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Fasteners are not expensive, but criticalTrain derailment kills 7 in France
BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE, France (Reuters) - The train derailment that killed at least six people in central France in July 2013 may have been caused by a loose steel plate at a junction, French train operator SNCF said.
The steel plate, which should have remained bolted onto the track, moved to "the middle of the track junction", preventing the rolling stock from passing through, Pierre Izard, head of infrastructure services at SNCF, said on Saturday.
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Suppliers fully comply with their technical responsibilities prevent bottlenecks in supply through keeping a guaranteed level of reserve
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Research Question: How can suppliers evaluate whether or not they are ready for making money from business solutions?
Research Phase I: Exploratory Interviews Interviews with 21 executives in B2B firms Different industries Different countries Identification of 17 strategic interaction
(1) Is the decision applicable beyond a specific context, such as a firm or industry?
(2) Did multiple participants mention the decision? (3) Does the decision go beyond the obvious to provide interesting and
useful conclusions?
Research Phase II: In-depth case study with 4 partner firms
-Willingness to accept supplier as business consultant-Willingness to become more dependent-Thinking long-term in total costs
-Willingness to make up-front investment-Willingness to compromise existing business
-Clear target for solution redeployment-Suitable price carrier identified and implemented-Strategy to convince customer that value captured is a «fair share»
-Access to complementary partnering companies-Collaborative working with competing companies-Ability to change their positioning in the value system
-Commiting to the solution scope
-Transparency about value co-creation processes-Business knowledge exchange
-Willigness to accept changes to the customer’s existing value system
-Willingness of existing actors to adapt to new roles-Flexibility of new actors to adapt to the solution-specific value syste