and consistency culture) on business excellence results criteria (customer results, people results, society results and business results) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and expl...

Facility location plays an important role for any business based on logistic operations. In this paper, we formulate and solve a discrete uncapacitated facility location problem, in order to determine preferable locations for one or more facilities in the urban system of Sweden. We apply a heuristic network algorithm to identify the optimal solutio...

This paper presents a prototype system of sheet metal processing machinery which collects production order data, passes current information to cloud based centralized job scheduling for setup time reduction and updates the production calendar accordingly. A centralized cloud service can collect and analyse production order data for machines and sug...

Purpose Sustainability has become an important objective for most organizations, as it is emerging as a competitive necessity. This study aims to develop a framework for the identification, categorization and prioritization of sustainable management practices (SMPs) in the hotel sector. Design/methodology/approach An extensive literature review...

Virtual reality technique is generally considered as a natural extension to 3D computer graphics. This technique has matured enough until today to guarantee effective industrial applications. The virtual reality (VR) technique with up-to-date software systems supports various industrial applications such as design, engineering, manufacturing, opera...

Blockchain is a promising emerging technology for wide range of industries. Blockchain provides a decentralized digital ledger system, which can be utilized effectively when parties does not trust each other's. The decentralized ledger system can be implemented in several ways as a part of logistics activities. However, many barriers exists, why bl...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to deal with the importance and obstacles of outsourcing strategy in project business in terms of product development perspectives. This strategy is intrinsically analyzed and evaluated with respect to the strategic business environments. Design/methodology/approach The objective of this research is to analyze...

Purpose With considerable international awareness of circular economy (CE), the purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical framework, informed by institutional theory and upper echelon theory (UET), to explain how top management commitment (TMC) mediates the relationship between external pressures and supplier relationship management (SRM)...

Supply chain management is an important function in the service delivery. It comprises of physical materials and tools needed as well as intangible operational parts. The process of designing service supply chains is a task combining the aspects of customer-server interaction, resourcing, and service delivery. Operational and structure-related deci...

Cloud manufacturing refers to a new concept of using centralized cloud computing for manufacturing information systems to support distributed and dynamic collaborative manufacturing environment. The core of cloud manufacturing is to provide service to geographically distributed manufacturers centralized services. This paper introduces a cloud based...

Service-oriented industrial companies need to manage the complexity of developing new services (NSD) besides products. Prototyping offers a way to increase the success of NSD. There are service prototyping environments, but they fall short in effectiveness. CoProtolab concept was developed for effective, comprehensive, immersive and collaborative p...

Inter-firm relationship governance is becoming increasingly fragmented and complex in industrial marketing and management. There is a need to develop an integrative framework, which describes the nature of the relationship (complementary or substitutes) between economic and sociological governance mechanisms, and their relative effectiveness in exp...

This paper aims to identify the dimensions of motivation for social sustainability in healthcare in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Further, the impact of these dimensions on the motivation for social sustainability is examined. A comprehensive questionnaire was developed based on interviews with administrators of large healthcare units in the UAE....

Environmental impacts, such as Green House gas emissions, have been introduced to supply chain management as an additional parameter to traditional key performance indicators such as cost, lead-time and on-time delivery. This paper analyses a case example from the food industry on how CO2 emissions are structured in a value chain. The focus of the...

One of the most important challenges faced by business managers today is the integration of sustainability into their core functions. The contemporary enterprise is forced to leap forward from the mere adoption of green practices toward rethinking, redesigning, and redeveloping business practices in a more sustainable way. Most of the initiatives i...

This article presents a methodology applicable to the formation of collaborative bill-of-materials (C-BOM), coordinating production scheduling and monitoring operational processes. The concept of collaborative product development process is described in detail through an example network, where the participating organisations form a temporary virtua...

Digitalization of electrical utilities and supply chain is one of the main topics in energy area today. IoT (Internet of Things) and home automation devices are becoming common with increasing speed. This paper gives an updated review and evaluation of position of the IoT in electricity supply chain today. We also inspect this sector's key trends i...

Purpose This study aims to identify barriers to social sustainability in the health-care industry in the United Arab Emirates. Furthermore, the impact of these dimensions on social sustainability is examined. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive questionnaire has been developed based on semi-structured interviews with different departments...

Defining product platform architecture is a critical issue to design and develop product variants. Different factors are highly dependent on the architecture type, such as number of variants, to measure modularity level, component commonality, market demand, etc. It is directly related to manage product portfolios and setting up business plan of a...

Cloud computing is changing the way industries and enterprises run their businesses. Cloud manufacturing is emerging as an approach to transform the traditional manufacturing business model, while helping the manufacturer to align production efficiency with its business strategy, and creating intelligent factory networks that enable collaboration a...

Purpose The growing international landscape of business has underlined the significance of multiculturalism and the novel challenges it brings to business implementation. The purpose of this paper is to draw attention of the readers toward how trust can be conceptualized and how trust-building process is affected in global business environments whe...

The approach of this research is to demonstrate that cooperation among business networks brings the opportunity to handle risks and events much more effectively and efficiently than an individual organization. This research has attempted to investigate the potential risks and events and to handle them effectively and efficiently. The aim of this pa...

