Download or read book Essays on Innovation Product Development and Strategic Supply Chain Management written by Anand Nair (Graduate of Michigan State University) and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essays on Innovation Product Development and Strategic Supply Chain Management written by Anand Nair and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Innovation and Supply Chain Management written by António Carrizo Moreira and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines key issues, challenges, opportunities and trends in innovation processes and supply chain management. It proposes ways for organizations to improve their performance by developing business strategies, establishing business innovation activities, and aligning business and innovation activities among firms. Further, it showcases and analyzes the implementation of inter- and intra-organizational process improvement activities and the implementation of organizational innovation solutions to address new product and process-related collaborative relationships across the supply chain. The book is useful for researchers, academics and professionals, presenting some of the most advanced research, concepts, and case studies on the relationship between innovation and supply chain.

Download or read book Essays in I Strategic Ordering with Endogenous Sequence of Events in Supply Chain II Strategic Management of New Product Innovation and Process Improvement written by Yongjae Kim and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Product Development written by Sameer Kumar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-10-28 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenge of managing a business enterprise today is to ensure that it can remain efficient and competitive in a dynamic marketplace characterized by high competition, unstable demands, heterogeneous market segments, and short product life cycles. Increasing the pace of new product introduction enables dealing with shorter product lives. To sustain competitiveness, a firm has to be innovative as well as quick to respond to the changing customer needs in order to provide better and faster products to market than competitors. New product development (NPD) is considered as a process of learning. Successful NPD projects typically rely on knowledge and experience of multi-function teams. In addition to corporate strategy and organization learning, the external factors such as, market and competitive conditions also play a big role in driving business strategies. The results from the empirical research study reported shows that companies implementing innovation strategy are more competitive in the long run while those that follow customer-responsive strategy are more likely to have higher return on investment within a shorter time. In order to achieve both sustainable competencies and also meet customer needs in the changing market environment today, a company should adapt to the benefits of both strategies.

Download or read book Product Design and the Supply Chain written by Omera Khan and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Product design touches every aspect of modern life, determining the form and function of the products and technologies that we use every day. Product design is not just concerned with the appearance and functionality of products; it has an important role in determining the cost, pricing, risk and profitability profile of those products. Product Design and the Supply Chain shows how decisions taken at the design stage of a product's life cycle go on to affect that product's subsequent value to a company. Eighty percent of a product's eventual supply chain costs are already present at the early stages of product design and development. This book allows companies to make informed design decisions that have significant positive through-life implications for risk, complexity and responsiveness, thus allowing them to create a 'moat' that is difficult for competitors to sidestep or surmount. Product Design and the Supply Chain contains fascinating content applicable to industry. It is full of useful and insightful real-life cases and examples. This book sets out to show how design impacts: sales revenues, pricing, time to market, manufacturing and supply chain costs, supply chain risks, brand loyalty, and competitiveness.

Download or read book Essays on the Economics of Supply Chain written by Liang Lu and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agrifood firms in a globalizing and competitive market, both in developing and developed countries, often undertake innovations in products and technologies. Innovators, both firms and other agents, develop supply chains to accommodate the nature of the innovations. In this dissertation, we explore the economics of supply chain design. In the first essay, we analyze an innovator's supply chain design problem. We show that the innovator determines its overall level of production taking advantage of its monopoly power, derived from the innovation, in the output market, and behaves as a monopsony in buying feedstock from contractors. These decisions are constrained by the marginal cost of capital and the properties of production and marketing technologies. When the innovator is risk averse, risks in farm production, processing, and marketing will affect both processed output and the share of feedstock bought through contracts. In the second essay, we develop a framework to analyze adoption of indivisible technologies by small farms using a threshold diffusion model. The article shows that different supply chains may emerge to enable the adoption of these technologies. When the gain from adoption is not affected by scale or ownership of the technology, independent technology dealers or larger farmers may buy the indivisible equipment that embodies the technology and rent it to farmers or enable farmers to outsource the machine's services by supplying custom services. The article derives equilibrium prices and quantities in the output and equipment rental or outsourcing markets. The final chapter presents a conceptual framework depicting the issues and strategies of a firm with an innovation (in product or technology or system). To implement the innovation in terms of procurement of feedstock (intermediate inputs), production and processing, and marketing, the innovating firm undertakes strategic design of its supply chain. The paper illustrates with cases from developed and developing economies, draws policy implications, and lays out a research agenda.

