scholarly journals Effect of Strategic Product Development Practices on Competitiveness of Kenyan Tea in the Global Market

2018 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Wanjiru Maina ◽  
Fred Mugambi ◽  
Esther Waiganjo
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Global Market

scholarly journals A Road to the Recognition of Home-Workers: Transformation of POS Production Modes and Roles of Home-workers in Batik Industry in Central Java (Case Study in Cluster Batik in Central Java)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Arianti Ina R. Hunga
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Transformation Model ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Public Areas ◽  
Home Workers

Home-work (HW) in the putting-out system (POS)-based industry is the real proof of global capitalism existence in domestic space. It utilizes house resources and manipulates the domestic area to keep production costs low in order to compete in the global market. POS and HW become paradoxical as they are widely employed and categorized as strategic commodity production, market their products to the global market, and involve certain skills, creativity and technology. Nevertheless, the facts are obscured from public eyes. Efforts to uncover the obscured facts have been done through POS and HW transformation strategies, which are described in this paper. The paper aims at promoting POS and HW into public areas. The data used were gathered through participatory action research on batik industry based on "putting-out" system in cluster batik in Central Java from gender perspectives. The transformation model was used to promote POS and HW and to seek recognition of the facts that were based on system advantages and capacity enhancement of home-workers while enhancing product values through “fair trade” market. The implemented model has four components, namely: 1) development of innovation and technology that focused on product development, production, and marketing on the alternative market; 2) innovation and technological transfer in product development for better value chain and value added; 3) engineering and strengthening of production institutionalization, which is based on POS clusters; 4) engineering and strengthening of marketing institutionalization of alternative market; and 5) development and strengthening of vocal points that are related to and in support of the implementation. This model gave out positive impact on supporting the implementation of POS and POS roles and promoting this reality. As a model, however, this transformation model needed to be developed that it might be disseminated to a larger scale.

scholarly journals Design Process to Reduce Production Cycle Time in Product Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Mahesh Mallampati ◽  
Kolla Srivinivas ◽  
Tirumala Krishna. M
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Lead Time ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Theory Of Constraints ◽  
Value Stream Mapping ◽  
Process Time ◽  
Production Cycle ◽  
Work In Process

<span lang="EN-US">In today’s business climate, the old adage “time is money” has been expanded to mean that time is competitive weapon. Today customer’s demands are quick delivery and good quality at reasonable price. When entering the global market the companies encounter several difficulties, the most important one being excessive time for new product development. Thus to perform in a global market, short lead times are essential to provide customer satisfaction. Lead time in manufacturer point of view is the time elapse between placing of an order and the receipt of goods ordered. There are various components of lead time such as setup time, process time, move time and waiting time. This paper deals with review of various tools and techniques to reduce lead time. This problem can be solved by transition from sequential engineering to concurrent engineering, A survey of published works in the field of designing teams in big companies has revealed that in big companies a three-level team structure is recommended, as well as a workgroup, consisting of four basic teams. Method study techniques use to examine current way of work and develop effective method base on elimination, combining, changing and simplification of activities. Various lean tools such as Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED), 5S, Poka-yoke, Kanban, Just-in-time (JIT), Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Jidoka, Cellular manufacturing etc. helps in reducing lead time. Also Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPII), Theory of Constraints (TOC) classic approaches of Production Planning and Control (PPC) are use to reduce Work in Process (WIP) and flow time.</span>

scholarly journals The Importance and Benefits of Relationship Marketing Concept

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakup Durmaz ◽  
Habip Güvenç ◽  
Selman Kaymaz
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Relationship Marketing ◽  
Product Differentiation ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Marketing Concept ◽  
Customer Expectations ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to explain the concept and benefits of relationship marketing. The relationship marketing term that includes establishing short, medium and long-term ties-relationships with the customers, continuing and developing these relationships was first introduced by Berry in 1983. The concept of relationship marketing is a vital and important step in ensuring profit satisfaction and customer satisfaction in recent years, as well as achieving competitive advantage in the global market. Almost all of the big corporate enterprises in our country have turned to relationship marketing models and practices on issues such as ensuring customer satisfaction, determining customer expectations, product development, strengthening customer loyalty, product development and product differentiation.

