Learning interoperability in emerging supply networks

Automotive suppliers are moving from supply-chain process design to dynamic socio-economic networking when speeding up innovation cycles to improve their competitiveness. In this way cross-organizational learning processes are triggered. Enabling team formation for collaboratively developing innovative products and services requires interoperability on several levels and in different flavors. Our empirical evidence from the European research project SUddEN (SMEs Undertaking Design of Dynamic Ecosystem Networks) reveals the need for context-sensitive learning support when starting to share and handle business opportunities in a collaborative way. The proposed support system enables partner- and network-specific emergence of situation-sensitive organizational behavior. In meeting user needs we have developed content structures and intertwined interaction features for accurate information exchange. Due to their scalability self-managed, highly structured learning processes are likely to replace prescriptive workflows in continuously changing settings.