Download or read book Essays on Competition and Technology Strategies written by Zach Zhizhong Zhou and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation focuses on competition and technology strategies in three scenarios. Chapter 1 examines whether a lock-in strategy will indeed benefit proprietary software vendors in the competition. Developing a two-period duopoly model, we find that the answer could be either way. Lock-in strategy may be counter-productive in competing against open source software. This is in contrast to the competition between two proprietary software providers, whereas lock-in strategy could be beneficial under certain conditions. We find that lock-in reduces social welfare, but certain customers may be better off with lock-in. Finally, we show that the lock-in strategy works differently for different types of customers in the software market (i.e. forward-looking vs. myopic customers). Chapter 2 examines the impact of competition from open source software on proprietary software providers. We use an analytical model to capture two important features of open source software: (1) its zero licensing price, and (2) its lower usability compared with proprietary software. We find that competition from open source software can induce the proprietary software provider to increase its software quality and price relative to the monopoly case when the proprietary software provider's cost of enhancing software quality is moderate. This result is different from those in prior literature. Surprisingly, we also find that competition from open source software can also lead to a reduction in social welfare. Chapter 3 studies information transparency in a two-level supply chain with competing firms in both upstream and downstream. We find that information transparency can create value for the overall e-market, yet it affects downstream manufacturers and upstream suppliers very differently: one side will be hurt, depending on the competition mode (Cournot or Bertrand) in the downstream. Unfortunately, it never unanimously benefits the two sides; conflict of interest persists. To deal with this issue, we propose a pricing mechanism for the e-market operator to internalize informational benefits among suppliers and manufacturers so that the online market can be sustainable. Finally, we find that information transparency reduces consumer surplus. This is a surprising result given expectation that IT could create substantial value to consumers.

Download or read book Perspectives On Supplier Innovation Theories Concepts And Empirical Insights On Open Innovation And The Integration Of Suppliers written by Alexander Brem and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardly anybody outside a company knows its products and processes better than its suppliers. Research confirms that intensive integration of suppliers in the value creation process positively influences the success of the company, particularly in highly competitive industries. This is a result of the progressing reduction in the depth of value creation of manufacturers and the increasing transfer of know-how towards suppliers. In multilevel business-to-business relationships, suppliers often have the best or the only access and comprehensive knowledge about the end users. Therefore, suppliers determine the scope of possible innovations, which most companies do not actively use.This unique volume provides a comprehensive overview of theories, concepts and especially empirical results on open innovation and the integration of suppliers. For this, authors from all over the world present their latest research results offering fascinating insights into collaborative approaches with suppliers./a

Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Selected Essays on Strategic Supply Chain Management written by Nils-Ole Hohenstein and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Strategic Supply Management written by Christine Harland and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook is the first substantive, multidisciplinary academic work to make coherent analysis of supply systems from the perspective of purchasing and supply, operations management, logistics, supply chain management, service management, industrial or relationship marketing, and inter-organisation networks. Selected by a team of leading international scholars, chapters examine key issues in the context of globalization and the move towards co-operative interorganisation network working. Expert contributors examine supply at different systems levels and differentiate between supply policy, strategy, management and operations. Organised into themed parts, the insightful introduction provides the framework for the Handbook that is divided into themed parts; it positions empirical research in the current academic context and highlights possible directions for future exploration. The Handbook will be the touchstone of any researcher interested in broadening and deepening their understanding of supply systems.

Download or read book Innovation and New Product Planning written by Kenneth B. Kahn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-28 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical book introduces readers to the essential business aspects of innovation and new product planning. The product planning process is discussed across two broad themes: product development and product management. Importantly, the book emphasizes the 21st-century strategic and creative mindset necessary to drive business innovation activities in a concise, yet comprehensive manner. The book delves into the front end of innovation and formal product development activities, examining the topics of opportunity identification, concept generation and evaluation, technical development, product design, testing, launch strategies, product management, life cycle management, brand management, and vital elements for international success. There are stand-alone notes that serve to apprise readers on related topics such as the use of agile product development methodologies, the formation of business entities, and recommended best practices for new product development. The book excels at providing relevant examples and applied tools that augment the concepts to offer valuable connections to real-world product planning efforts. This book is particularly useful as a guide to learning the fundamental concepts and strategies associated with innovation and new product planning. Among student audiences, upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate students are likely to benefit as the book embraces its position to serve as a primer on product development and management.

Download or read book Essays on Strategic Supply Chain Management written by Angelo Canzaniello and published by . This book was released on 2017* with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Managing New Product Innovation written by B. Jerrard and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New product design and development is often the result of personal vision. Harnessing this often requires a special receptiveness and enthusiasm at all levels of an organization, which serves to unlock potential and can turn the entire organizational pyramid upside-down. It is particularly important to understand and develop those aspects of design which can be constructively employed by designers in a strategic alliance with management and research.; The papers in this volume result from the conference of the Design Society held at the University of Central England in September 1998. They show how design-led product development has worked in a range of industries, from engineering through to design and management consultancy. Not only practitioners but also students of industrial design and management should find this a valuable contribution to the subject.

Download or read book Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management written by and published by Bookboon. This book was released on with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lean Rapid and Profitable New Product Development written by Robert G. Cooper and published by Stage-Gate International. This book was released on 2009-03-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although many companies have introduced product innovation processes, they are still struggling to achieve the financial results they expected. This book shows how to properly balance the need for speed with the drive for profitability. It demonstrates how to maximize the value of a new product portfolio, how to streamline the product innovation process, and how to achieve growth that is both profitable and sustainable. New product success is not simply about developing new products that sell; it's about getting them to market quickly with the lowest cost and the highest return. Dr. Robert G. Cooper and Dr. Scott J. Edgett use their latest research and draw upon their combined 60 years of experience in the field to show you what the companies that continuously win at new products are doing. Top performers have discovered how to properly balance the need for speed with profitability. With a new process they call NexGen(TM) Stage-Gate(R), Dr. Cooper and Dr. Edgett show precisely how you can ensure that your innovation is not only lean and rapid but profitable as well. For more information, visit: www.stage-gate.com