More than ever companies are challenged to rethink their offerings while simultaneously being provided with a unique opportunity for creating or recreating their product-service systems. This paper seeks to address how servitisation can utilize the third wave of Internet development, referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT), which may unlock the...

In order to design a system for managing performance in collaborative project-based enterprises, it is necessary to undertake real-time monitoring of its business processes and activities. This paper presents a systematic approach to project business process monitoring (BPM) and identifies the key aspects of virtual enterprise (VE) process evaluati...

Purpose To assess the organizational culture of courts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the culture type required to achieve business excellence. This research also aims to benchmark the criteria weights of the international framework for court excellence (IFCE) in the UAE and suggest new weights that better reflect courts’ local priorities a...

Extending a company’s offer beyond manufacturing has become an effective way of increasing profits and staying ahead of competitors. It is difficult to pinpoint the emergence of servitization. Many researchers in the field, such as Vandermerwe and Rada (1989), claim that servitization is occurring on a global scale, and manufacturing organizations...

Industrial services can be used to support the marketing and operations strategy of an industrial firm. The possibilities include using the coproduction aspect in customer relationship, transforming the business toward service-dominant logic, using service offering and delivery as part of global expansion strategies, and redesigning the service del...

The Trendwatching (2011) report emphasizes that traditional ownership is often a burden for modern and usually mobile customers. Therefore, fractional ownership that partially relieves customers from responsibility, costs, and commitment is gaining popularity. Such a form of ownership is particularly interesting for consumers who value experience o...

Value chains define the position of each actor of the supply chain based on how much value added each partner of the supply chain is delivering.

Gummesson (1995) was one of the first researchers to emphasize the fact that customers are not buying products any more but are rather buying offerings that are based on services which create an added value. The services offered need to solve real customer problems in an efficient and cost-effective way. The value creation of the service should be...

The role of technology is increasing in service businesses. Product information and product support are offered typically over the Internet. Connected products are smart and collect data from usage. This data can be transferred into centralized servers and big data type analytics can be performed. Additionally, service-dominant logic can serve as a...

Managing service delivery process requires a seamless flow from specifications (service-level agreements, SLAs) to operational performance metrics including the aspects of quality and flexibility. Coproduction challenges the delivery process as customer may own and control the physical asset. Managing the installed base and assets which are custome...

Managing supply chains greatly depends on understanding the classification of industrial services, the customer expectation of the industrial services and how this expectation of the customer affects the quality of the services and demands for improvement, and also the flexibility that is demanded in the service relationship.

Service delivery is the operational part of the service and based on the supply chain consisting of processes and actors. Service delivery is designed around service provider, customer, suppliers, and the technology employed.

This book is dedicated to the issues and complexities of industrial services supply chain management. It analyzes how the transition from products to services can be managed, and how supply chains can be adjusted to reflect this new status quo. The book begins with chapters examining product-service systems structures and servitization – the servic...

This study aims to develop a framework for identification, categorisation, and prioritisation of sustainability practices in airlines. After extensive literature review to identify the main criteria and sub-criteria of sustainability practices, analytical hierarchical process (AHP) is utilised to prioritise them. Study has identified eight main cri...

In the sheet metal industry, single machines or more complex production systems are integrated with a software needed to control them. While it is clear both for the company and the client that the machine is a product offered with the related services, the software deserves more attention. In the company where our team has been involved in an acti...

Purpose For decades now, industrial manufacturers’ complex product development (CPD) activities have seen various improvement approaches as well as product development (PD) support processes all in the quest to achieve shorter PD lead-times and higher return on investments. CPD process improvements, in terms of complex engineering design and delive...

Sustainable business has become a valuable way to achieve competitive advantage and improve business performance. Virtual enterprise (VE), as a new business collaboration form, used to fulfil unique business requirements and make sure small- and medium-sized enterprises can adapt themselves to the modern business environment under increasing pressu...

In the recent days, virtual collaboration gets more attention from industries, which can be facilitated through cloud manufacturing system (CMS). This CMS provides intelligent perception and access of various manufacturing resources through internet-enabled tools and techniques such as cloud repository, internet of things (IoT), smart objects, etc....

Utilizing a big data is one of energy sector's future key trends. Energy sector's existing data and financial asset is enormous. Using advantages of the big data by new means of information and communication technologies (ICT) is becoming more interesting and common. This paper gives an updated overview for latest trends in the energy sector from t...

Manufacturing is the backbone of the European economy, but it is challenged by globalisation and technological evolution. Among the potential problems existing in current European industry are that the manufacturers are mostly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and it is difficult for them to take quick actions and relocate resources flexib...

Today, industry is under intense pressure to stay competitive in market segment with limited resources. To withstand such challenges manufacturing organizations need to be collaborative. This collaboration not only benefits many aspects in their daily businesses but contributes other aspects like waste management. In this research, especial focus i...

Purpose Big data is increasingly becoming a major organizational enterprise force to reckon with in this global era for all sizes of industries. It is a trending new enterprise system or platform which seemingly offers more features for acquiring, storing and analysing voluminous generated data from various sources to obtain value-additions. Howeve...

Virtual enterprises and virtual supply chain concepts have been presented to propose solution for a seamless integration and data exchange between enterprises in the supply chain. Cloud computing technology enables centralized data storage and processing for operations and supply chain. This paper presents a prototype implementation of cloud-based...