[PDF] Developing Products In Half The Time eBook

Author : Preston G. Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 39,20 MB
Release : 1997-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0471292524

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Advance praise for Developing Products in Half the Time Second Edition New Rules, New Tools Preston G. Smith * Donald G. Reinertsen "This is an exceptional book! Get a new highlighter before you start. There are so many 'ah ha's' in each chapter you will never make it through with an old one." Don LaCombe, Ford Motor Company, Product Development Process Leadership "An excellent book with a strong treatment of the cycle-time consequences of overloading your development capacity. It provides powerful and practical concepts for dealing with this issue." Andrew Aquart, Director Product Development, Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson Company "This is practical, useful stuff for people competing in highly competitive fast moving business." Dr. Paul Borrill, Chief Scientist, Sun Microsystems "3M has absorbed many of the tools from the original edition, and this new one will be even more useful. The topic of incremental innovation is crucial to us, and I really appreciate its balanced treatment." Ronald H. Kubinski, Manager New Product Commercialization Services, 3M Company "As the authors correctly point out, the Fuzzy Front End is the least expensive place to reduce cycle time. This book is one of the only sources of concepts, methods, and metrics for compressing this critical portion of the development process." David M. Lewis, Product Manager, Eastman Kodak Co. "Using these tools we've more than cut our time to market in half. The new edition of this classic crystallizes the synergy of the fast-to-market techniques, and the icons in the margins highlight the opportunities and pitfalls." Mike Brennan , Vice President of Product Development, Black & Decker

Author : Preston G. Smith
Publisher : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 29,27 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780442020644

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Refreshingly practical answers to the question of how to get good products out faster are revealed in this book. With a holistic treatment of the development cycle, the authors--seasoned specialists in rapid product development--show what works, what doesn't, and why. Numerous examples are dissected to illustrate techniques that can increase development. 55 line drawings.

Author : Jonathan Cagan
Publisher : FT Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 35,52 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780139696947

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Creating Breakthrough Products describes the new forces driving product development that companies must master if they want to lead and innovate. It is a step-by-step guide to the new ideal in product development.

Author : Ronald Mascitelli
Publisher : Technology Perspectives
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 30,83 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Industrial management
ISBN : 096626973X

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A practical guidebook for product development teams that describes proven tools and methods for slashing time-to-market for new products.

Author : B. Jerrard
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,20 MB
Release : 1998-08-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1482268108

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New product design and development is often the result of personal vision. Harnessing this often requires a special receptiveness and enthusiasm at all levels of an organization, which serves to unlock potential and can turn the entire organizational pyramid upside-down. It is particularly important to understand and develop those aspects of design

Author : Alexander Brem
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 43,47 MB
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9811247730

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This book is a compilation of papers published in International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management. The chapters in the book focus on recent developments in the field of innovation and technology management. Carefully selected on the basis of relevance, rigor and research, the chapters in the book take the readers through various emerging topics and trends in the field.Written in a simple and accessible manner, the chapters in this book will be of interest to academics, practitioners and general public interested in knowing about emerging trends in innovation and technology management.

Author : Alvin P. Lehnerd
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 41,6 MB
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1439137447

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Most companies know that long-term success does not hinge on any single product but on a continuous stream of value-rich products that target growth markets. Yet many firms inexplicably develop one product at a time, and by doing so fail to embrace commonality, compatibility, standardization, or modularization among different products and product lines. At last, in this timely book, Marc H. Meyer and Alvin P. Lehnerd provide a formula for turning products into profits, enabling companies to design technologically superior products more easily. Their solution is, in two words, PRODUCT PLATFORMS. They argue that firms must focus their energies on developing families of products simultaneously which share common components and technology. The authors describe how the champions of product development separate themselves from less sophisticated companies by building entire families of strong products from a single "platform" of common product structures, technologies, and automated product processes. These successful companies recognize and respond to new market opportunities by integrating core skills and technology in the form of new products. In this easy-to-read and practical book, the authors masterfully elucidate this dynamic and forward-thinking strategy which enables companies to develop innovative products faster, more cheaply, and with less effort. Drawing on in-depth case studies and personal experience with successful companies such as Hewlett-Packard, EMC, Black & Decker, and Boeing, Meyer and Lehnerd show managers how to create extraordinary products and thereby set the standard for combined value and cost leadership in their products. They argue that when a company's products are robust—highly functional, elegant in their design, reasonably priced, and a pleasure to use—the corporation will be equally robust. More importantly, The Power of Product Platforms reveals the methodology and organizational approach for designing, developing, and revitalizing strong products that enable the firm to make the transition from one generation of technology to the next. The authors also explain how well-designed product platforms can generate streams of derivative products through a continuous systematic process of renewal. Meyer and Lehnerd apply this methodology to a broad range of industries; manufacturing in both consumer and industrial markets, software firms, and Internet information services providers. This clear prescription for transforming the bottom line by aggressively managing product development and innovation will become required reading for large and small corporations alike, including entrepreneurs, all of whom depend on the excellence of their new products for growth.

Author : Michael E. McGrath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 1996
Category : New products
ISBN : 075069789X

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Setting the PACE in Product Development describes how to effectively manage the key ingredients of successful product development: time, quality, talent and resources. This revised edition of Product Development provides essential insight as to how to efficiently organize people, resources and processes to dramatically improve financial results, strategic positions, internal morale and customer satisfaction. The PACE techniques integrate vital company-wide functions, engaging the entire company and focusing its collective energy on strategically and financially important goals.

Author : Donald G. Reinertsen
Publisher : Celeritas Pub
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 15,14 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781935401001

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This is the first book that comprehensively describes the underlying principles that create flow in product development processes. It covers 175 principles organized into eight major areas. It is of interest to managers and technical professionals responsible for product development processes.

Author : Wolfgang Kersten
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 40,11 MB
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3844102663

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As the customer is demanding more sustainable and affordable products, the supply chains have to find innovative ways to fulfill this need. In this context, collaboration as well as optimization methods are becoming even more evident to enhance supply chain structure to an efficient and sustainable approach. While collaboration and optimization increase complexity and susceptibility, risk management needs to be applied concurrently. This volume, edited by Wolfgang Kersten, Thorsten Blecker and Christian Ringle, provides valuable insights into: - Sustainability in Logistics - Sustainability and collaboration practices - Supply chain risk management - Optimization methods in supply chain management. This volume addresses timely and relevant topics. Both researchers and practitioners are addressed and can obtain background information from current distributions by international authors presenting a state of the art research overview.