scholarly journals PERCEPTION OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN INTEGRATION BENEFITS AMONG INDUSTRY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAMS: A CASE STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 2475-2484
Author(s):  
T. Chatty ◽  
J. Faludi

AbstractHow do employees perceive the impact of incorporating sustainability considerations into their product development practice? In this case study, we observe how these perceptions can be shifted by teaching workshops on how to apply sustainable design methods in practice. We compare the trends for different methods on various dimensions such as creativity, design process time, product marketability etc. Results show an overall shift towards positive perception for all the methods on a majority of factors, indicating a way to ease the adoption of sustainable design into industry practice.

Author(s):  
Jens Jorgensen ◽  
David Havens ◽  
Paul Salvatore ◽  
Alvaro J. Rojas Arciniegas ◽  
Marcos Esterman

Product development teams are facing continued pressure to develop more products in less time and with fewer resources. Platform-based developed is commonly seen as a solution to increase capacity of the product development pipeline. This research identified enablers and barriers to successful platform-based product development. This was achieved through a comprehensive literature review of the current state of the art and an exploratory case study of product development practices within a business-to-business environment from companies with significantly different cultures and experiences with platform-based product development. Key enablers identified in this research include institutionalizing systems engineering, development and communication of product development roadmaps, augmentation of phase gate review process and critical parameter characterization. Operational recommendations from this research are considered to be possible to implement without significant changes to existing processes and organizational structures.


10.28945/3041 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karlheinz Kautz ◽  
Bjarke Nielsen

Information systems development takes place within an economical context. However, the economical conditions, which shape systems development in practice, are hardly researched. In this paper we are investigating the question how a given price structure influences systems development projects. Our analysis is based on a multi case study and a Grounded Theory inspired research approach. Our work is informed by economic theories, which deal with the relationship of suppliers and customers and their mutual dependency. We thus apply principal-agent theory and economic game theory in form of the prisoner’s dilemma. As a result we provide three interlinked models for understanding the impact of pricing structure on systems development practice. The main elements of these models are pricing structure, risk distribution and price level, and opportunistic behavior. We discuss how these elements are interrelated and examine their impact on information systems development in practice.


2013 ◽  
Vol 465-466 ◽  
pp. 1144-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Norzaimi Bin Che Ani ◽  
Mohd Sollahuddin Solihin Bin Shafei

The Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED), a process-based innovation originally published in the mid-1980s, involves the separation and conversion of internal setup operations into external ones. Traditionally some of the manufacturing company facing the problem loss of available time due to spent time for the changeover processes. Changeover process time meaning changing the programming or operation sequences on the machine based on process requirement during the change from one to another one model especially for the mixing parts. SMED technique is a systematic approach that enables to reduce dramatically the set-up time or changeover time. Normally in the SMED technique, it was segregated between internal and external set-up. External set-up means any processing time was done up front which is before machine stop and internal time is any tasks was performed during machine in operating, which is considering changeover time. The impact to organization that it was increasing the productivity, capacity and at the same time increased the revenue. This paper focuses on the improving the productivity on the CNC machine process through implementing SMED technique and eliminating waste in the case study company.


DYNA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 87 (212) ◽  
pp. 179-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Néstor Raúl Ortíz Pimiento ◽  
Francisco Javier Diaz Serna

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.


2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 1550010 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER BREM ◽  
FLORIAN FREITAG

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.


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda C. P. Motta Fernandes ◽  
Ricardo Bedin França

In this paper, we present an evaluation of Scrum's impacts over the software quality assurance process in the embedded aerospace software domain. We present basic concepts of the DO-178C and Scrum, then we assess related work and introduce the case study used as reference for our study, as well as the perceived results of using Scrum in both the development teams and in quality assurance. Finally, we summarize good practices for using Scrum in software quality assurance teams.


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