IDM Foundry
Range of internal knowledge Integration of design and fabrication allows design and process engineers to share and access a wide range of knowledge Specialization in fabrication alone implies access to more limited internal knowledge.
Need to access external knowledge Fewer incentives to seek knowledge outside firm boundaries More outward-looking to complement internal knowledge
Making sense of external knowledge Greater ability to relate external knowledge to broader internal knowledge base Ability to relate external knowledge to internal is limited by scope of only fabrication-specialized knowledge
Geographic expansion of fabrication Increasing organizational complexity increases the challenge in making sense of external knowledge Increases organizational complexity but allows for increased ability to access external knowledge