Product innovation: leading change through integrated product development

Increasing pressures to produce new products faster and cheaper are resultingin huge efforts to streamline and restructure the traditional new product development (NPD) process. The purpose of the book is to describe, assess and apply the latest constructs, methods, techniques and processes to enable managers, professionals, and practitioners to be more effective in designing, developing and commercializing new products and services. It provides guidance and support in formulating and executing NPD programs for business practitioners and MBA students. The book is written from an Integrated Product Development (IPD)perspective, linking all aspects of marketing, costing and manufacturing intothe development process even before the first prototype is built. It covers the advanced tools necessary to achieve this such as virtual prototyping and fully integrated business systems, and explains the changes needed to organizational structure and thinking. INDICE: Preface; Part I. Product Innovation, Strategic Logic, & the New Product Development Process: 1. Introduction to product innovation and new product development; 2. Strategic logic of product innovation; 3. New product development process and organizational aspects; Part II. Establishing the Foundation: the Conceptual Level: 4. Identifying new produce opportunities: idea generation (phase 1); 5. Concept development and selection (phase 2); 6. New productdevelopment program definition (phase 3); 7. Product/market considerations, integrated product design and product architecture; 8. Marketing strategies andmethods: conceptualizing and designing the new product marketing campaign; 9.Production strategies and methods: operational and manufacturing implications; 10. Financial applications and implications; 11. Design and development (phase 4); 12. Validation phase (phase 5); 13. Pre-commercialization (phase 6) andlaunch; 14. Concluding remarks and insights about product innovation in the 21st century; Glossary; References.

• ISBN: 978-0-521-06601-3
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 640
• Fecha Publicación: 19/06/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés