Development of capability framework in managing manufacturing improvement within innovation providers

Project aim

A new capability management framework aims to make decision-making process and strategy building more efficient and robust. This framework aims to become the first standard within the HVM Catapult network.

Project background

This project is the first to define a new perspective on capability management of research centres shaping the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult network in the UK. The HVM Catapult network was established to address the valley of death (i.e. the gap between Industry and Academia) in the UK’s manufacturing sector as well as to drive the country’s economic and technological growth.

Literature in both management and manufacturing areas, however, has long focused on industrial companies and how these companies can better manage their capabilities in order to improve their competitiveness. Capability management of research centres which are the most crucial players in addressing the valley of death is rarely examined. Through our exploratory approach, we uncover a knowledge gap that confirms a lack of understanding of
capability management within research centre environment.