A Research of Electromechanical Products Green Design Based on Voice of Customer

2014 ◽  
Vol 722 ◽  
pp. 423-425
Author(s):  
Xi Yin Lou
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Customer Demand ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Electromechanical Products ◽  
Successful Design ◽  
Voice Of Customer

The customer is the starting point for green design of electromechanical product demand, also the bridge of connecting to the market and the mechanical and electrical product development process. Enterprises effectively obtain and understand customer needs, and accurately define the demand information of mechanical and electrical products in the design process, which is the necessary precondition for the successful design of mechanical and electrical products in the global market environment. The designer obtains accurately and effectively information of demand of mechanical and electrical products, which is an important link of product design process. It will also directly affect the subsequent steps in the process of product development. Therefore, all aspects of mechanical and electrical products manufacturing enterprises work should depend on customer demand. To meet the design idea of customer demand should be fully integrated into every link in the development of mechanical and electrical products. Enterprise can not only shorten the time of mechanical and electrical products, but also have a significant impact on the design of mechanical and electrical products quality.

A STUDY ON TELE-COLLABORATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

2002 ◽  
Vol 01 (03) ◽  
pp. 441-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUNQI YAN ◽  
JUNYING SHEN ◽  
WEIMING SHEN
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Digital Camera ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Collaborative Product Development ◽  
File Transfer ◽  
Digital Network ◽  
Integrated Service Digital Network ◽  
Data Files

The tele-collaborative product development (TeleCo-PD) is an important technology for modern enterprises to win in the 21st century global market. It concerns how to utilize distributed product development resources to design and manufacture a new product. This paper presents a series of tools developed to construct a TeleCo-PD platform, which provides small and middle size enterprises with the ability to collaborate with each other. The proposed platform is based on an Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN), with a Client/Server based process management system for defining and assigning tasks, a whiteboard for sharing engineering drawings, and a File Transfer Protocol server for transferring product data files. The platform has been deployed in a virtual enterprise in developing a new digital camera.

scholarly journals A New Product Development Model for SMEs: Introducing Agility to the Plan-Driven Concurrent Product Development Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 12159
Author(s):  
Tena Žužek ◽  
Žiga Gosar ◽  
Janez Kušar ◽  
Tomaž Berlec
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Process Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
New Product ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Wiring Harness ◽  
Concurrent Development ◽  
Development Approach

In order to survive in today’s highly competitive global market, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have had to transition from sequential to concurrent product development, which significantly shortens development cycles, reduces costs, and ensures high product quality. Despite its many benefits, concurrent product development is still based on detailed upfront planning and cannot address the challenges related to today’s ever-growing uncertainty, constantly changing environment, and unstable requirements. A potential solution to this problem could be in more flexible and value-driven agile project management (APM) approaches, typical of software development. In this paper, we propose a new product development model specifically appropriate for SMEs that combines concurrent product development principles with APM elements. It is designed as a loop of five repetitive steps (macroplan, microplan, iteration activities, review, and retrospective) that are being executed within individual concurrent development loops. The application of the model is presented on a real case example of process development and small batch manufacture of a complex wiring harness. The study reveals many benefits of the proposed model, such as improved communication, faster detection of discrepancies, more effective problem solving, and greater flexibility. A positive impact on project success is also observed.

Empirical Studies on Inter-Organizational Collaborative Product Development

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Hsing Chu ◽  
Chia-Jung Chang ◽  
Han-Chung Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Collaborative Product Development ◽  
Collaboration Process

Collaborative product development (CPD) has become an imperative for companies to strengthen their niche values and remain competitive in the global market. However, most scholars may lack knowledge of deploying CPD in current industrial settings, and their research efforts may thus fail to fulfill practical needs. This paper presents a series of empirical case studies on distributed product development in Asia-Pacific Region. Engineering collaborations among brand-owner, manufacturer, and supplier in six product design chains (desktop PC, IC substrate, LCD monitor, bicycle, mold design, and CPU cooler) are under investigation. A systematic approach is developed that categorizes CPD into three modes based on the number of engineering BOM items and the difficulty of modularization in product design. It provides a preliminary but structured template for CPD deployment by characterizing the implications and software features of each mode. The cases also reveal values which CPD creates for the downstream supplier of a global value chain and new IT technologies enabling the collaboration process. This work is one of the early studies that analyze collaborative product development from the perspective of a manufacturer. The findings complement and corroborate theoretical studies in related research.

scholarly journals A new paradigm for virtual knowledge sharing in product development based on emergent social software platforms

