The evaluation of manufacturing issues in the product development process

Abstract

Many companies still do not achieve the success rates they desire with new product introductions to the market. A method has been developed to aid companies to self-evaluate their product development processes. The method meets an identified need for a nonprescriptive procedure to evaluate an existing or proposed product development process at a detailed level, both in the context of the company's own products, processes, procedures and markets, and in the context of accepted good practice.The specification and development of the process and facilities needed for the manufacture of a product are identified as fundamental generic issues within the product development process that must be handled effectively to achieve successful product outcomes. The paper describes the main constructs of the evaluation method in relation to manufacturing issues, and presents results and findings from trials conducted in industry. It is seen that great care is needed to ensure that company practitioners make objective assessments of the important factors. Further work is planned to develop the method as an interactive computer tool and to conduct more trials.

Desenvolvimento de produtos pecuários a partir do reaproveitamento de resíduos industriais e fibras vegetais

“…Dentro da lógica do PDP, a especificação completa/integrada do produto e do processo produtivo é compreendida como uma importante questão para se obter sucesso de vendas. Nesse sentido, Müller et Fairlie-Clarke (2003) propõem um método de auto-avaliação dos novos produtos e processos como forma de se melhorar a possibilidade de sucesso durante a etapa de introdução no mercado, em que se identifica a necessidade de um procedimento não prescritivo para avaliar um processo de desenvolvimento do produto existente ou proposto em um nível detalhado, analisando, no contexto das práticas de excelência mundial, os produtos, processos, procedimentos e mercados atingidos.…”

Generic tool for measuring the reliability of product development processes

“…The output of one activity will often form part of the input to subsequent activities. The view is taken that high-quality output will result when the other characteristics, on which the output is dependent, are such as to promote effective execution of the activity (Müller and Fairlie, 2003).…”