Five future scenarios for Danish manufacturing companies

Manufacturing

2025
Five future scenarios for Danish manufacturing companies

Manufacturing 2025
Five future scenarios for Danish manufacturing companies
May 2010

© Center for Industrial Production and Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Aalborg University
May 2010
ISBN: 87-91831-20-2
Printing: AK print
Illustrations: Yogisstreg
This publication is supported by the Industrial Fund for Educational Development and Cooperation and The Danish Agency for Science,
Technology and Innovation

Authors:
Professor John Johansen, Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University
Professor Ole Madsen, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Aalborg University
Chief Consultant Henrik Valentin Jensen, Confederation of Danish Industry
Development Consultant Anders Vestergaard, Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University

List of contents
Preface

7

Summary

9

Danish manufacturing under increasing pressure – innovation required

11

2025 – A project for the future

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Five future scenarios of Danish manufacturing

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The highly competent manufacturing company

The industrial power centre

The innovation factory

The flexible value chain integrator The virtual business

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25
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Continuous dialogue on the knowledge requirements uncovered by the five future scenarios

31

Appendix 1: List of participants

33

Sources

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Challenges towards 2025

Preface
How can Danish manufacturing companies sensibly retain their production in Denmark – and what knowledge is required to do so? This question is answered by a number of manufacturing companies, researchers from three Danish universities and two labour market organisations in this publication, based on long-term cooperation