... before production activities in a sequential manner. As competition increases, customer requirements for short lead‐times in combination with customisations requires further integration of processes involving both engineering and production activities making the traditional view of the CODP insufficient...

... and evolve an operations team with defined measures to meet the customer’s main requirements. In addition, the prioritisation of customer requirements and objectives builds the CM’s strategic ability to measure its current service status and focus operational activities in these areas. Such models allow...

... as described by this literature. Three discussions are central to the descriptive category: © MCB UP Limited 1996 Competitive manufacturing Customer requirements Cycle time reduction Just‐in‐time Management information Operational research Competition, technological...