... the first cup‐holder for cars, nor any of the other innovations which differentiate winning products from also rans. Customer orientation Industry New product development Quality function deployment Surveys The product definition survey is the fourth annual study of practices in product...

... enhancements which help to understand the nature of the product and demonstrate how to use QFD more effectively. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Customer service House of quality Industry Product Development Product design Quality Function Deployment The last decade has seen the revival...

... in the UK is due to the assembly side of the industry being traditionally less well funded. Concludes UK designers are some of the best in the world but UK companies are the slowest to use this home‐grown talent. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Consumer attitudes Design Industry Industry Japan...

.... Results show a small group of companies are capable of competing on the top level, while many other companies have potential but lack the ability to convert investment into results. © Company 1994 Benchmarking Cost estimating Industry Manufacturing process Product development Sequential...

... and behaviour overnight. In this case the real lack of training rested with the managers who implemented the programmes without having bothered to learn and understand the wider implications of the philosophy themselves. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Cost effectiveness Industry Management development...

... operation up to standard? Would a series of analytical tools and approaches which are being used in industry to improve and speed up new product development processes be useful? The“staffing ratios” tool is applied to make sure that the right amount of human resources and skills are in the right places...

... industry needs to move. The baseline is the “over the wall” approach, where there is no communication and co‐operation. The next stage is the partial overlapping of development activities and resources in the middle of the new product cycle. This must be beneficial, with some reduction in time,but its...

... are helpful in reaching the previously mentioned goal: Organizational demands. High‐pressure project‐start‐up (PSU) methods. Information technology. In recent studies on the automotive industries, Womack and others[ 2 ] (production) and Clark et al.[ 3 ] (development...