Supply chain capability creation – The creation of the supply chain readiness for a new product during product development process

Arto Tolonen, Harri Haapasalo, Janne Harkonen and Jordan Verrollot

International Journal of Production Economics, 2017, vol. 194, issue C, 237-245

Abstract: The ever-increasing importance of creating and developing solutions and products that not only secure customer satisfaction but also enable cost efficient supply chain process are topical issues today. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to widen the scope of traditional new product development (NPD) process to cover the expected activities from supply chain (SC) process viewpoint. Supply chain capability creation (SCCC) process can be seen as the sub-process of the NPD process that extends the NPD process governance models, targets, key performance indicators, tasks, milestone criteria and roles. The main target of the SCCC process is to influence the product design itself and on the other hand to enable smooth and cost efficient product ramp up according to the SC strategy and supply chain models. The economics of the production and SC can be greatly impacted by the systematic preparation of the SC for the new product during the NPD process according to well-documented and implemented SCCC process.

Keywords: Supply chain process; New product development process; Supply chain capability creation process; Supply chain capability manager; Supply chain management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.09.007

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