Self-Assessment for Evaluating and Improving the Product Development Processes in SMEs

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Bensiek ◽  
Arno Kühn ◽  
Jürgen Gausemeier ◽  
Michael Grafe
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Target State ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Complex Technical Systems ◽  
A Company

Effective and efficient processes characterize successful companies in mechanical engineering and related industrial sectors. Methods and tools of Virtual Prototyping and Simulation (VPS) become more and more accepted in these processes. The integration of these methods and tools into the processes and the PDM/PLM infrastructure of the company is a success factor in the development of complex technical systems. Especially small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) often run isolated applications that are insufficiently integrated into the development process and the PDM/PLM infrastructure. This paper introduces the VPS-Benchmark — an adaptable maturity model for performance evaluation and improvement in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with focus on VPS. By giving an overview on existing approaches for performance evaluation and improvement, we point out the demand for a new maturity approach meeting the requirements of SMEs. The new maturity model will then be introduced. After explaining the basic concept of the model, we describe its development and application. The model offers a systematic performance improvement by giving concrete measures. These measures are derived from the comparison of current performance and a company-specific target state. This individual target state is determined by the company-class. The whole approach is based on a software-supported questionnaire that allows for a self-assessment in SMEs.

Penerapan Capability Maturity Model Integration Untuk Mengukur Tingkat Kematangan Organisasi Dalam Proses Pengembangan Perangkat Lunak (Studi Kasus: Direktorat Innovation Center Universitas Amikom Yogyakarta)

Respati ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Ita Permatahati ◽  
Wing Wahyu Winarno ◽  
Mei P Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Model Integration ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Software Development Process ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Capability Maturity ◽  
Level 1 ◽  
A Company ◽  
Level 2

INTISARIMenerapkan standarisasi pada suatu perusahaan yang bergerak dibidang pengembangan perangkat lunak merupakan salah satu cara untuk meningkatkan kualitasnya. CMMI merupakan salah satu standarisasi yang penulis pilih untuk mengetahui tingkat kematangan dari divisi Innovation CenterAmikom. CMMI yang digunakan ialah CMMI for Development versi 1.3 yang fokus terhadap tingkat kematangan di level 2 dengan 6 proses area. Penelitian ini mengambil 1 sample proyek di Innovation Center(IC) yaitu apliksai presensi berbasis mobile. Berdasarkan hasil dari pengukuran yang telah dilakukan, proses pengembangan lunak di IC berada di tingkat 1 (Initial) yang diketahui bahwa belum semua praktik yang ada di masing-masing 6 proses area diterapkan. Kata kunci— proses pengembangan perangkat lunak, CMMI, CMMI-DEV, Representasi Bertingkat, Tingkat Kematangan. ABSTRACTApplying standards to a company engaged in the development of devices is one way to improve its quality. CMMI is one of the standards chosen by the author to find out the level of maturity of the Innovation Center at Amikom. CMMI is used for CMMI for Development version 1.3 which focuses on the level of maturity at level 2 with 6 process areas. This study took 1 sample project at the Innovation Center (IC), a mobile-based presence application. Based on the results of the measurements that have been made, the development process at the IC is at level 1 (Initial) related to all the practices that exist in each of the 6 process areas that are applied.Kata kunci—  software development process, CMMI, CMMI-DEV, Leveled Representation, Maturity Level.

scholarly journals Company maturity models: Application to supplier development program in oil&gas sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Jabier Retegi Albisua ◽  
Juan Ignacio Igartua López
Keyword(s):  
Development Program ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Supplier Development ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Maturity Models ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Oil Gas ◽  
A Company

Purpose: In order to achieve excellence, outsourced maintenance contractors in Oil&Gas sector play a key role due to the important impact of their task on security, availability and energy consumption. This paper presents the process followed in order to implement a Supplier Development Program in a refinery using Company Maturity Model (CoMM) and the results obtained in three cases validating the method to obtain a strategic improvement project medium term grid.Design/methodology/approach: The methodology followed consists of constructing a CoMM capturing the knowledge existing in the refinery and applying it with three supplier improvement teams. Findings and conclusions have arised through an observation of the three processes and extracting common conclusions.Findings: The resulting CoMM has been used for self-assessment by three suppliers and has demonstrated its potential to define a medium-term improvement project road map validated by the customer. Furthermore, during the design and application processes, the contribution of CoMMs to the SECI process of knowledge management has been observed.Practical implications: The use of CoMMs in a service contractor context can be applied in other sectors. It contributes to alignment of targets between the supplier and customer companies and to knowledge sharing inside both firms.Originality/value: Maturity models in many transversal fields (CMMI, EFQM, BPMM, PEMM, etc.) have been thoroughly studied in the literature. Less effort has been made analysing the case of using maturity models constructed and implemented by a company for its specific purposes. In this paper, the process followed by a company to establish a Supplier Development Process using CoMMs is described.

