Download or read book Revolutionizing Product Development written by Steven C. Wheelwright and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1992-06-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, a company's capability to conceive and design quality prototypes and bring a variety of superior products to market quicker than its competitors is increasingly the focal point of competition, contend leading product development experts Steven Wheelwright and Kim Clark. Drawing on six years of in-depth, systematic, worldwide research, they present proven principles for developing the critical capabilities for speed, efficiency, and quality that have worked again and again in scores of successful Japanese, American, and European fast-cycle firms. The authors argue that to survive, let alone succeed, today's companies must construct a new "platform" -- with new methodologies -- on which they can compete. Using their model for development strategies, Wheelwright and Clark show that firms can create a solid architecture for the integration of marketing, manufacturing, and design functions for problem solving and fast action -- particularly during the critical design-build-test cycles of prototype creation. They demonstrate further how successful firms such as Honda in automobiles, Compaq in personal computers, Applied Materials in semi-conductors, Sony in audio equipment, The Limited in apparel, and Hill-Rom in hospital beds have employed recent methodologies to bring new products to market at break-neck speed. Such innovations include design for manufacturability, quality function deployment, computer-aided design, and computer-aided engineering. Finally, Wheelwright and Clark emphasize the importance of learning in the organization. Companies that consistently "design it right the first time" and follow a path of continuous improvement in product and process development have a formidable edge in the crucial race to market.

Download or read book The PDMA Handbook of New Product Development written by Kenneth B. Kahn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Product Development is one of the most important challenges facing organizations today. The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) Handbook of New Product Development 3rd Edition provides an exceptional review of cutting edge topics for both new and experienced product development leaders. It offers a comprehensive and updated guide to the practices, processes and tools critical to achieving and sustaining new product/service development success in today’s world, delivering valuable information about the fundamentals as well as emerging practices such as venturing, virtual product development and the use of social media in NPD. As the premier global advocate for professionals and organizations working in the fields of new product/service development, PDMA has assembled in the Handbook unique content on the critical aspects of product development success including its 2012 Best Practices Research, Lessons Learned from its Outstanding Corporate Innovator Award Winners and keys to success from organizations with proven innovation track records. The 3rd Edition is an essential reference for anyone with responsibility for product development activities, from novices looking for fundamentals to experts seeking insights on emerging concepts, and is relevant for all functions and all product/service industries.

Download or read book EBGC 2019 written by Reiga Ritomiea Ariescy and published by European Alliance for Innovation. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hosted by the Economic and Business Faculty of UPN “Veteran” East Java, International Conference on Economics, Business, and Government Challenges (ICEBGC) provide as a creative event for academicians and practitioners whose interest Economic, Business and Government studies to get interconnected with other academicians and other fields of study. It is also intended to be an annual event for scholars from various backgrounds to connect and initiate collaborative and interdisciplinary studies. The papers presented at the ICEBGC provide research findings and recommendations that are both directly and indirectly beneficial for society needs, especially policy makers and practitioners in the Economics topic. The 2ndICEBGC 2019 was held in heroes city called Surabaya, Indonesia, bringing up a theme of “Management and Shifting Era” as a response to the modern and dynamics of Management in this shifting era. This theme aims at looking more closely on how the relations between Economic, Management, Business and Government in this region and that of the global world is, especially on the shifting discourses from Management as a social fact to the newly emerging Economic and Government digital landscape. It is indeed an emerging situation and a robust area for research. Some compelling sub-themes were offered and participated by a great number of presenters and participants including, among others are: Cultural Transformation, Literature Review a women’s equality in E-Commerce, Human Development Index, Assessing Financial Performance, Budgeting Analysis Model, Green Accounting, Self-Management and Nationalism. They share their insights, study results, or literature studies on those topics in a very dynamic discussion.

Download or read book Setting the PACE in Product Development written by Michael E. McGrath and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1996 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Setting the PACE in Product Development describes how to effectively manage the key ingredients of successful product development: time, quality, talent and resources. This revised edition of Product Development provides essential insight as to how to efficiently organize people, resources and processes to dramatically improve financial results, strategic positions, internal morale and customer satisfaction. The PACE techniques integrate vital company-wide functions, engaging the entire company and focusing its collective energy on strategically and financially important goals.

Download or read book Design for Six Sigma in Technology and Product Development written by Clyde M. Creveling and published by Prentice Hall Professional. This book was released on 2002-10-25 with total page 1011 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses many new topical areas for the development of 6 Sigma performance. The text is structured to demonstrate how 6 Sigma methods can be used as a very powerful tool within System Engineering and integration evaluations to help enable the process of Critical Parameter Management. The case studies and examples used throughout the book come from recent successful applications of the material developed in the text.

Download or read book Product Development for the Lean Enterprise written by Michael N. Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether a group of engineers is developing new cars, software applications, aerospace equipment, kitchen appliances, controls, sensors, or any of hundreds of different items, the process they follow is pretty much the same. Except in one company - Toyota, perhaps the most innovative and highly respected car company on the planet. What is most startling is that Toyota's product development engineers are four times as productive as their counterparts in other companies, according to a study by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. Most follow a linear process in developing new products. Toyota's engineers do not. As this book reveals and explains, Toyota's development engineers rely on a development paradigm that is totally different than that found in the West. Companies that are early adopters of the Toyota product development system are certain to realize tremendous advantages over their competitors. This is a change that is coming to businesses everywhere and this book shows the way. It is a must-read for anyone in management.

