A Case Study on the Impact of Supplier Involvement on New Product Development Efficiency from Knowledge Acquisition Perspective

New product development projects (NPDP) face different risks that may affect the scheduling. In this article, the purpose was to develop an optimization model to solve the RCPSP in NPDP and obtain a robust baseline for the project. The proposed model includes three stages: the identification of the project’s risks, an estimation of activities’ duration, and the resolution of an integer linear program. Two versions of the model were designed and compared in order to select the best one. The first version uses a method to estimate the activities’ duration based on the expected value of the impact of the risks and the second version uses a method based on the judgmental risk analysis process. Finally, the two version of the model were applied to a case study and the best version of the model was identified using a robustness indicator that analyses the start times of the baselines generated.

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INTERNATIONALISATION OF NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: RESULTS FROM A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY ON COMPANIES WITH INNOVATION PROCESSES IN GERMANY AND INDIA

International Journal of Innovation Management ◽

10.1142/s1363919615500103 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 19 (01) ◽

pp. 1550010 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

ALEXANDER BREM ◽

FLORIAN FREITAG

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

New Product Development ◽

New Product ◽

Management Support ◽

Top Management Support ◽

Multiple Case ◽

Process Coordination ◽

The Impact ◽

Operational Aspects

A rich body of literature has emerged from research on Western new product development (NPD). However, the impact of country- and culture-specific influences on these processes has not been examined in detail yet. Hence, this study identifies the differences in NPD practices between the Indian and German research and development (R&D) subsidiaries of multinational companies (MNCs). Data have been generated by interviews with R&D executives in both countries across multiple cases. The study samples strategic, organisational, and operational aspects and indicates differences in process coordination, reward systems, NPD creativity techniques, market orientation, and the average age of NPD teams. Other aspects, such as top management support, the use of structured NPD processes, and the use of heterogeneous NPD teams, show no substantial differences between the countries. Our findings suggest that, while some aspects are universally applicable across cultural frontiers, Western companies must understand India's different expectations regarding NPD and adjust their practices accordingly.

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Does supplier involvement enhance financial performance? The encapsulation effects of product modularity and smartness

Supply Chain Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/scm-01-2021-0051 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Yu Wang ◽

Tao Jia ◽

Jinliang Chen ◽

Qiujun Chen

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Product Development ◽

Financial Performance ◽

New Product Development ◽

New Product ◽

High Tech ◽

Content Type ◽

Product Modularity ◽

Supplier Involvement ◽

The Impact

Purpose This study aims to explore the conditional relationships between supplier involvement and financial performance. From a problem-solving perspective, this study takes the focal firm as a problem-solving system. It is postulated that supplier involvement enhances financial performance by helping solve complex problems of new product development. Furthermore, product modularity and smartness are considered contingent factors to clarify the boundary conditions. Design/methodology/approach The ordinary least squares regression was conducted to test the hypotheses based on survey data from 136 high-tech firms in China. Findings Supplier involvement is positively related to financial performance. Product modularity weakens the impact of supplier involvement on financial performance. Furthermore, product smartness strengthens the negative influence of product modularity on the relationship between supplier involvement and financial performance. Originality/value This study combines supplier involvement with product attributes. It takes a problem-solving perspective to rethink suppliers’ roles in new product development as problem-solvers rather than resource holders. Furthermore, this study advances the encapsulation effects of product modularity and smartness to influence the supplier involvement–financial performance link.

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Early Supplier Involvement in New Product Development With WeBid: A Case Study on Video Conferencing System

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering ◽

10.1115/1.1618818 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 363-365 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

G. Q. Huang ◽

J. B. Zhao ◽

K. L. Mak

Keyword(s):

Product Development ◽

New Product Development ◽

Video Conferencing ◽

Real Life ◽

New Product ◽

Product Development Process ◽

Video Conferencing System ◽

Supplier Involvement ◽

Conferencing System

WeBid is a prototype web-based framework developed for supporting and facilitating early supplier involvement in new product development on the Internet. It provides a suite of rigorous and yet pragmatic constructs for establishing and managing the customer-supplier relationships in new product development process. This paper reports on some insights and experience gained from a real-life case study using WeBid system and approach in the tendering process of developing a Video Conferencing System (VCS).

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