1st ICAI 2020

International Conference on Automotive Industry 2020

Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

Verification of the Evolution Model of the Production Structure of Enterprises Manufacturing Components for Motor Vehicles Using Cluster Analysis

Aleksandr L. Bobkov 1 , Ivetta A. Varyan 2 Plekhanov Russian University of Economics 1, 2 Department of the theory of management and business technologies 1 Joint research center «Scientific equipment» 2 36 Stremyanny lane, Moscow, 117997 Russian Federation e-mail: a.l.bobkov@gmail.com 1 , ivetta.varyan@yandex.ru 2

Abstract The Article covers verification of a recent theoretical model of production structure evolution. The proposed model is based on hypothesis that two types of production structures (series and parallel) dialectically follow each other while qualitatively evolving during growth and development of an enterprise. The study subjects are electric equipment, electronic equipment and vehicle equipment (accessories for motor vehicles) manufacturers located in Czech Republic (NACE 29310 and 29320). The study method involves the cluster analysis. The study results generally confirms the proposed theoretical model of production structure evolution. The proposed theoretical model of the evolution of the production structure can be the basis for developing business models of the studied enterprises. Keywords: cluster analysis, organizational development. JEL Classification: D22, L22, L25, M21 1. Introduction Current trends in the development of industrial enterprises imply both the creation of enterprises focused on the full cycle and the creation of enterprises using a segmented production process. In the latter case, there are distinguished vertical and horizontal segmentations of the production process (Wildemann, 1992). Later the term “fractal enterprise” was used to describe industrial enterprises with a segmented production process. At the same time self-similarity, self-organization, vitality, and dynamics are the key features of a fractal enterprise (Warnecke, 1995). At present, segmented enterprises are often formed within industries involved in the production of technically sophisticated products, which also include the automotive industry. As part of the production of final product there are formed segmented enterprises which can be integrated into an entrepreneurial network or formed within a competency-based network (Wirth, 2003, Wildemann, 2004, Wirth et al, 2012). Based on the results of the studies described above, the authors proposed the typification of industrial enterprises, based on two basic types of production structures – sequential and parallel. In the framework of the research conducted by the authors,

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