NeVS - Networked Value Systems | University of Vaasa

About the research group

Networked Value Systems (NeVS) is a research group that brings together business and engineering to study operations and supply chain management, digital manufacturing and quality management, technology and innovation management, and sustainable energy transition. We are interested in how value networks evolve, how sustainable transformation takes place and how it is shaped by operational excellence, digitalisation, new technologies and products. Under this umbrella, research is organised around four main themes.

The research group focuses particularly on the following themes:

Operations and supply chain management
Digital manufacturing and quality management
Technology and innovation management
Sustainable Energy Transition

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News 05.09.2024

Ostrobothnia Chamber of Commerce Award to Associate Professor Jouni Juntunen

News 03.09.2024

3D metal printing offers opportunities for many different sectors - University of Vaasa's Metal Additive Manufacturing Lab is used by various organisations, researchers and students

Dissertation 07.11.2023

Digital technologies cannot work wonders for organisations if they don't align their social systems accordingly

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Research projects

Project	Duration	Actors
ReWise - Demonstrating resource-wise systems	04/2020 - 03/2022	VEBIC, Strategic business development, Networked value systems NeVS
DigitalTwin	01/2020 - 12/2020	Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations
AVANGARD – Advanced manufacturing solutions tightly aligned with business needs	10/2019 - 10/2022	Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations
CircularDigi - KiertoDigi	09/2019 - 08/2021	Networked value systems NeVS, Technology and Innovations
Technobothnia Robotic Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (TB-RAM CoE)	03/2019 - 02/2021	Networked value systems NeVS
All4R&D – Promoting academia-industry alliances for R&D through collaboration and open innovation platform	01/2018 - 11/2022	Networked value systems NeVS

Publications

Publication year	Publication	Authors
2025	A robotic process automation model for order-handling optimization in supply chain management	Shamsuzzoha, Ahm; Pelkonen, Sini
2025	Forecasting financial services of a call center’s inbound volumes: A case study	Shamsuzzoha, Ahm; Viitanen, Joonas; Piya, Sujan; Khadem, Mohammad; Shamsuzzaman, Mohammad
2025	Positive Energy Districts Enabling Smart Energy Communities	Siakas, Dimitrios; Rahanu, Harjinder; Georgiadou, Elli; Siakas, Kerstin; Lampropoulos, Georgios
2025	Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems Enabling Smart Positive Energy Districts	Siakas, Dimitrios; Lampropoulos, Georgios; Siakas, Kerstin
2025	Higher education as a driver of green innovation and entrepreneurship: A systematic literature review and future research agenda	Nguyen, Phung; Timilsina, Binod; Shamsuzzoha, Ahm
2025	Emergence and prospects of digital mediation in energy communities: ecosystem actors’ perspective	Shahzad, Khuram; Tuomela, Sanna; Juntunen, Jouni K.; Yousaf, Hassan
2025	Ensuring Supply Chain Transparency by Deploying Blockchain-Enabled Technology: An Overview With Demonstration	Shamsuzzoha, Ahm; Shahzad, Khuram; Nousiainen, Essi; Ranta, Mikko; Helo, Petri; Govindan, Kannan
2025	Greenhouse gas emissions, energy and cost-efficiencies associated with liquefied biogas-powered heavy-duty timber trucks in industrial roundwood transportation	Huuskonen, Sami; Karjalainen, Jouni; Poikela, Asko; Venäläinen, Pirjo; Riekki, Kirsi; Helo, Petri; Kauranen, Pertti; Tilli, Aki; Kärhä, Kalle
2025	Issues in managing open innovation-based supplier networks in Industry 5.0 context	Mubarak, Muhammad Faraz; Evans, Richard; Petraite, Monika; Jucevicius, Giedrius; Shahzad, Khuram
2025	Hybrid Additive Manufacturing for Assembly and Postprocessing Solutions	Cordero, Miguel Zamora; Toshev, Rayko; Helo, Petri