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SUMMARY:New Role of Manufacturing Science &amp\;Technology toward Value Cr
 eation - Professor Kanji Ueda （University of Tokyo）
DTSTART:20150515T090000Z
DTEND:20150515T094500Z
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CONTACT:Yongjiang Shi
DESCRIPTION:Professor Kanji Ueda from the University of Tokyo will share h
 is recent research work and thoughts about manufacturing and innovation fo
 r value creation. "The presentation begins with introduction of recent wor
 ld trends of manufacturing innovation strategy program such as Industry 4.
 0\, including historical backgrounds. Then\, it introduces new theory towa
 rd value creation based on Value-Creation Classification Model\, which def
 ines Class I as “providing value” to satisfy customer demands by excha
 nge\, Class II as “adaptive value” according to changing environments 
 in use\, and Class III as “co-creative value” which emerges\nthrough i
 nteractions among producer and customer. Finally\, it emphasizes a new rol
 e of manufacturing science & technology to increase social surplus".\n\nDr
 . Kanji Ueda is Emeritus Professor of the University of Tokyo\, where he w
 as previously Director of the Research into Artifacts\, Center for Enginee
 ring. Professor Ueda has engaged in research and teaching for more than 40
  years on manufacturing systems\, biological artifact network\, emergent s
 ynthesis theory and value creation modeling. He was recognized with the SM
 E Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal in 2013. He has been a Vice President
  of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology\,
  and a member of Regional Resource\nStrategic Committee in the Cabinet Off
 ice of Japan. He is now President of the CIRP (International Academy for P
 roduction Engineering).
LOCATION:Seminar Room 3\, IfM\, 17 Charles Babbage Road
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