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Exploring The Development Chain – An Inquiry Into The Linkages Between New Product Development And Supply Chain Management, Dirk J. Primus Jan 2013

Exploring The Development Chain – An Inquiry Into The Linkages Between New Product Development And Supply Chain Management, Dirk J. Primus

2013

This dissertation conducts an inquiry into the linkages between new product development and supply chain management. Simchi Levi, Simchi-Levi and Kaminsky (2008) coined the term "Development Chain" for the area where product development and the supply chain intersect. The first chapter of this research (Chapter 2) contributes to a more thorough understanding of the Development Chain (DC) and its impact on financial success with new products. We expand the term Development Chain and provide precise definitions for its scope and its activities. We develop a conceptual view of the DC at the single product/project level which can be understood and …


Benchmarking Design: Multiplying The Impact Of Technical Assistance To Msmes In Design And Product Development, Federico Del Giorgio Solfa Nov 2012

Benchmarking Design: Multiplying The Impact Of Technical Assistance To Msmes In Design And Product Development, Federico Del Giorgio Solfa

Federico Del Giorgio Solfa

This work takes as challenge-level exploratory study in the importance, scope and dimensions of the benchmarking of product design for the state advisory in design and product development for micro, small and medium producers.
The initiative falls as the zero phase of the project made for the Admission to the Research Career of Scientific and Technological Research Commission of the Province of Buenos Aires (CIC-PBA), which is under evaluation. Our approach comprises the sub-national policies and actions to support micro, small and medium industries (MSMIs).
This study allows us to glimpse how benchmarking can contribute design-in a system of institutional …


Benchmarking Design: Multiplicación Del Impacto De Asistencias Técnicas A Mipymes En Diseño Y Desarrollo De Productos, Federico Del Giorgio Solfa Jul 2012

Benchmarking Design: Multiplicación Del Impacto De Asistencias Técnicas A Mipymes En Diseño Y Desarrollo De Productos, Federico Del Giorgio Solfa

Federico Del Giorgio Solfa

El presente trabajo toma como desafío -estudiar a nivel exploratorio- la importancia, alcances y dimensiones del benchmarking of product design (evaluación comparada de diseño de producto o diseño industrial) para el asesoramiento estatal en diseño y desarrollo de nuevos productos a micro, pequeños y medianos productores. Esta iniciativa, se inscribe como la etapa cero del proyecto formulado para el Ingreso a la Carrera del Investigador Científico y Tecnológico (Convocatoria CICCEN11) de la Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC), que actualmente se encuentra en la etapa de evaluación-aprobación. Nuestro enfoque comprende a las distintas políticas y …