... operations of manufacturing companies influence the choice of product architecture decisions, ranging from integral to modular product designs. Below we first review the relevant literature on product architecture and global operations, divided into three parts, concerned with product architecture...

...Desmond Doran; Antonio K.W. Lau; Richard C.M. Yam; Esther P.Y. Tang Purpose While the beneficial impact of supply chain integration (SCI) and modular product design are generally acknowledged, few empirical studies have examined how an organization can achieve better performance through SCI...

... with the strategic planning on one hand and with the project management on the other; and the impact on the platform architecture. The paper is organized as follows. The first section reviews the existing literature on platform strategy and product design. In next section, we present the research setting...

... to company judges for assessment. Arash Azadegan can be contacted at: arash.azadegan@asu.edu; aazadegan@cox.net © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Creative thinking Product design Resource allocation The value of a typical firm today is composed largely of intangible...

... these effects are: Shawnee K. Vickery can be contacted at: vickery@msu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Product Design Operations management Competitive strategy Integration Regression analysis Automotive industry While quality can be improved using a variety of production...

...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...

... manufacturers' supplier assessment practices, new product design and development practices, just‐in‐time practices, and quality practices. This study also identifies practices that share common variance‐covariance characteristics and to what extent the observed practices are linked to their underlying factors...

...: Candle and candlestick Product design Quality Customer satisfaction Products are designed and manufactured with the needs of target consumers in mind. The very purpose of design is to take a set of needs and to transform it into full instruction for manufacturing a product...

...Sudi Sharifi; Kulwant S. Pawar The adoption of a team approach in new product design, particularly in recent years, has shaped the nature and context of design activities. Concepts of teaming and team building have been around for many decades and are seen as the means for enhancing organizational...

...Gwen Delano; Gregory S. Parnell; Charles Smith; Matt Vance This article presents and compares two techniques for making multiobjective product design decisions: quality function deployment (QFD) and decision analysis (DA). A research and development (R&D) case study describes the application...

...Robert Sroufe; Sime Curkovic; Frank Montabon; Steven A. Melnyk This paper examines the role played by environmental issues during the new product design process. These issues are studied through an exploratory research project based on case studies of ten companies. The firms studied can...

...Paul Walley Les   Galloway . Principles of Operations Management, 2nd edition . Thomson Business Press , 1998 . 224 pp , ISBN: 1‐86152‐378‐5   £14.99 ns management Operations planning Product design As this is the second edition of the textbook, many...

... of findings, hypotheses, and recommendations for implementing ESI. Also presents a set of hypotheses as a basis for future ESI theory building and testing. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Frames of reference Implementation Product design Suppliers Teams With the advent of the just‐in‐time (JIT...

... of purchased parts usage across different end items affects manufacturing lead time performance. The results provide important implications for both manufacturing and product design management. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Manufacturing lead times Product design Product structure International...

... company strategy is affected by product and process choices. We describe below levers and primary objectives of both product and process (see Figure 7). Marketing aspects of product (design, packaging, distribution, etc.) are not considered. Level 3 Product Definition ofProduct Families. Aggregation...

...C. Carl Pegels Separating functional areas, especially in the product design and manufacturing process, is a historical problem in many organisations and has cost them dearly. In today′s globally competitive world, functional area integration, or at least maximum two‐way communication between each...

... for measuring consumer preferences. The methodology is applied to the design of milk containers. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Analytical hierarchy process Consumers Product design Consumer behaviour Identifying, Measuring and Analysing Multidimensional Attributes for Design and Redesign Consideration...