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Ethnography for business: Optimizing the impact of industrial design
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Research is easily acknowledged as a staple in the design process. Not so easy is making sure designers are supported with the right kind of research. When it comes to garnering insights on consumer needs, William Reese explains how ethnography-studying people in their "natural" or "behavioral" environments-is especially accurate and productive, a methodology that, from a business perspective, is worth the investment.
"We were totally confused about this before," the lead designer said...
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Automation in product development: status and plans the tools used to develop new products vary in terms of efficiency. One company surveyed manufacturers on the types of tools they use, their usefulness, and future investment plans and competitiveness.(ingredient challenges)
Prepared Foods
; Product development is vital to the success of many companies. New products, line extensions and reformulations are part of everyday life in the food industry. Over the years, various forms of automation have assisted in product development operations. The Food CIO Forum (Providence, R.I.)
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Let it flow: how lean product development sparked a revolution.
Industrial Engineer
; IN THE BEGINNING, ALL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT processes were lean, and it was good. New products flowed swiftly from concept to delivery. The same person would conceive an idea, design the product, and supervise its manufacturing. Value was added continuously, and work products never sat idle. But this
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Product development: The competitive edge
Area Development Site and Facility Planning
; A well-defined process can keep the product pipeline humming and help your company stay one step ahead of the competition. THE FIRST-EVER product development certification program has surfaced, promising to equip astute managers and teams with important processes and the knowledge needed to
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Engineering and Product Development Management: The Holistic Approach.(Book review)
Innovation: Management, Policy, & Practice
; ENGINEERING AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT: THE HOLISTIC APPROACH Stephen C. Armstrong, 2001 Published by Cambridge University Press, London; ISBN 0-521-79069-7; H/B; xxxi + 325 pp.; US$93.75, GB 45.00 [pounds sterling], AU$125 The book offers an integrated approach to project management with
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PLM & lean product development: lean initiatives to eliminate waste are not just for production and inventory management. They also apply to product development. Here's how PLM can make that happen.(DIGITAL DOMAIN)
Automotive Design & Production
; Lean is a strategy. It is essentially about reducing waste wherever it occurs in the organization. Excess inventory. Unnecessary effort by people or machines. Duplicated data. Outalong with the costs associated with those wastes. Product lifecycle management (PLM) is a concept. It is essentially
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Building speed in new product development.
Food Processing
; Because all of its elements must be in perfect sync, new product development is more akin to a relay race than a sprint. The fast track to success also incorporates many high hurdles--formula requirements, packaging, manufacturing capabilities, etc. Time to market is one of the most critical
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Streamline your product development.(Brief Article)
Design News
; Does product development take too much time in your company? Even if your firm has such important ingredients for success as attractive product ideas, technically competent employees, and use of product development teams, product development may seem to take too long and cost too much to make your
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FROM THE EDITOR: CROSS-ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION OPTIMIZES NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.
Manufacturing Automation
; ... their product development processes by mastering the following vital elements of integration: aligning their technology road maps with their overall business goals; creating a virtual organization that includes all relevant business partners (including customers ...
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Culinary caveat: chefs are becoming essential to product development as industry demands intensify.(Ingredient Technology)
Stagnito's New Products Magazine
; Ten years ago, having a chef involved in the new product development process was a rarity. Five years ago, the chef's role in new product development became more common, as food manufacturers and customers learned the significant benefits that the culinary perspective lends to new products. Today,
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Accelerated Product Development
Quality Progress
; Accelerated Product Development Clifford Fiore, Productivity Press, 2005, 210 pp., $45 (book). Lean and Six Sigma principles have been widely used to improve the performance of manufacturing processes. A great opportunity for impacting the bottom line can be realized by applying these principles to
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