...Professor Sander de Leeuw, Professor Dirk Pieter Van Donk and Professor René de Koster; Melek Akın Ateş; Jan Van den Ende; Guido Ianniello Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate inter-organizational coordination (IOC) patterns between the buying firm, design agency, and component...

...Ben Clegg, Jillian MacBryde and Prasanta Dey; Jillian MacBryde; Steve Paton; Ben Clegg Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of high-value manufacturing (HVM) concepts in Scottish SMEs and define how they are being used to gain competitive advantage. Design/methodology...

...Nuran Acur; Chris Voss; Claudio Dell'era; Roberto Verganti Purpose The increasing importance that customers give to the aesthetic, symbolic and emotional value of products leads companies to approach the product design as a means to create a competitive advantage. Considering that competing...

...Eva Johansson Purpose The objective of this research is to develop a structure for a materials supply systems (MSSs) design process to be used during product development projects (PDPs). Design/methodology/approach The research is based on a qualitative study at a first tier supplier...

...Qiang Lu; Lincoln Wood Purpose There are three distinct functions in the product realisation chain (product design, process design, and process execution) and thus there are two interfaces (product design – process design; process design – process execution) rather than one (product...

...Céline Abecassis‐Moedas Purpose New product design is an established field in the literature. It is either analysed inside the firm; or when using a value chain perspective it is limited to the interactions between manufacturers and suppliers (in producer‐driven commodity chains). The current...

...Anneke Vandevelde; Roland Van Dierdonck This paper describes the major barriers across the design‐manufacturing interface and examines ways to overcome them to achieve a smooth production start‐up. An integration model reveals that formalization facilitates a smooth production start‐up. Independent...

...Francesco Zirpoli; Mauro Caputo The nature of buyer‐supplier relationships has been closely linked to nation specific explanations and concern has been expressed in literature regarding the transferability of co‐design best practices to different firms and countries. On the other hand, many...

...Patricia Everaert; Werner Bruggeman Investigates the impact of using cost targets during new product development (NPD), in terms of design quality, product cost and development time. An NPD environment with cost targets is compared with an NPD environment where design engineers receive no specific...

...Gianluca Spina; Roberto Verganti; Giulio Zotteri As customers ask for increasing levels of performance, functionality and customisation, firms rely on suppliers not only as a source of components, but also as a source of innovation. Several researchers have investigated the adoption of co‐design...

...Keith Goffin; Colin New Customer support is an essential element in the successful marketing of many products – from domestic appliances to high‐tech computer networks. Many aspects of support are strongly influenced by a product’s design and so customer support requirements should be evaluated...

...A. De Toni; S. Tonchia © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2001 Performance measurement Models Performance indicators Design Empirical study Operations management The subject of performance measurement is encountering increasing interest in both the academic and managerial...

... Design Automotive industry The importance to manufacturing organizations of their ability to consistently, efficiently, and effectively manage the process of developing new products is now clearly recognized as a major factor of corporate success (Barclay and Poolton, 1994). Not only is product...

... and implemented. For purposes of illustration, three such programs have been described in this paper. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Design Manufacturing Interface management Management information systems Job shop The utilisation of a management information system (MIS) in an organisation...

... option types. Demonstrates the importance of the relationship between the degree of design activity and volume of manufacture, and of the distinction between products that are custom‐built from options, and those that involve some custom‐designed elements. Proposes a range of potential roles...

...J.S. Busby; A. Williamson Notes limitations to measuring the performance of design activity in particular, and non‐production activities in general. First, validity and reliability in specific measures are strongly negatively correlated, making it hard to achieve both. Second, outcome measures...

... of the design specification of a new machine tool or tooling system and even when it is, there are few design guidelines for translating the required changeover time into reality. This paper describes a set of “design for changeover” rules that have been derived from action research, carried out within...

... to Honda. Because of financial weakness Rover’s design and manufacturing capabilities were eroded as the majority of its products were replaced with Honda developed models. This case provides important lessons and warnings for other firms seeking strategic alliances, and gives researchers an insight...

.... This yields an understanding of the contingencies which render the design, control and improvement of different service processes appropriate. Strategic implications of the service process model are considered. It is contended that cost effective services will be positioned along the volume‐variety diagonal...

...Roberto Filippini; Cipriano Forza; Andrea Vinelli Looks at the improvement initiatives which companies implement in operations, in the areas of design, supply and production. A number of initiatives are considered, including design computerization, flexible automation, linkages with suppliers...