Download or read book The Future of Product Development written by Frank-Lothar Krause and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-24 with total page 719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings represent trends in Product Development concerning industrial vendors and scientific research aspects. Coverage includes the following topics are covered: Design Theory, Product Design, Requirements, Collaborative Engineering, Complex Design, Mechatronics, Reverse Engineering, Virtual Prototyping, CAE, KBE and PLM. The papers presented in this book show that answers can only be composed out of a variety of solutions where psychological, economical and technical research results are taken into account.

Download or read book Product Leadership written by Robert G. Cooper and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2005-01-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we learned from New Coke, Pets.com, Apple's original handheld device, the Newton, and the reissued Ford Thunderbird, all the promotion in the world won't save a product that somehow isn't right. Robert Cooper is the world's leading expert on making sure your new-product introductions are more like Apple's iPods and less like Newtons.Cooper invented what's called the "stage-gate" process of new-product development-a process used by 60% of all businesses today. For this second edition Cooper has completed a major new study-the largest study of product development practices and results ever undertaken. He analyzed thousands of new success and failures from hundreds of companies, with a particular emphasis on high-technology products and services. Product Leadership won't just tell you what things are helpful to your company's success. Now it will tell you how and how much they help.

Download or read book Managing Product Development written by Toshihiro Nishiguchi and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Competitive success between firms nearly always depends on what new products they can develop and bring to market. Based on original research, some chapters examine broad issues related to the impact of information technology and the role that social factors play in the successful development of products; they also describe the ways that Japanese firms develop products internationally.

Download or read book Product Development and Design for Manufacturing written by John Priest and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Outlines best practices and demonstrates how to desgin in quality for successful development of hardware and software products. Offers systematic applications failored to particular market environments. Discusses Internet issues, electronic commerce, and supply chain."

Download or read book Global Product Development written by Alain Bernard and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of proceedings is the synthesis of all the papers, including keynotes presented during the 20th CIRP Design conference. The book is structured with respect to several topics, in fact the main topics that serve at structuring the program. For each of them, high quality papers are provided. The main topic of the conference was Global Product Development. This includes technical, organizational, informational, theoretical, environmental, performance evaluation, knowledge management, and collaborative aspects. Special sessions were related to innovation, in particular extraction of knowledge from patents.

Download or read book The Lean Product Playbook written by Dan Olsen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The missing manual on how to apply Lean Startup to build products that customers love The Lean Product Playbook is a practical guide to building products that customers love. Whether you work at a startup or a large, established company, we all know that building great products is hard. Most new products fail. This book helps improve your chances of building successful products through clear, step-by-step guidance and advice. The Lean Startup movement has contributed new and valuable ideas about product development and has generated lots of excitement. However, many companies have yet to successfully adopt Lean thinking. Despite their enthusiasm and familiarity with the high-level concepts, many teams run into challenges trying to adopt Lean because they feel like they lack specific guidance on what exactly they should be doing. If you are interested in Lean Startup principles and want to apply them to develop winning products, this book is for you. This book describes the Lean Product Process: a repeatable, easy-to-follow methodology for iterating your way to product-market fit. It walks you through how to: Determine your target customers Identify underserved customer needs Create a winning product strategy Decide on your Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Design your MVP prototype Test your MVP with customers Iterate rapidly to achieve product-market fit This book was written by entrepreneur and Lean product expert Dan Olsen whose experience spans product management, UX design, coding, analytics, and marketing across a variety of products. As a hands-on consultant, he refined and applied the advice in this book as he helped many companies improve their product process and build great products. His clients include Facebook, Box, Hightail, Epocrates, and Medallia. Entrepreneurs, executives, product managers, designers, developers, marketers, analysts and anyone who is passionate about building great products will find The Lean Product Playbook an indispensable, hands-on resource.

Download or read book The Preference Driven Lead User Method for New Product Development written by Alexander Sänn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-18 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Sänn presents a functional method based on lead user method, preference measurement, and recommendations using collaborative filtering. The introduced method in this book stimulates input from internal and external sources, predicts basic customers’ acceptance, and evaluates this input against pre-defined criteria such as feasibility and existing patents for further concept generation. In sum, the new method addresses common innovation barriers and helps to reduce management uncertainties. This book provides further insights to the use of lead users as innovation sources in three major industries. The author extends the methodological toolbox with practical implications and contributes to the highly discussed topic in innovation management.