Systems Development of Lubricated Multi-Disc Clutch Systems With Advanced Ceramics

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Albers ◽  
J. Bernhardt ◽  
S. Ott
Keyword(s):  
Systems Design ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Friction Materials ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Clutch System ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Complex Technical Systems ◽  
Technical Systems

In the field of mechanical engineering there is a constant demand of shorter development cycles combined with increasing requirements concerning product quality and costs. To meet these demands, which can be seen as a main success factor of industrial enterprises, suitable development processes are needed. The main goal of the IPEK is to provide tools, methods and processes to support the development of complex technical systems. Representative for high loaded frictional systems with low pressure and high sliding speed, a lubricated multi-disc clutch is used as a demonstrating system. With this demonstrating system the functionality of the developed methods is validated. For this reason a prototype of a lubricated multi-disc clutch system with ceramic friction materials has been developed and built up. Experimental investigations confirmed the potential concerning power density resulting from the use of ceramic friction materials in combination with a ceramic suitable systems design.

A Novel Approach to Product Innovation Profiling Assessment: The I-DSM Tool

Volume 3 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Maravelakis ◽  
Nicholas Bilalis ◽  
Aristomenis Antoniadis ◽  
Vassilis Moustakis
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Design Structure Matrix ◽  
Structure Matrix ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Design Structure ◽  
Innovation Attributes ◽  
A Company

Innovation is a major driving force for the economic growth and expansion of companies and the need to innovate has become clear by now. The quality of the decisions during the design phase of a product development process is strongly connected with the assessment of the product, process and organisational innovation dimensions. The developed methodology addresses these three axes, using 30 innovation attributes, in order to obtain a product innovation profile through an innovation survey. This way a range of industry standard Innovation scores called PIP-SCORES (Product Innovation Profile scores -or innovation benchmarks) have been established. So far more than 600 companies coming from a range of industrial sectors that include creative industries, electrical/electronic, fire and safety, footwear, plastics, ceramics and textiles, have participated in this survey and their innovation profiles have been included in the database. The proposed tool benchmarks the product innovation profile of a company with the corresponding innovation scores from companies coming from the same sector. Next, the tool utilises a Design Structure Matrix, for mapping the dependencies between the Innovation Attributes. Furthermore an Innovation Improvement Impact Value for each Attribute is introduced. In order to improve the innovative profile of a company, a considerable amount of resources is needed. Provided that resources are usually limited to most companies, an optimal improvement strategy, based on the Innovation Improvement Impact values is proposed. The proposed tool (I-DSM, Innovation - Design Structure Matrix) aims at improving the innovative performance of a company, by minimizing the product development cycle and by improving the performance of the product development process.

scholarly journals RETURN, RELIABILITY AND RISK AS A PROACTIVE SET OF CONCEPTS IN DEVELOPING AN EFFICIENT INTEGRATION STRATEGY OF COMPANIES

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandras Vytautas RUTKAUSKAS ◽  
Aleksandr OSTAPENKO
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
Stochastic Network ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Theoretical Substantiation ◽  
Integration Strategy ◽  
System A ◽  
Efficient Integration ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
A Company

For companies that cannot boast about the abundance of resources available for development, it is particularly important to focus their efforts on the optimum use of such resources and to ensure the reliability of change in the development process to counterbalance the potential losses caused by uncertainty and risk. The article explores the theoretical substantiation for the integral management system of processes covered by the concepts of efficiency, reliability and risk of development. Also, it looks at the practical application of the system through the examination of a specific situation by employing analytical possibilities of a stochastic network. It should also be noted that the concepts of efficiency, reliability and risk are used not only in the assessment of the key development processes of a company but also in the deliberation of the real formation of input as well as its transformation into output results. To formulate and solve the management problems of the complex system, a number of methods were used, namely, the stochastic recording of the aims, the existing restrictions and the stochastic optimisation.

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON CSFs FOR PRE-DEVELOPMENT PROCESSESS IMPLEMENTATION AT SMEs IN MALAYSIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
N.H. Abu ◽  
B.M. Deros ◽  
M.F. Mansor
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Survey Form ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Development Processes

New product development processes and product innovation in manufacturing organization is promoting an environment of competitive advantage for organization that can make adequate use of the processes. However, Malaysian SMEs is facing with  huge obstacles in implementing various product innovation activities particularly the pre-development processes due to scarce financial resources, manpower, knowledge, and expertise. In fact, the previous research result shows that more focus were given to the discussing about critical success factor for pre-development process implementation in large organizations compared with  SMEs. In reality, SMEs having different characteristics compared with  large organizations. Primarily, this study is performed, to identify the critical factors which are able to increase the successful implementation of pre-development in SMEs.  In achieving the research objective, Delphi techniques have been used for confirmation to identify critical factors based on previous literatures, whether those factors are suitable with the characteristics and surrounding nature of SMEs.  The survey form   were  sent to 35 respondents whose expertise are in the field of pre-development process.  However, the researcher managed to interview 20 expert panels.  The result of the research showed that ttop management factor, team leaders and members of the team were the main contributors leading the successfulness of the pre-development process in the SMEs organization worthwhile training program factor’s effect is low.

