On Demand Product Development Customized For Production
Mahmood, Shahriare (2012)
Mahmood, Shahriare
Savonia-ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012082313226
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012082313226
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The ultimate intention of this thesis was to analyze the present product development and production process at the client organization and to develop methods to improve the agility of the product development and production process. Thus the organization can be ready for on demand product development and corresponding customization in production by maintaining enough agility. The overall study will help the organization to comprehend the present process improvement potentials and guideline to improve those drawbacks.
The research work concentrated on two major issues, e.g. product development and production. Preliminarily basic product development process is studied and later on it has moved to more specific area, the apparel product development. “No Interval Coherently Phased Product Development” model was adapted as the basic framework. Some other methods like concurrent product development, agile production method, relationship in supply chain management etc. were also studied in parallel. Later on, collected data based on interview questions and sales data of the client organization is analyzed and connected to the theoretical framework. The data lead to some findings that are presented as recommendation.
This work emphasizes on time management in the processes and perceived that, it is the key towards “On Demand” service stance. The achievement of required agility in the product development and production process are connected to proper time management, a few changes in the working methods, a few improvements within the supply chain partners, reduction in quality faults etc. Implementation of these small improvements will lead to an efficient apparel processing that could also help other firms to apply the improved methodologies. It is to be believed that the study work and recommendations will be also useful to similar kind of organizations.
The research work concentrated on two major issues, e.g. product development and production. Preliminarily basic product development process is studied and later on it has moved to more specific area, the apparel product development. “No Interval Coherently Phased Product Development” model was adapted as the basic framework. Some other methods like concurrent product development, agile production method, relationship in supply chain management etc. were also studied in parallel. Later on, collected data based on interview questions and sales data of the client organization is analyzed and connected to the theoretical framework. The data lead to some findings that are presented as recommendation.
This work emphasizes on time management in the processes and perceived that, it is the key towards “On Demand” service stance. The achievement of required agility in the product development and production process are connected to proper time management, a few changes in the working methods, a few improvements within the supply chain partners, reduction in quality faults etc. Implementation of these small improvements will lead to an efficient apparel processing that could also help other firms to apply the improved methodologies. It is to be believed that the study work and recommendations will be also useful to similar kind of organizations.