Download or read book Product and Services Management written by George Avlonitis and published by Pine Forge Press. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `A text that successfully bridges the gap between academic theorizing and practitioner applicability because it uses multiple real-world examples/mini-cases of management techniques to illustrate the well-researched academic theoretical foundations of the book′ - Creativity and Innovation Management `A complete and useful treatment of the domain of product and service decisions. This book is unique in its treatment, dealing with product and service portfolio evaluation, new product/service development and product/service elimination in an integrated manner. Enlivened by many mini-cases, the book provides a soup-to-nuts approach that will prove very attractive for students and be a valuable reference for managers as well. Highly recommended′ - Gary L Lilien, Distinguished Research Professor of Management Science, Penn State University `Product and Services Management (PSM) is a welcome, up to date summary of the key issues facing firms in developing and refreshing their portfolios. The examples and cases bring the academic arguments clearly into focus and demonstrate the crucial role of PSM in leading the overall strategy of the firm′ - Professor Graham Hooley, Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Aston University, Birmingham `Managers responsible for and students interested in product portfolio decisions previously had to consult several sources for obtaining up-to-date information; books on new product development, articles on service development, readers on product management, and frameworks for product evaluation and termination. With the book Product and Services Management the reader obtains four-in-one. Avlonitis and Papastathopoulou reveal in a compelling and comprehensive manner why product decisions are the cornerstone of modern marketing and business, and illustrate the theory with numerous mini-cases from Europe and elsewhere. A must read for everyone with a passion for products′ - Dr Erik Jan Hultink, Professor of New Product Marketing, Delft University of Technology This book provides a holistic approach to the study of product and services management. It looks at the key milestones within a product′s or service life cycle and considers in detail three crucial areas within product management, namely product/service portfolio evaluation, new product/service development and product/service elimination. Based on research conducted in Europe and North America, this book includes revealing cases studies that will help students make important connections between theory and practice. The pedagogical features provided in each chapter include chapter introduction, summary, questions and a further reading section. Additional material for instructors include PowerPoint slides and indicative answers to each chapter′s questions. This book is written for undergraduate and postgraduate students of business administration who are pursuing courses in marketing, product portfolio management, new product development and product policy.

Download or read book What Is The Product Development Process What Are The Stages Of The Product Development Process The Benefits Of Companies Developing New Products And The Problems With Companies Not Developing New Products written by Dr. Harrison Sachs and published by The Epic Books Of Dr. Harrison Sachs. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay sheds light on what is the product development process, identifies the stages of the product development process, explicates the benefits of companies developing new products, and demystifies the problems with companies not developing new products. Succinctly stated, the product development process refers to all of the stages of the product development process which commences with the idea generation stage and ends with the commercialization stage. The product development process is inclusive of all the stages that the product goes through from its inception in the chasms of the human mind as a product concept to its release in retail stores. The product development process can vary from product to product. The product development process is a far less long-winded process for simple digital products and is a significantly more long-winded process for intricate tangible products. Even though not every product has to go through all the stages of the product development process to be released in the market, such as a song being released in the market for commercial purpose after it has been developed without it having received feedback from stakeholders before it was released in the market, most tangible products however go through a long-winded product development process. It is easier to release a digital product, such as a digital course, digital song, or mobile application, then it is to release a tangible product. This is because there are typically no upfront costs associated with releasing digital products on digital distribution platforms. If you do not own a digital distribution platform and if your digital products earn product unit sales on a digital distribution platform, then you will typically need to be pay the company who owns the digital distribution platform a percentage of the sales revenue that was generated on its digital distribution platform from your product unit sales. It is an extraordinarily lucrative business model to own a digital distribution platform since it allows the company who owns the digital distribution platform to reap a percentage of the sales revenue every time digital products generate product unit sales on its digital distribution platform. Since the company who owns the digital distribution platform did not develop the digital products that are available for sale on its digital distribution platform, it is able to have an exorbitant amount of product offerings available for sale on its digital distribution platform without even having to had expended research and development dollars to be able to do so. Since entrepreneurs develop the products that are available for sale on digital distribution platforms, entrepreneurs incur the product development costs to be able to bring their products to fruition. It can take a tremendous amount of time and capital to develop products. Companies who own a digital distribution platform have a vast variety of product offerings on their digital distribution platform and are able to not only reap a percentage of the sales revenue every time digital products that they did not develop sell on their digital distribution platform, but are also able to sell these products without having to had expended capital to develop these digital products. In stark contrast to retailers who own brick-and-mortar retail stores and who have enormous inventory carrying costs, companies who own a digital distribution platform do not have any inventory carrying costs since their product offerings are digital products. It is significantly easier to develop digital products and expeditiously commercialize them than it is to develop tangible products and release them in the market at retail brick-and-mortar retail stores. Copies of digital products can easily be distributed to customers via a digital distribution platform and are summarily accessible on their devices after the customers order them. On the other hand, copies of tangible products need to be manufactured and subsequently shipped out to customers so that orders for tangible products can be fulfilled. It is time-consuming for products to go through the ample stages of the product development process. The product development process commences with ideation with the product being relegated to the form of a product concept in the bowels of the human mind. The product development process ends with a product launch in which the product is released in the market. The product development process sheds light on how a product is developed.

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Download or read book Competition Policy in the Global Economy written by William S. Comanor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-26 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the complexities involved when international co-ordination and harmonization of competition law and policy are considered.