Hasan, Syed M. (2013) A collaborative framework for feasibility analysis in automotive product development with global supply chain. PhD thesis, University of Greenwich.

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Abstract

In the competitive world, time to market, new technology and innovation are the measures of the performance of New Product Development (NPD). Companies tend to use a conventional approach to NPD by assigning representatives from their own support functions to review and recommend changes as projects evolve. In recent years, this approach has been questioned since it is a costly and time-consuming approach due to its iterative nature. Researchers argue that the time to market process and the cost of NPD can be reduced considerably by involving the support functions of the supply chain to a greater extent and also earlier in the NPD process. There is a potential industrial requirement for a collaborative framework that facilitates the linkage between Supply Chain Management (SCM) and New Product Development (NPD).

This research project focuses on the early stages of the collaborative product development process in the extended enterprise. The research output includes the functional requirements of a framework and a developed prototype methodology with tools and technologies that are tested from case studies within industry. The research also introduces the development and analysis of the framework that allows the integration of the flow of product development related activities within original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and suppliers providing future business benefits. An industrial investigation of an OEM in the automotive industry within the research identified that there are different decision making points in product development and manufacturing. The proposed methodology and framework use key drives to predict and quantify its impact on four main criteria namely: feasibility, time, cost and capability that support or advise on key decision making of OEM’s product development and management process.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Additional Information:	uk.bl.ethos.578674
Uncontrolled Keywords:	technology; innovation; new product development (NPD), supply chain management (SCM), manufacturing
Subjects:	T Technology > TS Manufactures
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Engineering School of Engineering > Centre for Innovative Product Development School of Engineering > Department of Engineering Systems
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2016 09:25
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/10212

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