2017 ◽  
Vol 232 (13) ◽  
pp. 2297-2308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard David Evans ◽  
James Xiaoyu Gao ◽  
Nick Martin ◽  
Clive Simmonds
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Social Software ◽  
Enterprise 2.0 ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Observation Study ◽  
Software Platforms

The UK Government considers its Aerospace Industry a remarkable success story, enjoying a global market share of 17% in 2015. The capture, management and sharing of employee knowledge is seen as vital if the industry is to remain highly innovative and retain its pre-eminent position internationally. Aerospace manufacturers, such as BAE Systems, often have to re-engineer business processes routinely to ensure their survival. Knowledge sharing in the industry is seen as challenging due to the dispersed nature of its operations and multi-tier supply chains. This article, through a 5-year participant-observation study at the World’s second largest aerospace and defence organisation, BAE Systems, proposes a new paradigm for virtual knowledge sharing in dispersed aerospace product development based on emergent social software platforms such as Enterprise 2.0 technologies. The developed framework and methodologies are applied to the bespoke BAE Systems’ engineering lifecycle process to validate its effectiveness with results indicating that Enterprise 2.0 technologies offer a more openly innovative environment in which employees may share and interact with knowledge more effectively and easily across geographical and functional boundaries, compared with conventional engineering information systems.

scholarly journals Formulation and Prioritization of Sustainable New Product Design in Smart Glasses Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10323
Author(s):  
Carman-Ka-Man Lee ◽  
Lucas Lui ◽  
Yung-Po Tsang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
3D Visualization ◽  
New Product ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Project Portfolio ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Smart Glasses

Due to fierce competition in the global market, success in product innovation has always been challenging for most enterprises to be able to stand out in business values and product novelty. Typically, available technological features in the market are taken into consideration in the innovation process for differentiation from existing products. In order to enhance the likelihood of innovation success, project portfolio management (PPM) has recently been advocated to examine the supply chain performance of new product development (NPD) projects in terms of economic, social, and sustainable aspects. In this study, a two-stage methodology is proposed to formulate and select the most appropriate NPD project portfolio by means of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches in probabilistic and group decision-making processes. In stage one, the available product features on the market are searched for and ranked to indicate a number of potential NPD projects. In stage two, such projects are evaluated by the sustainable supply chain operation reference (SustainableSCOR) model to select the most sustainable NPD project for product development. Moreover, a case study of developing augmented reality (AR) smart glasses is conducted to demonstrate the above methodology, with the result indicating that the functions of voice commands, 3D visualization, and phone calls should be focused on for the next generation of smart glasses.

scholarly journals Distributed Real-Time Vehicle Validation

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikael Nybacka ◽  
Tobias Larsson ◽  
Mathias Johanson ◽  
Peter To¨rlind
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Product Development Process ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Real Time Simulation ◽  
Distributed Testing ◽  
Time Simulation

Due to the increasing complexity of embedded systems and software in vehicles, the automotive industry faces an increasing need for testing and verification of components and subsystems under realistic conditions. At the same time, development cycles must be shortened for vehicle manufacturers to be competitive on the global market, and an increased amount of testing and verification must thus be performed in less time. However, simply increasing the testing volume can be prohibitively costly, meaning that testing and verification processes must be made more efficient to reduce the need for more prototypes. This paper presents a concept for distributed testing and verification of vehicles in real-time, with the aim of improving testing and verification efficiency. Through a novel combination of software tools for distributed collaborative engineering, real-time simulation, visualization, and black box simulation, the realized system makes it possible for vehicle manufacturers and their subcontractors to work more concurrently and efficiently with testing and validation. An early implementation of a system prototype is described and future development plans for the system are presented. The main software components used to build up the system are ADAMS/Car RealTime, Matlab/Simulink and a Java-based real-time visualization module originally developed for the gaming industry. A main benefit of the concept is that different disciplines involved in the product development process can use the system to enhance the concurrency between them. Control systems and mechanical engineers can view ongoing tests in real-time and change designs, and efficiently re-simulate and influence ongoing tests in a distributed manner. Through advanced visualization of simulation results and measurement data, engineers can get a clearer view of how the system or product behaves, thereby improving the quality of the validation process. The concept for distributed real-time simulation and visualization described in this paper will gather more information during the early stages of product development, and speed up the product development process due to its real-time nature. The fact that engineers can stay at their home office and only follow the test when needed will enhance their efficiency.

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