Integrated Product Development: Linking Business And Engineering Disciplines In The Classroom
Author(s) -
Joseph A. Heim,
G. M. Erickson
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.18260/1-2--6119
Subject(s) - new product development , product (mathematics) , competition (biology) , product design , quality (philosophy) , marketing , session (web analytics) , business , voice of the customer , product management , process (computing) , upstream (networking) , variety (cybernetics) , computer science , process management , engineering management , engineering , customer retention , philosophy , mathematics , artificial intelligence , advertising , service (business) , ecology , computer network , biology , operating system , geometry , epistemology , service quality
Shorter product life cycles, increasing product variety, and customer demand for low cost and higher quality is driving manufacturing organizations to integrate the production process with upstream design activities and downstream marketing functions. Furthermore, there is a strong relationship between the time taken by a company to introduce new products to the marketplace, and the financial success to be enjoyed by that product over its marketable life time. 1
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