A Methodology for Evaluating the Adoption of Knowledge and Innovation Management Tools in a Product Development Process

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Bordegoni ◽  
Gaetano Cascini ◽  
Stefano Filippi ◽  
Ferruccio Mandorli
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Competitive Products ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Company

The efforts made by a company to focus on the manufacturing process to minimize production costs are not any more sufficient to launch competitive products on the market. In recent years, the industry has focused on the integration and optimization of the phases of the product development process and on the introduction of innovations in the attempt to tackle and solve the above mentioned issues. The paper presents the results of a research project whose aim is to study a methodology for the evaluation of the impact and costs related to the adoption of new and innovative technologies for knowledge and innovation management within currently implemented companies’ product development processes (As-Is process).

scholarly journals Assessing the Open Source Development Processes Using OMM

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etiel Petrinja ◽  
Giancarlo Succi
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Distributed Development ◽  
Capability Maturity ◽  
Bug Reports ◽  
Geographically Distributed ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Management Approaches

The assessment of development practices in Free Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects can contribute to the improvement of the development process by identifying poor practices and providing a list of necessary practices. Available assessment methods (e.g., Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)) do not address sufficiently FLOSS-specific aspects (e.g., geographically distributed development, importance of the contributions, reputation of the project, etc.). We present a FLOSS-focused, CMMI-like assessment/improvement model: the QualiPSo Open Source Maturity Model (OMM). OMM focuses on the development process. This makes it different from existing assessment models that are focused on the assessment of the product. We have assessed six FLOSS projects using OMM. Three projects were started and led by a software company, and three are developed by three different FLOSS communities. We identified poorly addressed development activities as the number of commit/bug reports, the external contributions, and the risk management. The results showed that FLOSS projects led by companies adopt standard project management approaches as product planning, design definition, and testing, that are less often addressed by community led FLOSS projects. The OMM is valuable for both the FLOSS community, by identifying critical development activities necessary to be improved, and for potential users that can better decide which product to adopt.

scholarly journals Responsible Resource Management in Remanufacturing—Framework for Qualitative Assessment in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Resources ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Paulina Golinska-Dawson ◽  
Karolina Werner-Lewandowska ◽  
Monika Kosacka-Olejnik
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
A Company

Through the remanufacturing process, obsolete, broken, and end-of-use products are brought to “a like new condition”. Remanufacturing is an example of implementation of circular economy at a company level. There are few studies on responsible resource management in a remanufacturing process. This paper contributes to this research gap by presenting a two-layered framework, which uses the maturity model theory, and it allows for a quick scan of a remanufacturing process. First, in the descriptive layer of the framework we define five maturity levels with regard to responsible resource management. We analyze water, emissions, energy, and materials, and describe relevant responsible resource management practices, which we link with maturity levels. We also design the relevant self-assessment tool which utilizes the existing expert’s knowledge of a company. Then, in the prescriptive layer of the framework, we propose a method for the identification of the maturity gap, and areas for improvement. We develop a procedure for prioritizing the measures, which shall be implemented in order to achieve a higher level of responsible resource management in a remanufacturing company. The framework is tested in small and medium-sized enterprises from the automotive industry.

Different Approaches to Design Management - comparative study among Swedish and Polish furniture companies

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 46-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Starostka
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Design Management ◽  
Brand Name ◽  
The Third ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Effective Product ◽  
A Company

There are many roles that design can play in organisations. It can be source of good marketing strategy, and designer by himself can be a promotional tool for a company. Thanks to those actions companies can gain publicity, media attention and good PR.On the second level, design can be perceived as ‘process of making things better’. In this case companies can achieve more effective product development process, new tools and technologies.On the third level we have the situation when designer work alongside with company managers with the whole business concept. At this level, designers’ work looks more like a brand consultant, a strategist. In this approach design should be reflecting certain brand name and brand values.As our study presented, Swedish companies operate on those two, higher levels, while Polish still limit the scope of design. We strongly believe, that Polish companies, as they gain more experience with design activities, will be more likely to perceive design in this more mature approach. In the meantime, presenting best practices from companies from other, more mature countries could be a good way of promoting design as a strategic asset rather than promotional tool. We believe that in order to fasten this process, Polish companies should as follows:1. Work more often with external and foreign designers;2. Expand the area of designer responsibilities in companies;3. Place the responsibility for design in hands of professional design managers.

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